GitHub Education for Students
Verified students can access several GitHub services for free through GitHub Education and the GitHub Student Developer Pack.
Current student benefits
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.
If you do not want to incur charges, do not enable paid additional usage after your included allowance is exhausted.
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
Create or use your personal GitHub account.
Add and verify your FHNW email address in GitHub.
Open GitHub Education benefits and submit a student application.
If requested, provide official proof of current enrollment.
After verification, activate Copilot Student from your Education benefits.
Explore the full GitHub Student Developer Pack.
Official resources
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.