The Ultimate Guide to High Availability with MariaDB

MariaDB University

MariaDB University is an educational initiative by the MariaDB Foundation aimed at bringing the knowledge and expertise of a world-class open-source database project to universities and their students.

Offering for Universities

The MariaDB University program offers benefits to participating universities, including:

  • Access to Expertise: Access to the brains behind MariaDB.
  • Enhanced Database Curriculum: Up-to-date lecture materials that make database theory practical and engaging.
  • Coding Opportunities: Provide students with real-world coding experiences contributing to open-source projects.
  • Open-Source Advocacy: Equip students with the skills and values to participate in the global open-source movement.
  • Career Readiness: Prepare students for future job opportunities by teaching relevant technologies and participating hands-on in an open-source community.
  • Research and Collaboration: Support researchers to use and contribute to the MariaDB ecosystem.

How do we deliver?

  • We offer lecture materials.
  • Select employees can, on request, visit your institution to lecture.
  • We review your contributions to MariaDB in the form of code, documentation, and lecture material.
  • Looking for ideas on code contributions? See https://jira.mariadb.org/.

References

MariaDB has participated in Google Summer of Code for over 10 years.

MariaDB Foundation Goals

The goals for MariaDB Foundation are to drive adoption, openness, and continuity through:

  • Graduated students having been taught databases using MariaDB Server.
  • Contributions to MariaDB Knowledge Base (the reference manual for MariaDB Server).
  • Contributions to MariaDB training materials (used for university lectures).
  • Code contributions to MariaDB Server.

Apply for Participation

MariaDB University Program is open for participation. Please contact us at [email protected].

The program is currently in Alpha phase, meaning that the first MariaDB University Participants will be selected based on individual interactions.

Please email [email protected] and share:

  • How are you teaching databases right now? (Number of classes per year, number of students per year.)
  • How are you teaching Open Source right now? (Part of which lecture series?)
  • What are your goals for database tuition? (Students, researchers, other.)

Based on your email, MariaDB Foundation will contact you for a virtual meeting.

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