# IntelliJ IDEA for Education

IntelliJ IDEA can be used for learning and teaching programming. You can learn Java, Kotlin, and Scala from scratch or perfect your skills in these languages with interactive courses and programming contests. If you are interested in creating your own courses, you can do it right in IntelliJ IDEA as well.

Procedure: Start the learning course

1. Download [IntelliJ IDEA](https://www.jetbrains.com.cn/en-us/idea/download/) to use it for your educational purposes right away. If you need further instructions, refer to the [installation guide](installation-guide.html).

2. On the Welcome screen, click Learn in the left pane.

3. In the right pane, click Enable Access under Learn to program and then Get Started.

![Get Started](https://resources.jetbrains.com.cn/help/img/idea/2026.2/get_started_educational_course.png)

4. In the Select Course dialog, select a course you want to take and click Open.

![Select Course](https://resources.jetbrains.com.cn/help/img/idea/2026.2/select_course.png)

IntelliJ IDEA downloads the selected course and opens it inside the IDE.

![First project](https://resources.jetbrains.com.cn/help/img/idea/2026.2/first_task_course.png)

When the course gets opened inside the IDE, you are ready to start. Its tasks can be easily followed.

If you want to learn more, check out the [IntelliJ IDEA for Education](https://www.jetbrains.com.cn/en-us/idea-edu/) webpage.

Procedure: Work with the main menu

You can also use the main menu to browse other courses, create new ones, or report issues.

* In the main menu, go to `File | Learn and Teach` to choose options for browsing new courses, create the new or the hyper skill course.

![Learn and Teach](https://resources.jetbrains.com.cn/help/img/idea/2026.2/learn_and_teach_options.png)

* Go to `Help | Report Issue to JetBrains Academy Team` to file found issues in the project.