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Muhammad Wasif
Muhammad Wasif

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Become Github Student Developer

What is Gihtub Student Developer Pack?

Github Student Developer Pack is a collection of free services for student developers. Student can take benefits of commercial software and tools for free.

Now, question is 'How to apply and am I eligible?'

If you're a student, you're eligible. But there's a bad news. You must be enrolled in an institute to apply for this developer pack.

What will you get?

If you get selected for the developer pack, you'll get following stuff:

  • Access to commercial tools like JetBrains IDEs
  • 3 free domain names
  • Github Pro Membership
  • Cloud Credit in different cloud platfrom (Microsoft Azure, Digital Ocean)
  • Free access to paid courses

Isn't that cool? List of all benefits

How to apply?

In order to apply, you need a proof that you're a student. You need an enrollment verification letter or your student ID card to proof that you're currently a student and studying in an institute.

After that go to Github Education website and choose Student Developer Pack option.

Fill the application form after signing in to your Github Account. You need to provide the picture of the document that verifies your student status. Make sure that document is clear and in good quality.

Then explain how you plan to use github in future. Type some fancy sentences that you love open source and github is best community of open source developers. After submitting the application, you will get email of confirmation between 2 or 3 days. If you provided your school email address, you may get confirmation email in between 2 hours.

Now, what are you waiting for? Go and apply now!

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