Verified students get Copilot Student free through GitHub Education, and GitHub reevaluates eligibility every month. Activation can take several days. The Student Pack page says unlimited code completions, an allowance of GitHub AI Credits, and limited chat and agent use with auto model selection only, and it does not print the credit amount.
Normal price: Copilot Free: 2,000 completions a month for individuals without org or enterprise Copilot. Copilot Student: free, with an allowance of GitHub AI Credits. The credit amount is not printed · Official pricing ↗
Who's eligible
Verified students through GitHub Education.
How to claim
Verify through GitHub Education on the official student setup page.
Activation can take several days.
GitHub reevaluates eligibility every month. The plan stays at $0 while GitHub Education still verifies you.
Verify through GitHub Education. Activation can take several days, and GitHub reevaluates eligibility every month. The plans page calls this Copilot Student: free, an allowance of GitHub AI Credits, auto model selection only, and no third-party agents. The credit amount is not printed. The GitHub Student Pack page says unlimited code completions, an allowance of GitHub AI Credits, and limited chat and agent usage with auto model selection only. The 2,000 completion cap belongs to Copilot Free, not this plan.
Verified students get Copilot Student free through GitHub Education, and GitHub reevaluates eligibility every month. Activation can take several days. The Student Pack page says unlimited code completions, an allowance of GitHub AI Credits, and limited chat and agent use with auto model selection only, and it does not print the credit amount.
Who is eligible for GitHub Copilot student?
Verified students through GitHub Education.
How do you claim it?
1. Verify through GitHub Education on the official student setup page. 2. Activation can take several days. 3. GitHub reevaluates eligibility every month. The plan stays at $0 while GitHub Education still verifies you.
Copilot Pro free for teachers and popular OSS maintainers
Get free access to Copilot Pro as a verified teacher on GitHub Education, or as a maintainer of a popular open-source repository. GitHub reevaluates eligibility every month. If you were granted this free access as a verified student, teacher, or maintainer, you will not be able to cancel the plan. The previous teachers-only URL now returns 404. This is the current page.
Who
Verified teachers, and maintainers of a popular open-source repository
Canada: Google AI Plus free for 1 year for students
The en-CA students page offers eligible university students 18+ one year of Google AI Plus free, with 2x higher Gemini limits, 400 GB, and Gemini Omni. A payment method is required. Redeem until December 31, 2026. Unless cancelled earlier, Google AI Plus charges $6.99/month. The page does not print CA$, CAD, or the word Canada.
Who
Canada: eligible university students 18+
Price after
The en-CA students page prints $6.99/month and does not print CA$ or CAD
Free for eligible K-12 teachers and students. Re-verify every 3 years. Not for higher ed. The page points college students to Canva for Campus, which is a different offer and is not priced here.
DataCamp free for 3 months with the GitHub Student Pack
DataCamp's GitHub students page says you can sign up for three months at no charge, that you will not be charged, and that you do not need a credit card. It is once per user, and only for students who have the GitHub Student Pack and are not already DataCamp subscribers. The page describes the catalog as AI-powered data, AI, cloud, and software courses. This is course access, not a model-API credit.
Who
GitHub Student Developer Pack holders who are not already DataCamp subscribers.
Price after
$0 for three months. No card. The course library from this offer ends unless you buy a subscription.