The benefits of having a Student mail account

A student mail is a generally a mail ID provided by an institution to its student and faculty members. Normally the mail ID has .edu co-domain and often referred as a '.edu' mail. This mail ID also serves as a means to verify that you are really enrolled in that university as a student or faculty. Various tech companies including ranging from Google provide various student only offers, all of which requires just only one thing: a .edu mail account. You just have to verify that you are really enrolled in a formal education in an institute. The institute can be in any country, it doesn't matter. So this blog is about the most useful opportunities that you can reap just with your student mail ID.

Even if you don't have a student mail id you can still apply for these programs by providing your academic proofs such as Institution's ID proof and Academic grade sheets. So chek it out

GitHub Student Developer Pack

There's no substitute for hands-on experience. But for most students, real world tools can be cost-prohibitive. That's why GitHub created the GitHub Student Developer Pack in partnership with some equally amazing organizations to give students free access to the best developer tools in one place, so they can learn by doing. The developer pack is contains a lot of free tools and premium subscription for various learning platforms.

The application process is fairly simple and be patient, it takes up to 2 weeks to get your student developer pack. You can apply using this link.

Notion

Notion is the perfect tool that every student needs to thrive in their academics. It wouldn't do it justice if I said it is a great planning tool. Notion is an application that provides components such as notes, databases, kanban boards, wikis, calendars and reminders. These components and systems can be used individually, or in collaboration with others.

Notion provides a free personal pro plan for the day you apply till the day you are a student. You can apply through this link.

unfortunately, you can apply only through a student account, Student ID's and other documentation are currently not accepted, but soon they will also be included.

Microsoft Office free subscription

Microsoft Office provides various tools that are essential for many purposes. Every student needs Word and PowerPoint in his system. The new Microsoft Office in Windows 10 is truly amazing, but it is not totally free. Microsoft has provided free access to Office 365 for student with a student mail.

You can check out apply for it using this link.

Apple Store for Education

Almost every one of us would have wanted to buy a MacBook or an iPad. But would have dropped that wish after seeing the price. But Apple is providing a considerable amount of discount for student to buy these products. I will not say that this makes it super cheap or even cheap, but it is better than buying without those discounts. You can avail those offers if you have a profile in UNiDAYS.

Apply through here.

Samsung Student Advantage

Similar to Apple, Samsung is also providing discounts in its products for students. So those who find Apple products costly or unaffordable can check out this. The offers are really great, especially with this total COVID-19 and virtual learning.

Apply through here.

Spotify premium 🎶

Experts have agreed that soft and ambient music increases focuses. An increase in focus leads to increased in productivity. Spotify is a great platform for listening to music whether it is for productivity or party, Spotify has a playlist just for everything. But the annoying ads will disturb our focus. So, in order to provide a distraction free music for students, Spotify has announced a free premium plan for students with a student mail.

You can avail this offer from here.

LastPass premium

One thing about being a student is that we would have to create countless accounts in countless platforms. The problem with that is we have to remember the credentials for each of those platforms, or we might lose the data in the platform. LastPass is a great password manager that you can use. But recently, LastPass has made that you can use LastPass only in one device with a free account. So you might not find that convenient and might want to pay for a premium version. But if you are a student, you don't have to. You can enjoy premium features in LastPass if you have a student account.

You can apply from this link.

Flight Discount's

You might want to travel to another country or to travel in a flight to get somewhere within the deadline. For situations like this INDIGO is providing a 6% off on base fare and an extra baggage allowance of 10 kg (for bookings made 7 days in advance).

Anyone with a valid student mail can redeem this offer through this link.

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform by Microsoft. Microsoft provides one year free subscription for students to build and deploy amazing products. If you are interested, you can apply through here.

Conclusion

I hope you would have found this article useful. If you have anything to add to this list, feel free to do so in the comments, I will update it soon. Do share it with your friends.