Supporting the academic community is a top priority at Yahoo! Our mission is to make Yahoo! the first company university students and faculty think of for scientific leadership, new research or business collaborations, online products and employment opportunities. We do this through deep relationships, exciting programs and cutting-edge, open technologies. And we make it fun.

Featured Student Program

Academic Relation Student ProgramsKey Scientific Challenges Program

Want to make a huge impact on the future of the Internet? Fuel new industry thinking while gaining access to world-class scientists and some of the largest databases in the world.

Featured Faculty Program

Academic Relations: Faculty Research and Engagement ProgramFaculty Research and Engagement Program

Interested in collaborating with Yahoo! research scientists, visits to Yahoo!, access to data and funds for your research? We're committed to forging strong alliances with top academics by collaborating on cutting edge research to advance web science. If you'd like to learn more about our Faculty Research and Engagement Program, please contact us.

Event Calendar

Academic Relations: Programs and EventsFrom our exciting university hack competitions to support for student groups, from our products to guest speakers, we love to mix it up on campus.

If you'd like to suggest a new way for us to engage with your university, please let us know.

Practice Field

Academic Relations: Practice FieldYahoo! Academic Relations interacts with top universities across the U.S. to sponsor seminar series in academic areas of high interest to Yahoo! scientists, engineers, and business people. Under this program we have arranged to capture the seminar talks and make them available for viewing on this site.