diff --git a/internal/config/profile.go b/internal/config/profile.go
index 2b190aecfc..30efb941ac 100644
--- a/internal/config/profile.go
+++ b/internal/config/profile.go
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ const (
 	ContainerizedHostNameEnv = "MONGODB_ATLAS_IS_CONTAINERIZED"
 	GitHubActionsHostNameEnv = "GITHUB_ACTIONS"
 	AtlasActionHostNameEnv   = "ATLAS_GITHUB_ACTION"
+	CLIUserTypeEnv           = "CLI_USER_TYPE" // CLIUserTypeEnv is used to separate MongoDB University users from default users
+	DefaultUser              = "default"       // Users that do NOT use ATLAS CLI with MongoDB University
+	UniversityUser           = "university"    // Users that uses ATLAS CLI with MongoDB University
 	NativeHostName           = "native"
 	DockerContainerHostName  = "container"
 	GitHubActionsHostName    = "all_github_actions"
@@ -74,6 +77,7 @@ const (
 var (
 	HostName       = getConfigHostnameFromEnvs()
 	UserAgent      = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s (%s;%s;%s)", AtlasCLI, version.Version, runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH, HostName)
+	CLIUserType    = newCLIUserTypeFromEnvs()
 	defaultProfile = newProfile()
 )
 
@@ -196,6 +200,15 @@ func getConfigHostnameFromEnvs() string {
 	return configHostName
 }
 
+// newCLIUserTypeFromEnvs patches the user type information based on set env vars.
+func newCLIUserTypeFromEnvs() string {
+	if value, ok := os.LookupEnv(CLIUserTypeEnv); ok {
+		return value
+	}
+
+	return DefaultUser
+}
+
 func envIsTrue(env string) bool {
 	return IsTrue(os.Getenv(env))
 }
diff --git a/internal/telemetry/event.go b/internal/telemetry/event.go
index b5d2b08e7c..e2e8314b52 100644
--- a/internal/telemetry/event.go
+++ b/internal/telemetry/event.go
@@ -259,6 +259,12 @@ func withProjectID(cmd CmdFlags, c ProjectIDGetter) EventOpt {
 	}
 }
 
+func withCLIUserType() EventOpt {
+	return func(event Event) {
+		event.Properties["cli_user_type"] = config.CLIUserType
+	}
+}
+
 type OrgIDGetter interface {
 	OrgID() string
 }
diff --git a/internal/telemetry/event_test.go b/internal/telemetry/event_test.go
index 5067df695f..9044820ad6 100644
--- a/internal/telemetry/event_test.go
+++ b/internal/telemetry/event_test.go
@@ -163,6 +163,17 @@ func TestWithService(t *testing.T) {
 	a.Equal(url, e.Properties["ops_manager_url"])
 }
 
+func TestWithCLIUserType(t *testing.T) {
+	config.CLIUserType = config.DefaultUser
+	a := assert.New(t)
+	e := newEvent(withCLIUserType())
+	a.Equal(config.DefaultUser, e.Properties["cli_user_type"])
+
+	config.CLIUserType = config.UniversityUser
+	e = newEvent(withCLIUserType())
+	a.Equal(config.UniversityUser, e.Properties["cli_user_type"])
+}
+
 func TestWithProjectID(t *testing.T) {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use: "test-command",
@@ -397,6 +408,7 @@ func (c configMock) PublicAPIKey() string {
 func (c configMock) PrivateAPIKey() string {
 	return c.privateKey
 }
+
 func (c configMock) AccessToken() string {
 	return c.accessToken
 }
diff --git a/internal/telemetry/tracker.go b/internal/telemetry/tracker.go
index 21a3d3aab7..07114937f9 100644
--- a/internal/telemetry/tracker.go
+++ b/internal/telemetry/tracker.go
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ func (t *tracker) defaultCommandOptions() []EventOpt {
 		withUserAgent(),
 		withAnonymousID(),
 		withCI(),
+		withCLIUserType(),
 		withSkipUpdateCheck(config.Default()),
 	}
 }