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# Model Your Data in Education Cloud

Use Education Cloud objects to model your institution.

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small " summary="Editions Needed"><caption>Editions Needed</caption> <colgroup><col style="width:100%"></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions with Education Cloud</td></tr></tbody></table>

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Note Starting in March 2023, Salesforce offers Salesforce for Education, which includes integrated platform solutions and managed packages. This article provides information about Education Cloud, a platform solution. For information about managed package products, see [Admissions Connect](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleview?id=sfdo.admissions_connect.htm), [Education Data Architecture](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleview?id=sfdo.education_data_architecture.htm), or [Student Success Hub](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleview?id=sfdo.student_success_hub.htm&type=5). If you're not sure which version your institution uses, check with your Salesforce administrator.

- **[Model Your Campus](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.ec_model_your_campus.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Model your campus in Education Cloud as an organizational structure of accounts and a network of physical facilities. Represent your institution and its colleges as accounts, and manage buildings, spaces, and their uses as locations.
- **[Model Faculty, Staff, Students, and Alumni](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.ec_model_faculty_staff_students.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Use the Person Account object to model faculty, staff, students, and alumni.
- **[Model Households, Groups, and Organizations](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.ec_model_households.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Set up relationships to define how your learners and other accounts connect with one another, such as for representing households.
- **[Model Your Academic Calendar](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.ec_model_your_academic_calendar.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Use Education Cloud objects to model your academic year, terms, and sessions.
- **[Model Courses and Curricula](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.ec_model_courses_and_curricula.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Use Education Cloud objects to model your institution's learnings, courses, course offerings, and schedules.
- **[Model Learning Program Offerings](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.ec_model_program_offerings.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Use Education Cloud objects to model your institution's learning offerings. Learning objects track the structure, administration, and enrollment and completion requirements for your offerings.
- **[Model Suspects and Prospects](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.ec_model_suspects_prospects.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Use Education Cloud to track and manage suspects and prospects. For example, you can define the criteria to promote a suspect to a prospect automatically or manually.
- **[Model Admission Applications](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.ec_model_admissions_applications.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Use Education Cloud objects to review and manage an applicant's information, education history, and qualifications.
- **[Model Transfer Credits](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.ec_model_transfer_credits.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Use Education Cloud objects to model definition, submission, and evaluation of transfer credit data.
- **[Model Support Programs](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.ec_assist_learners_with_program_management.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Use Education Cloud objects and apps to define, plan, and deliver non-scholastic services and initiatives that support each learner’s journey.