Many students passionate about learning technology — especially in underdeveloped countries — struggle to afford resources due to their families’ financial instability.
Since many resources these days seem to be paid for to get their real value, students who can afford them are falling behind the others.
Fortunately, GigHub saw that demanding problem and addressed it by offering a free student pack to all students over 13 years old.
What is the Student Developer Pack in GitHub?
Simply put, it’s a collection of services given to students in collaboration with GitHub and its partners, and it is absolutely free.
With the pack, lots of paid SaaS and PaaS services will be given to its holders to try out without worrying about the cost it comes with.
- Students can get hands-on experience with industry-standard products and tools.
- Can used for any non-commercial project
What Does the GitHub Student Pack Offer?
The GitHub Student Pack provides various services that enable developers to gain industry experience in an industry-approved environment.
It gives more than 30 different technologies.
Let me give you some popular examples you will get when you sign up.
#1 Microsoft Azure
Free access to 25+ Microsoft Azure cloud services plus $100 in Azure credit. For students aged 18+.
#2 Free Domains
Get .tech, .live, and .me domains free for 1 year with Free SSL certificates which will cost you a lot otherwise.
#3 Educative Courses For Free (70+ Courses)
You’ll get access to study with more than 70 premium study guides and tutorials in different fields without spending a penny on these educative course materials.
#4 GitHub Copilot
You already know what this is. It’s the Newest AI coding assistance developed by GitHub — and with this pack, it is totally free for you to use.
#5 Heroku
Deploy your Fullstack website absolutely for free on Heroku. Whether it’s Static or dynamic, you can deploy it all.
This is only a bunch of services you’ll get through the pack.
How to get a GitHub student developer pack
Alright! Since now you have a basic idea of what is GitHub student developer pack, it’s time to get it.
To get it, you have to go through a really simple application process which can be completed within 3 minutes. Here’s how.
- Go to the GitHub student developer page.
- Click on “Sign up for Student Developer Pack”
- Choose your role as a “Student” & scroll down
- Carefully read the following requirements before you begin with the application.
- You have to collect some things to prove you are a student of a recognized school or University.
What documents you’ll need for the proof
In order to be approved for the GitHub student pack, you should own one of these documents.
- University or School ID with expiration date.
- Any document that will prove you are a student with the institution seal on it.
- Result Sheet offered by the University.
- Or anything will prove you are a student there.
After finding one of the items, you can go through the application process.
Filling the application
Filling the application is very easy.
But, you have to provide valid materials to prove your identity.
- The first step is to put your institution’s name on the school field.
- Suggestions will come when you type two or three letters of the School or Uni name.
- Then they will ask to verify your identity with your institution’s email address.
- Go ahead and fill in the relevant field for the verification as shown below.
- A verification email will be sent to your email within a few seconds
- Verify it by clicking the link they are providing or with the secret code.
After the verification, GitHub will ask you to upload the documents I mentioned above.
If you already have the University ID card, just take a picture of the student ID card and upload it.
On a non-busy day (like at the start of the semester), it will be approved within an hour or two.
If not, within a week your student account will be approved.
How to get a GitHub student developer pack without a student ID?
If you do not have a student ID, or if it has already expired, you can still go for the offer by presenting any document with the university signature and a valid date.
Just ask for an interim result sheet or something that can be taken as valid proof that you are currently enrolled in the institution and upload it.
If all went good, you will have a reply email in no time.
Once accepted, you will get the following notification.
And, that’s how you can correctly enroll in the GitHub Student Development Pack.
