Chapter 30: Icons Education
1. What is the “Icons Education” Page?
This page groups only the icons that represent education, school, learning, teaching, books, graduation, university, science, reading, writing, and academic life.
These icons are extremely useful for:
- School / college / university websites
- Online course platforms (Udemy, Coursera style landing pages)
- Educational blogs / tutorial sites
- “About the Teacher” or “Our Faculty” sections
- E-learning app dashboards
- Kids’ learning apps or nursery websites
- Scholarship / admission pages
- Library / bookstore sections
- Resume / CV education sections
In Font Awesome 5 free, the Education category is medium-sized and very useful (around 15–25 icons, mostly solid fas style, some regular far). Newer versions (FA6/7) added many more (chalkboard-teacher, book-open-reader, school, graduation-cap variants, microscope, atom), but FA5 free already has the most important academic symbols that almost every education-related site uses.
2. Main Free Education Icons in Font Awesome 5 (From the W3Schools Page)
Here are the most important free ones you’ll see in the table (solid fas unless noted; these are the classics everyone uses):
- Graduation Cap (mortarboard hat – graduation / academic achievement) <i class=”fas fa-graduation-cap”></i> (alias: fa-mortar-board)
- Book (open or closed book – reading / study) <i class=”fas fa-book”></i>
- Book Open (open book – reading/learning) <i class=”fas fa-book-open”></i>
- Book Reader (person reading book – student studying) <i class=”fas fa-book-reader”></i>
- Chalkboard (blackboard / classroom board) <i class=”fas fa-chalkboard”></i>
- Chalkboard Teacher (teacher at blackboard – teaching class) <i class=”fas fa-chalkboard-teacher”></i>
- User Graduate (graduate student / person with cap) <i class=”fas fa-user-graduate”></i>
- School (school building) <i class=”fas fa-school”></i>
- University (older alias for school building) <i class=”fas fa-university”></i>
- Microscope (science lab tool – biology/chemistry education) <i class=”fas fa-microscope”></i>
- Atom (science atom symbol – physics/chemistry) <i class=”fas fa-atom”></i>
- Glasses (reading glasses – studying/reading) <i class=”fas fa-glasses”></i>
- Laptop (used in education context – e-learning) <i class=”fas fa-laptop”></i> (overlaps with Computers)
- Pencil Alt (pencil – writing / taking notes) <i class=”fas fa-pencil-alt”></i> (overlaps with Design/Editors)
- Apple Alt (red apple – teacher gift / school snack) <i class=”fas fa-apple-alt”></i> (overlaps with Childhood)
These are the core free Education icons — very recognizable for students, teachers, and academic sites.
3. Real Code Examples – How to Use Education Icons
Example 1: School / College Homepage Hero Section
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<!-- FA5 CDN in <head> --> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/5.15.4/css/all.min.css"> <div style="text-align: center; padding: 60px 20px; background: linear-gradient(to bottom, #4e54c8, #8f94fb); color: white; border-radius: 0 0 20px 20px;"> <i class="fas fa-graduation-cap" style="font-size: 7rem; margin-bottom: 20px;"></i> <h1>Welcome to Webliance Academy</h1> <p style="font-size: 1.6rem;"> <i class="fas fa-chalkboard-teacher" style="margin-right: 10px;"></i> Learn from Expert Teachers • <i class="fas fa-book-reader" style="margin-right: 10px;"></i> Self-Paced Courses </p> </div> |
Example 2: Education / Qualification Section on Resume / Portfolio
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<div style="max-width: 600px; margin: 40px auto;"> <h2><i class="fas fa-user-graduate" style="color: #28a745; margin-right: 10px;"></i> Education</h2> <ul style="list-style: none; padding: 0; font-size: 1.2rem;"> <li style="margin: 20px 0;"> <i class="fas fa-graduation-cap" style="color: #007bff; margin-right: 10px;"></i> B.Tech in Computer Science – 2020–2024 </li> <li style="margin: 20px 0;"> <i class="fas fa-school" style="color: #673ab7; margin-right: 10px;"></i> Intermediate (MPC) – Narayana Junior College, 2018–2020 </li> <li style="margin: 20px 0;"> <i class="fas fa-book-open" style="color: #ff9800; margin-right: 10px;"></i> Online Certifications – Coursera & Udemy (2025) </li> </ul> </div> |
Example 3: Online Course Card
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<div style="border: 1px solid #bbdefb; padding: 25px; max-width: 400px; margin: 30px auto; border-radius: 12px; background: #e3f2fd; text-align: center;"> <i class="fas fa-book-reader" style="font-size: 5rem; color: #2196f3; margin-bottom: 15px;"></i> <h3>Full-Stack Web Development Bootcamp</h3> <p style="font-size: 1.3rem;"> <i class="fas fa-chalkboard-teacher" style="margin-right: 8px;"></i> Live Classes • <i class="fas fa-clock" style="margin-right: 8px;"></i> 3 Months </p> <button style="background: #2196f3; color: white; padding: 12px 24px; border: none; border-radius: 6px;"> Enroll Now </button> </div> |
Example 4: Science Subject Icon (for school site)
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<div style="display: flex; justify-content: center; gap: 40px; font-size: 6rem; margin: 50px 0;"> <i class="fas fa-microscope" style="color: #4caf50;"></i> <i class="fas fa-atom" style="color: #673ab7;"></i> </div> <p style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.4rem;">Science Labs • Physics • Chemistry • Biology</p> |
4. Teacher Tips for Education Icons
- Colors — Blues (#007bff) for graduation/learning (trust), greens (#28a745) for success/achievement, purples (#673ab7) for science/academia, oranges (#ff9800) for books/energy.
- Size — Big sizes (fa-5x, fa-7x) look inspiring on education hero sections or course cards.
- Combine categories — Pair with Childhood (apple-alt, child), Date & Time (calendar-check for classes), or Code (laptop-code for online learning).
- Accessibility — Add aria-label=”Graduation cap – B.Tech degree”; hide decorative ones with aria-hidden=”true”.
- Upgrade note — In Font Awesome 6/7, Education has many more free icons (school-flag, book-skull, chalkboard-user, diploma) — upgrade for modern e-learning platforms.
Summary – Quick Recap
Font Awesome 5 Education Icons = W3Schools’ page listing free education/academic icons like graduation-cap 🎓, book 📖, chalkboard-teacher 👩🏫, user-graduate 👨🎓, microscope 🔬, atom ⚛️, school 🏫, etc. Perfect for schools, colleges, online courses, teacher profiles, e-learning apps, resumes, or any “learning/education” theme.
Got it now? Want me to:
- Build a full “Online Course Landing Page” or “School Website” demo with these icons?
- Show how they look in a modern e-learning dashboard?
- Compare FA5 vs newer versions (more school/science icons)?
- Or next category like “Icons Emoji”?
Just raise your hand — teacher is ready for the next lesson! 🎓📚👩🏫🚀
