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# GitHub Education for Students

Verified students can access several GitHub services for free through **GitHub Education** and the **GitHub Student Developer Pack**.

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**Start here:** Use your personal GitHub account, add and verify your FHNW email address, and apply for GitHub Education. GitHub may ask for additional proof of current enrollment.
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## Current student benefits

| Benefit                    | What you get                                                                        |
| -------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **GitHub Pro**             | Free while your student status remains verified                                     |
| **GitHub Copilot Student** | Unlimited code completions and **200 AI Credits per month** for AI-powered features |
| **GitHub Codespaces**      | **180 core hours** and **20 GB storage per month** on your personal account         |
| **Student Developer Pack** | Additional developer tools and partner offers; availability varies by provider      |

## GitHub Copilot Student

Copilot Student is the free Copilot plan for verified students.

* Code completions are **unlimited**.
* AI-powered features such as chat, agents, CLI, and related features consume your monthly **AI Credits**.
* The plan uses **automatic model selection**.

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If you do not want to incur charges, do not enable paid additional usage after your included allowance is exhausted.
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## GitHub Codespaces

Codespaces provides cloud-based development environments that open in your browser or in Visual Studio Code.

Verified students currently receive:

* **180 core hours per month**
* **20 GB of Codespaces storage per month**

The allowance applies to Codespaces used through your **personal GitHub account**. Compute usage depends on the size of the selected virtual machine.

## How to activate your benefits

1. Create or use your **personal GitHub account**.
2. Add and verify your **FHNW email address** in GitHub.
3. Open [GitHub Education benefits](https://github.com/settings/education/benefits) and submit a student application.
4. If requested, provide official proof of current enrollment.
5. After verification, activate **Copilot Student** from your Education benefits.
6. Explore the full [GitHub Student Developer Pack](https://education.github.com/pack).

## Official resources

* [GitHub Education for students](https://docs.github.com/en/education/about-github-education/github-education-for-students)
* [Apply to GitHub Education](https://docs.github.com/en/education/about-github-education/github-education-for-students/apply-to-github-education-as-a-student)
* [GitHub Student Developer Pack](https://education.github.com/pack)
* [GitHub Copilot plans](https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/get-started/plans)
* [GitHub Codespaces billing and included usage](https://docs.github.com/en/billing/concepts/product-billing/github-codespaces)

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GitHub can change student benefits, quotas, and eligibility rules. Check the official GitHub pages if you depend on a specific benefit for a course or project.
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