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Where can you find hot technologies, open-source communities, and job opportunities? Sun is looking for students who are ready to innovate and create the future.
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Sun Microsystems was founded by student developers, and we know that some of the best application development comes from students like you. Sun is committed to helping student developers get started on the right foot. We offer free software, open-source code, tools, and the widely adopted Solaris platform. Jump-start your career here.


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OpenSolaris 2008.05: Be Brilliant Faster
OpenSolaris 2008.05: Be Brilliant Faster
Why use the OpenSolaris OS? It's pretty simple, you'll find it full of unique features like the new Image Packaging System (IPS), ZFS as the default filesystem, DTrace enabled packages, and many many more. Join the community, share your experiences and start contributing your applications to the package repositories. Go download OpenSolaris 2008.05 now and experience it from the Live CD.

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ZFS is Smashing Baby
Watch as Jim Hughes, Sun Fellow, demonstrates ZFS survivability at Sun Tech Days St. Petersburg.

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Get Involved With Open Source

Open Source

Participate in the open-source community. Share your code, thoughts, and ideas with developers worldwide. It's easy.

Become a Campus Ambassador

 
Campus Ambassador
Sun has more than 500 campus ambassadors worldwide who help spread knowledge and awareness of leading-edge technologies such as Java, NetBeans IDE, OpenSolaris, and many more.

Get Smart, Get Trained, Get Certified

Training
Sun offers free training to all students:

  • With Sun Student Courses, get real-world training and earn a certificate.

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  • With Sun Academic Initiative (SAI), get access to all types of courses: web scripting, open source, mobile Java development, beginner Java training, operating systems, and much more.
 

Certification
Sun offers discounted certification to all students. Save up to 60% and get free practice exams.


Meet Sun Developers

Sun hosts many events around the world. Meet the developers who make the technology real.



Get a Job @ Sun

Sun offers many types of entry-level jobs and internships, including the following:
  • Software engineer
  • Hardware engineer
  • Programmer/developer
  • Program manager
  • Marketing specialist
  • Financial analyst
  • Sales representative
  • Campus ambassador
  • And more at Sun StudentZone and Employment pages

Java Platform, Standard Edition 6 (Java SE 6) lets you develop and deploy applications on desktops and servers, as well as on today's demanding embedded and real-time environments.

The SunSPOT system will help transform the potential of wireless sensors into real-world products. Let your imagination be your guide.

This free and open-source integrated development environment (IDE) runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and the Solaris platform, with lots of plug-ins and tutorials to get you started.

The JavaFX Script programming language speeds development of rich Internet applications. JavaFX Mobile lets you streamline mobile ecosystems with a complete middleware and application stack, built around Java and Linux open-source technologies.

Cutting-edge OpenSolaris source code needs the innovation and involvement of developers like you.

The open-source enterprise-quality GlassFish application server complies with the Java EE 5 platform and offers advanced clustering, centralized administration, and best-in-class performance.

Sun Studio software delivers high performance, optimizing C, C++, and Fortran compilers for the Solaris OS on SPARC, and both Solaris OS and Linux on x86/x64 platforms, including the latest multicore systems.

With JRuby, you get all of the advantages of Ruby plus interoperability with Java platform applications and access to the full range of Java platform functionality.

Project Darkstar simplifies online game development and enables games to scale to thousands of players without a glitch. Its core technologies are freely available under open-source licensing.

OpenOffice.org software is the most widely distributed open-source multiplatform and multilingual productivity suite: word processor, presentation program, spreadsheet, database, and vector drawing tools.