
- College students in the US can sign up for a 3-month free trial, which brings access to Microsoft 365 Personal and Copilot.
- It offers desktop versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, and Copilot.
- Following the 3-month free trial, students can continue using the plan at a 50% discount, bringing the monthly cost to $4.99 from $9.99.
Apart from that, college students also get 1 TB of cloud storage during the free trial period. After the 3-month trial period, students can continue using the plan at a 50% discount, bringing the cost down to $4.99 per month from $9.99 per month. Basically, Microsoft is offering a longer free trial for students and bundling Copilot access to entice college students.
Back in February, I reported that Microsoft was testing an ad-supported version of Office for free in a few countries. So if you can’t get the student offer, you can try the ad-supported, desktop version of Office, but keep in mind that most of the key features are missing from this version.
Meanwhile, OpenAI is offering ChatGPT Plus to students for free . And just recently, Google joined in and announced that Gemini Advanced is now free for students . Students can grab these offers to improve their academics and productivity.

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