The Salzburg Authorized Academic Java Campus (AAJC) is the first institution of its kind in continental Europe. The AAJC was accredited in February 2000 by Sun Microsystems.

AAJCs in general aim at propagating Java technologies within academic environments. For instance, the AAJC in Salzburg offers the Java Certification Programmes ("Programmer", "Developer" and "Java Architect") to students of Computer Science at the Paris-Lodron University of Salzburg and to students of Studies in Telecommunications at the Polytechnic University in Salzburg. Establishing the AAJC in Salzburg is another milestone in reassuring SunTREC Salzburg at the forefront of Java technologies.

Sun's Authorized Academic Java Campus[sm] (AAJC) program provides universities a way to establish a Sun branded training center on campus by licensing Java[tm] technology from Sun, the creator of the Java programming language. By incorporating Sun's Java technology courseware into their existing curriculum, the AAJCs will help prepare their students to meet the urgent need for Java technology programmers today while giving them the educational foundation they need to succeed in tomorrow's world of E-Commerce.

Through the Authorized Academic Java Campus program, universities collaborate with local industry to give students practical, hands-on experience implementing Java technology pilot projects in real business environments. Universities will also provide other valuable services to the community, such as helping developers prepare their products to meet the 100% Pure Java[tm] certification standard, localization of Java applets, and development of Java technology class libraries.