Student offers · Google
Updated · By llmwise, AI-assisted.
Gemini for students: the terms and the dates
Eligible US college students 18+ get Google AI Pro for 12 months free if they redeem by December 31, 2026; it then costs $19.99 a month unless cancelled. In India, eligible university students get Google AI Plus (not AI Pro) for 12 months free, then ₹399 a month. Both need a payment method at sign-up and a yearly eligibility check.
Checked : Gemini for Students (US) and Gemini for Students (India).
Gemini's student offer, region by region
Google's terms, checked September 28, 2026. Offers like these end and come back each school year.
| Where | What you get | Claim by | Then | First year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Google AI Pro for 12 months | December 31, 2026 | $19.99 a month | $0 |
| India | Google AI Plus (not AI Pro) for 12 months | December 31, 2026 | ₹399 a month | Free |
Who qualifies in the United States, in Google's words
“The free Google AI Pro student offer is available to eligible U.S. college students ages 18+.”
Source: Gemini for Students (US)
“Redeem until December 31, 2026.”
Source: Gemini for Students (US)
“Unless cancelled earlier, Google AI Pro will automatically charge $19.99/month after the trial ends.”
Source: Gemini for Students (US)
“Eligibility must be verified each year to maintain access.”
Source: Gemini for Students (US)
Who qualifies in India, in Google's words
“The free-of-charge Google AI Plus student offer is available to eligible university students aged 18+.”
Source: Gemini for Students (India)
“Redeem until 31 December 2026.”
Source: Gemini for Students (India)
“Unless cancelled earlier, Google AI Plus will automatically charge ₹399/month after the trial ends.”
Source: Gemini for Students (India)
“With the free-of-charge student plan, you can even unlock higher usage limits, 400 GB storage and video generation with Gemini Omni for 1 year.”
Source: Gemini for Students (India)
What does a student budget buy, per message?
llmwise has no student price: Pro is $20 a month, $240 a year. Here's what one message costs on it if the month goes to that model, and 60 everyday messages a day on top.
| Model | On llmwise Pro | A message at the lowest |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Sonnet 5 | Up to 125 a month | $0.16 |
| GPT-6 Sol | Up to 125 a month | $0.16 |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro (preview) | Up to 125 a month | $0.16 |
| Claude Fable 5.1 | Up to 31 a month | $0.65 |
| GPT-6 Astra | Up to 31 a month | $0.65 |
Every limit is published. Paid plans also have a monthly fair-use limit on AI cost: Plus $3.75, Pro $7.50, Max $20, Ultra $42, Studio $85. Using every message on your plan at typical sizes stays under it; very large messages and heavy research use it faster. Every limit, explained.
Does Google use your chats for training?
These are Google's terms for personal accounts, read September 28, 2026. A school-managed account may have its own. llmwise, for its part, doesn't train on anyone's chats, and keeps each until you remove it.
| App | Trains on them | To stop it | Kept for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini | Yes, until you switch it off | Turn off Keep Activity, or use temporary chats | 18 months by default (3 or 36 to choose); 72 hours with Keep Activity off; reviewed chats up to 3 years |
“Google uses your activity to provide, develop, and improve its services (including training generative AI models), as well as to protect Google, its users, and the public with the help of human reviewers.”
Quoted from Gemini Apps Privacy Hub
“Temporary chats are not used to train Google’s AI models. If Keep Activity is off and you don’t submit feedback, Google also does not use your future chats to improve its AI models.”
Quoted from Gemini Apps Privacy Hub
“Your activity is auto-deleted after 18 months. You can change this to 3 or 36 months, or choose not to auto-delete.”
Quoted from Gemini Apps Privacy Hub
“Future chats are still saved for 72 hours so Gemini can respond to you, process your feedback, and protect Google, its users, and the public.”
Quoted from Gemini Apps Privacy Hub
“If you delete your activity, past chats already reviewed by service providers aren’t deleted because they aren’t connected to your Google Account. Instead, they’re retained for up to 3 years.”
Quoted from Gemini Apps Privacy Hub
How did these models do on our test prompts?
The budget table's models, each given 50 test prompts: writing, math, summarizing, data analysis and coding among them.
| Job type | Claude Sonnet 5 | GPT-6 Sol | Gemini 3.1 Pro | Claude Fable 5.1 | GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writing | 4 of 5 | 4 of 5 | 4 of 5 | 3 of 5 | 5 of 5 |
| Summarization | 3 of 5 | 4 of 5 | 5 of 5 | 3 of 5 | 5 of 5 |
| Data analysis | 4 of 5 | 5 of 5 | 5 of 5 | 5 of 5 | 5 of 5 |
| Support replies | 5 of 5 | 3 of 5 | 5 of 5 | 4 of 5 | 3 of 5 |
| Translation | 5 of 5 | 4 of 5 | 5 of 5 | 5 of 5 | 5 of 5 |
| Total | 46 of 50 | 45 of 50 | 49 of 50 | 45 of 50 | 48 of 50 |
Every one of them passed in full on coding, math, SQL, answering from documents, and tool use. From our test runs of September 27, 28, 29 and October 2, 7, 8, 9, 15, 2026: 5 prompts per job. Every prompt, with the replies.
Other student offers
Also from primary sources: Google's announcement (a free year of Google AI Pro for eligible US college students). Google One Help (the 12-month Google AI Pro student plan at no cost). Read .
Gemini for students: questions
Who can get Gemini free as a student?
In the US, eligible college students ages 18+; in India, eligible university students aged 18+ (checked September 28, 2026). Both offers say eligibility must be verified each year.
Do students in India get Google AI Pro free?
No: India's student offer is Google AI Plus, with higher limits than free Gemini and 400 GB of storage, then ₹399 a month. The US offer is AI Pro, then $19.99 a month.
When does the Gemini student offer end?
Both say to redeem by December 31, 2026; after the year, the plan charges automatically unless you cancel.
When Gemini's student offer ends
llmwise has no student price: Pro is $20, with up to 125 Gemini 3.1 Pro (preview) messages a month. The 5-message trial needs no card and no student ID.