To register a .edu domain, you must be a US post-secondary institution that meets the following requirements: Is accredited by a US Department of Education agency Is located in the US Is licensed, incorporated, or collegiate within the US Is officially recognized by a US state or federal government agency

You can register a .edu domain through EduCause, the sole registrar for .edu domains: 

Check your eligibility See if your preferred domain name is available

Create an account 

Fill in your personal information 

Fill in details about your institution's accreditation 

Agree to the customer service agreement 

Complete your order by making a payment    

Lifetime

30 days for renewal after expiration. After that date, it would be canceled and could be registered by any other person.

Citizenship requirements

Must be a U.S. higher education institution

Technical requirements

It is licensed, incorporated, or an academic institution in the U.S.

It is officially recognized by a U.S. state or federal government agency.

Registration

The application process can take 4–6 weeks, and you will receive an email to let you know if your application was accepted. 

Transfers

To carry out domain transfers you will need your current provider to give you with the AuthCode or EPP-Key of the domain, with it you demonstrate the ownership of the domain.

Transfers take 5-7 days to complete. Some registrars allow you to accept transfers manually, contact your current provider and find out if they offer this type of service, so the transfer will be completed the same day.

The domains, once the transfer is complete, extend the expiration date by one year.

Renewals

You can renew your domain at any time, this process usually takes between 20 and 30 minutes to complete.

Cancelation

It is possible to request the cancellation of a domain, you must do it via ticket (support area). Keep in mind that the cancellation does not imply the payment of the amount paid by the domain.

DNS modification

The modification of DNS is immediate, keep in mind that they will have to propagate through the network, this process usually takes between 2 and 48 hours to propagate correctly, so the previous server could appear active during that time.

Domain owner change

In order to proceed with an ownership change of many domains, it's necessary that both the current and new owner accept this change. Once the ownership change is completed the domain is locked for transfers for a 60-day period, during this time the domain won't be able to be transferred to another registrar.

Official documentation

In this section you will find links to the official documentation of the extension.

• Domains currently do not have official documentation.