College students only

Your student ID unlocks thousands of rupees of software, free.

Keep your college email or a photo of your student ID ready; most offers verify with it.

GitHub Student Developer Pack

GitHub Copilot, GitHub Pro and dozens of partner tools: cloud credits, IDEs, courses. Eligibility: Verified students. Official link: https://education.github.com/pack

Copilot Student gives unlimited code completions plus a monthly allowance of AI credits; chat and agent use are limited.

Sign in to GitHub, or create a free account.
On the Pack page, choose Sign up for Student Developer Pack.
Start an application and verify with your college email or a photo of your student ID showing the current enrolment date.
Review is not instant: wait for the approval email, then claim offers from your GitHub Education portal.

Free .me domain

A .me domain free for one year from Namecheap, a Student Pack partner. Eligibility: Pack members. Official link: https://nc.me

The catch: It renews at the normal price after the first year. Signing up on nc.me directly only covers select US, UK, Canadian and Australian universities, so Indian students should claim it through the Pack.

The Pack also lists a free .TECH domain and a Name.com domain; check the Pack page for current domain partners.

Get your GitHub Student Developer Pack approved first.
Find Namecheap in the Pack offers and follow its link to nc.me.
Pick your name, for example yourname.me, and claim the first year free.
Point it at GitHub Pages to get a real portfolio address.

GitHub Pages

Free hosting for your portfolio site, straight from a GitHub repository. Eligibility: Free for everyone. Official link: https://pages.github.com

Free domain + Pages + the link on your résumé = a portfolio recruiters can open.

Create a repository named yourusername.github.io.
Add an index.html, or start from a template.
Your site goes live at https://yourusername.github.io.
Optional: add a CNAME file with your free .me domain.

Adobe Creative Cloud

Photoshop, Premiere Pro and the rest of Creative Cloud, if your college provides it. Eligibility: Via your college. Official link: https://www.adobe.com/education.html

The catch: Free only when your college has a Creative Cloud licence. Otherwise it is a paid student discount (Adobe lists US$19.99/mo for the first year on the annual plan), not free.

Search your college email for an Adobe or Creative Cloud invite.
No invite? Ask your college IT team or library whether students get Creative Cloud.
If they do, sign in at adobe.com with your college email.

Figma Education

The Figma Professional plan, free for verified students. Eligibility: Verified students. Official link: https://www.figma.com/education/

Figma says the education plan is 100% free, with no freemium or hidden upgrades.

Open Figma for Education and apply as a student.
Verify your student status.
Create your Education team and design on the Professional plan.

Notion for Education

Notion’s Education plan, free: unlimited pages and blocks, file uploads, 30-day history. Eligibility: College email only. Official link: https://www.notion.com/product/notion-for-education

The catch: Notion does not accept student IDs, only a college email, and Gmail accounts do not qualify. Each college email claims the offer once, for one workspace; re-verify once a year.

Make your college email the primary email on your Notion account.
On Notion for Education, choose Get Notion free.
Claim the student offer for one workspace.

Autodesk Education

Fusion, AutoCAD, 3ds Max, Revit and more for 3D and engineering, free for a year. Eligibility: Educational use. Official link: https://www.autodesk.com/education/home

The catch: Educational use only. Autodesk forbids using education licences for commercial, professional or other for-profit work.

Open Autodesk Education and pick a product.
Sign up with your college email.
Confirm eligibility and upload any documents asked for.
Once verified, download from your account. Access renews every year while you are eligible.

Google AI Plus (India)

12 months free: Gemini with 2× higher usage limits, plus 400 GB of storage. Eligibility: College in India, 18+. Official link: https://one.google.com/ai-student

The catch: Claim before 31 Dec 2026. It needs a payment method and auto-renews at the standard monthly price after the free year unless you cancel.

Open the offer and sign in with your Google account.
Verify your student status (Google uses SheerID).
Add a payment method; nothing is charged during the free year.
Set a reminder for a few days before the year ends.

Common questions

Do I need a .edu email? No. Offers accept your own college’s email domain, whatever it ends in. GitHub also accepts a photo of your student ID with the current enrolment date. Notion is the exception: it only verifies with a college email.

What if my college is not listed? GitHub and Autodesk let you upload proof instead, such as your student ID, an enrolment letter or a transcript. Namecheap’s direct sign-up only covers select foreign universities, so claim the free domain through the GitHub Pack.

What happens after the free period? The .me domain renews at the normal price, and Google AI Plus starts charging the standard monthly price unless you cancel. Autodesk and Notion stay free while you re-verify each year as a student.

Can I use these for paid or client work? Usually not. Education licences are meant for learning; Autodesk explicitly bans commercial use. Read each offer’s terms before you use it for freelance or client projects.

Sources

Last checked 7 Oct 2026. Offers change; the official pages are the source of truth.

GitHub Student Developer Pack: https://education.github.com/pack
GitHub Education application docs: https://docs.github.com/en/education/about-github-education/github-education-for-students/apply-to-github-education-as-a-student
Namecheap Education FAQ: https://nc.me/faq
GitHub Pages: https://pages.github.com
Adobe Education: https://www.adobe.com/education.html
Figma for Education: https://www.figma.com/education/
Notion for Education help: https://www.notion.com/help/notion-for-education
Autodesk Education: https://www.autodesk.com/education/home
Google India blog: https://blog.google/intl/en-in/products/start-the-academic-year-with-one-year-of-gemini-on-us/
Google One student offer terms: https://one.google.com/offer/studentoffer8