Is Google Gemini Free for Students? Fact-2025

Google Gemini is an advanced chatbot and assistant from Google. Recently, Google announced that students can use Gemini for free for a limited time.

In 2025, college students aged 18 and older in several countries received one year of free access to Google’s premium AI tools, including the Google AI Pro plan with Gemini 2.5 Pro. This article explains what this means, who is eligible, and how to sign up.

A Year of Free Google AI for College Students

In the middle of 2025, Google started a promotion for college students to get 12 months of free access to Google AI Pro. Sundar Pichai’s team explained that students ages 18 and older in the U.S., Japan, Indonesia, Korea, and Brazil could sign up for this free plan.

A similar offer was also made for students in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Eligible students there could also get the 12-month plan at no cost. This meant that students could use Google’s best AI features, including Gemini 2.5 Pro, for a whole year without paying the usual subscription fee.

Starting today, students aged 18 and over in the U.S. can sign up for a free 12-month Google AI Pro plan, according to a blog post from Google. The announcement for EMEA also confirmed that eligible students can access the 12 months plan at no cost. In summary, Google is offering a one-year free trial of its Gemini-powered AI tools to eligible students.

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Are You Eligible for the Free Gemini Plan?

Not every student automatically gets the free plan. Google set clear eligibility rules. To qualify, you must:

You must be a college or university student aged 18 or older. You need to be enrolled at a participating higher education institution.

Live in an eligible country. The trial was offered only in certain regions. For example, Google listed many countries across the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East where students could claim the trial. (This includes places like the US, UK, Canada, India, Singapore, South Africa, etc.) You can check Google’s official list to see if your country is included.

Use a personal Google account. The offer requires a personal Google account (not a family group account or certain partner plans).

Verify student status. You must prove you are a student through Google’s verification system (SheerID). Google’s process asks for proof of enrollment to confirm you’re a current college student.

Eligible college students in qualifying countries can get a free year. Google’s support page says you must be “at least 18 years old” and “enrolled at an eligible higher education institution,” and SheerID will verify your status. If you meet these requirements, you can claim the 12-month trial at no cost.

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How Students Can Claim Their Free Google Gemini

If you qualify, it is easy to sign up through Google One. Follow these simple steps from Google’s help guide:

Go to Google One: On your device, open the Google One website or app.

Verify student status: Click the option to “Verify student status”. Google will use SheerID to check your enrollment. You’ll need to follow on-screen instructions and possibly upload proof (like a student ID or transcript).

Add a payment method: Although the trial is free, Google requires a payment method on file. Enter your card or payment information when prompted.

Complete the process: After verification, finalise the subscription. This gives you the 12-month Google AI Pro membership at no cost.

Google’s instructions specifically say, “To get a 12-month Google AI Pro student trial at no cost, follow the above steps”. After you finish, Google confirms your free AI Pro membership and adds the full suite (including Gemini) to your account for 12 months.

Features of the Student Google AI Pro Plan

When you sign up for the free Google AI Pro plan, you gain access to powerful tools that are better than the free version of Gemini. Here are the key benefits:

Expanded Gemini (2.5 Pro): The full Gemini 2.5 Pro model is now available. You can ask as many questions as you want, upload images like homework problems, and receive detailed answers and writing help.

Deep Research: A research tool that uses AI to gather information from many websites. It creates reports that help you save time while studying.

NotebookLM: A tool to help you organise your notes. It now includes more video and audio summaries for each notebook.

Veo 3: AI-powered video creation (transform text or images into short videos with sound).

2 TB Cloud Storage: A huge 2 terabytes of Google Drive storage for all your notes, projects, and media.

Additional benefits: Higher limits for coding assistants (Jules agent), AI features in Google apps like Gmail and Docs, and more advanced AI tools across Google.

Trial Period and Deadlines to Remember

These student offers were limited-time promotions. Google set deadlines for signing up to get a free year. In the U.S. and initial countries, students had to sign up by October 6, 2025, to receive the 12-month trial. For Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, the deadline was December 9, 2025. If you signed up before these dates, you got the free year. After these dates, the year-long offer ended.

Google’s websites now state that their student offer ended on October 6, 2025, in the U.S. This offer is no longer available. Starting late 2025, new students can only get a regular 1-month trial, not the full year. However, everyone can still try Google AI Pro for 1 month free. The one-year free subscription is no longer available after these deadlines.

After the Free Year: Subscription Costs

You need to know what happens after your free year ends. After your 12 months trial, the Google AI Pro plan will continue at the regular monthly price unless you cancel. Google warns that if you don’t cancel, “you will be charged the monthly rate” after the trial. The cost for Google AI Pro is about $19.99 per month. So when the year is up, you’ll need to pay that monthly fee to keep using the premium features.

If you don’t want to pay after the free year, mark your calendar! Google says it will remind you before the trial ends, so you can cancel in time. Otherwise, the plan auto-renews into the paid subscription.

Final Thoughts for Students

Google Gemini (through Google AI Pro) offered eligible students a free one-year trial. This was a genuine offer for students aged 18 and older at qualifying colleges. They could use Gemini 2.5 Pro and other AI tools at no cost for 12 months. However, this was a limited-time deal. Students needed to sign up by the deadline in 2025, and the offer has already expired in many regions.

If you’re a student reading this, first check if you have already claimed the trial. If you have, enjoy using Gemini! If not, you can still get a One month free trial of Google AI Pro, but it will cost about $20 per month after that. Overall, Google’s student initiative shows that the company is making AI easier to use for learning.

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