🎓 Student Offers — The Ultimate List
Every student discount, credit, freebie and free tool — sorted by category and country, with the verification method for each offer.
AI · Dev · Cloud · Learning · Design · Career · Streaming · Money · Scholarships · By country
A community-maintained, international list of everything a student can get for free or cheap: student software discounts, cloud credits, free developer tools, free courses and certificates, scholarships, transport passes, banking perks and more — each entry with its verification method (SheerID, UNiDAYS, Student Beans, GitHub Student Developer Pack, ISIC…). Contributions welcome.
🔑 Step 0 — Get verified (unlocks ~90% of all offers)
Almost every offer on this list gates behind one of these verification systems. Set them up once, then claim everything.
| Method | What it is | Used by | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| School / university email | .edu, .ac.uk, .ac.*, school-issued address | JetBrains, Microsoft, Autodesk, Notion… | your institution's portal |
| Student ID + enrollment certificate | Official proof of enrollment | SheerID checks, museums, transport | your registrar / student office |
| GitHub Education | Verified student status → unlocks the Student Developer Pack (70+ offers) | Copilot, domains, cloud credits… | Apply |
| SheerID | Third-party verification used by most global brands | Spotify, Cursor, YouTube, Autodesk, Nike… | automatic during signup |
| UNiDAYS | Student discount platform | Apple, Nike, Samsung, ASOS… | myunidays.com |
| Student Beans | Student discount platform | VPNs, fashion, software | studentbeans.com |
| ISIC card | International Student Identity Card — 130+ countries | Travel, museums, software abroad | isic.org |
| Youth/age status | Many offers are for "under 26/27" — no student proof needed, just ID | EU museums, rail cards, cinemas | national ID |
⚠️ GitHub verification takes ~72 h. Apply day one, claim everything else while you wait.
⭐ Top 10 — do these first
| # | Offer | What you get | Verify via | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GitHub Student Developer Pack | 70+ pro tools free (Copilot, JetBrains, domains, cloud…) | GitHub Education | education.github.com/pack |
| 2 | Microsoft Azure for Students | $100/yr of cloud no credit card | School email / proof | azure.microsoft.com/free/students |
| 3 | Cursor Pro | 12 months free (~$240) | SheerID | cursor.com/students |
| 4 | JetBrains All Products | Every pro IDE free | School email / ISIC / GitHub | jetbrains.com/community/education |
| 5 | Figma Education | Figma Pro + FigJam free | School email / SheerID | figma.com/education |
| 6 | Notion Plus Education | Notion Plus plan free | School email | notion.so/students |
| 7 | UNiDAYS + Student Beans | Unlocks most hardware/fashion discounts | Platform signup | myunidays.com |
| 8 | Spotify / Apple Music Student | ~50% off (+ Apple TV+ with Apple Music) | SheerID / UNiDAYS | docs/entertainment.md |
| 9 | Microsoft 365 Education | Office free at eligible institutions | School email | microsoft.com/education |
| 10 | ISIC card | Student proof that works in 130+ countries | Enrollment certificate | isic.org |
📚 Browse the list
| Category | File | What's inside |
|---|---|---|
| 🤖 AI & coding assistants | docs/ai.md | Cursor, Copilot, Zed, Google AI, ElevenLabs + free AI tiers |
| 🐙 GitHub Student Developer Pack | docs/github-pack.md | One signup → 70+ offers: Copilot, domains, cloud, courses, tools |
| ☁️ Dev tools, cloud & free tiers | docs/dev.md | Azure/AWS/Oracle + a complete $0 hosting stack |
| 🎨 Design, 3D & gamedev | docs/design.md | Figma, Autodesk, Unity, Adobe + free alternatives |
| 📖 Learning, courses & textbooks | docs/learning.md | freeCodeCamp, CS50, MOOCs, OpenStax, academic tools — with free-cert flags |
| 💼 Career & internships | docs/career.md | Free CV builders, interview prep, paid fellowships (GSoC, MLH…), job boards |
| 🧠 Study tools & useful sites | docs/productivity.md | Anki, Obsidian, GeoGebra, open-source alternatives, everyday websites |
| 📺 Streaming, media & gaming | docs/entertainment.md | Spotify/Apple/YT student plans, free games, Prime Gaming |
| 💰 Money, banking & budgeting | docs/money.md | No-fee accounts, budgeting apps, housing aid, student money traps |
| 🎓 Scholarships & grants | docs/scholarships.md | Erasmus Mundus, Fulbright, DAAD, Chevening + databases |
| 🗺️ Offers by country | docs/countries.md | 🇫🇷 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 — transport, banking, gov aid, local perks |
🚧 Country sections beyond France are works in progress — add yours!
Legend — every category page is split in two
| Badge | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 🎓 Student offers | Require proof of student status — the Verify via column tells you exactly which one |
| 🆓 Free for everyone | Usable by any student with no verification — the Limits column states quotas/caps (or "Fully free") |
⚠️ Pitfalls & deadlines
Expand the table
| Offer | The catch |
|---|---|
| Google AI student offers | Enrollment deadlines apply + card required → set a reminder before it renews at full price |
| Cursor Pro | Falls back to ~$20/mo after the free year → cancel if you're not continuing |
| ChatGPT student promos | Some are US-university only — check eligibility first |
| Canva Education | Reserved for primary/secondary schools → use Affinity (free) or Figma |
| AWS Educate | No longer gives cloud credits → use AWS Student Rewards instead |
| DigitalOcean | Offer expired (left the Pack mid-2026) → use Azure/Oracle instead |
| Postman Student Program | Discontinued — only the free plan remains |
| 🇫🇷 €1 CROUS meals | Requires a student card + active Izly account, 1 meal per service |
| 🇫🇷 Pass Culture | No new credit after 18; existing balance usable until 21 |
| "Free lifetime Copilot", unofficial discount sites | Scams — never enter payment info outside official stores |
| Scholarship "application fees" | Scams — real scholarships are always free to apply for |
| Shadow libraries for textbooks | Legal risk — use OpenStax/Unpaywall/your library instead → docs/learning.md |
🚀 Action plan
- Day 1 — Apply to GitHub Education → unlocks 70+ offers in ~72 h
- Day 1 — Azure for Students + Cursor + Zed + Google AI (all direct-verify, no wait)
- Week 1 — UNiDAYS + Student Beans + ISIC card + your country's student ID/transit card
- Check your institution's portal — Microsoft 365, LinkedIn Learning, MATLAB, journals… often already included
- If you move out — housing aid / guarantor programs in your country (e.g. Visale + APL in France)
- Apply for aid — national grants + your university's bursary fund → docs/scholarships.md
🤝 Contributing
Offers expire fast — help keep this the best student list on GitHub:
- Report an expired offer → open an issue with the Expired offer template
- Add an offer → PR following the format in CONTRIBUTING.md
- Add a free resource (courses, tools, sites) → New resource issue template
- Add your country → copy a country block in docs/countries.md
- Fix a price/link → PRs welcome, link to the official page
Our CI checks all links weekly — dead links get flagged automatically.
💰 Estimated cumulative value: $25,000+ in software, cloud credits, courses, scholarships and discounts — if every offer on this list were claimed.
Community-maintained list — offers change quickly; always re-check the terms before signing up. Not affiliated with any listed company.