Shape the future of maintenance and operations

MaintainX.org is an initiative dedicated to empowering the next generation of maintenance and operations professionals with the tools and training needed to keep the physical world running. Through MaintainX.org, we provide free access to MaintainX for educational use at universities, colleges, trade schools, industry associations, union training programs, and nonprofit workforce development organizations. As the industry faces a growing skilled labor shortage and a wave of retirements, our goal is to help prepare students with the technology and skills they'll use throughout their careers.

The program is available to accredited universities, colleges, trade schools, high schools, industry associations, union training programs, and nonprofit workforce development organizations.

Yes, eligible institutions receive free Enterprise access to MaintainX for instructors and students, including unlimited requested licenses, student certification programs, and industry-ready sandbox data for hands-on learning. The program is free forever, with subscriptions renewed annually.

MaintainX gives instructors a practical, hands-on way to teach modern maintenance and operations concepts, including asset management, work orders, preventive maintenance, parts inventory, inspections, procedures, reporting, resource planning, vendor management, and AI-powered maintenance. Educators can either build a digital environment that reflects their campus or lab equipment, or use prebuilt, industry-validated examples that are ready to import and teach.

The program includes Enterprise access to MaintainX for instructors and students, unlimited requested licenses, student certification courses, industry-ready sandbox data, onboarding resources such as videos and help articles, and a dedicated MaintainX.org contact to support implementation as needed.

As experienced workers retire and the skilled labor shortage continues, technology is becoming essential to helping maintenance teams work more efficiently. Up to 40% of the maintenance workforce could retire within five years, and manufacturing may face 1.9 million unfilled jobs by 2033, According to the State of Industrial Maintenance Report. Learning a modern computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) before entering the workforce helps students build practical skills that employers increasingly expect.

Yes. MaintainX offers a student certification that many instructors assign early in their courses. The certification teaches students the fundamentals of the platform, allowing instructors to spend more time teaching maintenance concepts rather than software basics. The certification takes less than an hour to complete, can be uploaded to a learning management system (LMS) or printed for grading, and can be added to a student's LinkedIn profile, making it easier for MaintainX's 14,000+ customers to discover graduates with CMMS experience.

Students gain hands-on experience using the same types of workflows they'll encounter on the job in industrial settings. That includes asset management, work orders, preventive maintenance, parts inventory, inspections, reporting, resource planning, vendor management, and AI-powered maintenance. They also develop practical knowledge of how modern CMMS platforms support reliability and maintenance planning. As the most widely used and highest-rated CMMS platform, MaintainX gives students experience with software they are likely to encounter in their careers.

Getting started is simple. Submit a request through our website, and a member of the MaintainX.org team will schedule a meeting to learn about your program, demonstrate the platform, and discuss the available educational resources. After aligning on your implementation plan, an administrator account can typically be set up for you within 24 hours. Many educators choose to self-implement using our training resources, while others work directly with their dedicated MaintainX.org contact for onboarding and setup support.

As maintenance and operations become increasingly digital, employers expect graduates to have experience with CMMS software. MaintainX is the most widely used and highest-rated CMMS platform, making it valuable for students to learn skills that transfer directly to the workplace, regardless of the software their future employer uses. Schools also choose MaintainX because the education program is provided at no cost. In addition, industry advisory boards and employer partners frequently recommend MaintainX to educators because it is already used by more than 14,000 organizations worldwide.