I am student and i want apply to student account to use it in my projects of college

Question

Hello Azure Support Team,

I am a student at the Faculty of Science, Tanta University in Egypt. I am currently working on my graduation project, a software platform called "Travel Explorer".

I tried to activate my Azure for Students account using my university email: ******@science.tanta.edu.eg__, but I received a message stating that I am "not eligible".

As a software developer student focusing on .NET and Docker, I really need this account to test my project's deployment. Could you please manually verify my academic status and activate the $100 credit for me?

Thank you for your support.

Best regards, Mohamed Wael

Answer 1

Manual activation of Azure for Students accounts isn’t available. Eligibility and activation are fully controlled by the automated verification process and the program rules.

From the program requirements:

• Azure for Students is available only to students who:
  1. Attend an accredited, degree-granting, two- or four-year higher-education institution as full-time students.
  2. Can verify academic status using their institution email address.
• The offer is limited to one Azure for Students subscription per eligible customer and is nontransferable.

If the system reports “not eligible” when using the university email, it means the eligibility checks are failing for one of these conditions, and support cannot override that.

However, there are two alternatives in the education programs:

1. Azure for Students Starter
   • Available to verified students aged 13+ (US) or 16+ (other regions).
   • No credit card required.
   • Provides free tiers of services suitable for many college projects, including:
     • Azure App Service
     • Azure Functions
     • Azure Notification Hubs
     • Azure Database for MySQL
     • Application Insights (Azure Monitor)
     • Azure DevOps Services
   • Can be used to host and test .NET applications and basic back-end components for a project like “Travel Explorer”.
2. Upgrade to a pay-as-you-go subscription (if Azure for Students is not available and more services/quotas are needed)
   • Requires a standard Azure subscription with a payment method.
   • This is the path suggested when Azure for Students credit expires or cannot be renewed.

If the institution participates in Azure Dev Tools for Teaching, it may also provide free access to developer tools (such as Visual Studio, SQL Server, Windows Server) via the Azure Education Hub, which can support development and testing even without Azure for Students credit.

For the specific case described:

1. Confirm that the university and program meet the Azure for Students eligibility criteria (degree-granting, full-time status, correct academic email domain).
2. If eligibility still fails, register for Azure for Students Starter to get free tiers of App Service, Functions, MySQL, and Azure DevOps for deployment and CI/CD of the .NET and Docker-based project.
3. If more resources are required than the free tiers allow, consider creating a pay-as-you-go subscription and carefully manage costs.

Manual granting of the $100 Azure for Students credit is not supported when the automated eligibility check fails.

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References:

• What is Azure for Students?
• Azure for Students
• Frequently asked questions about Azure for Education
• Frequently asked questions about the Azure Education Hub