Savings effective Februin US, Canada and Latin America.Īvailable from participating resellers and Autodesk Stores only. For the free educational license, click 'Get license' at the bottom of the tile.Customers can subscribe to a new 3-year subscription or renew an expiring 3-year subscription and save.

The interface is a bit confusing - if you click the name of the software, you are taken to a page that shows pricing info. Each software title is displayed as a square tile. Once your account has been verified, you can see a full list of software at the main Autodesk Education page.

In such cases, the next step is to email SheerID at Unfortunately, as this is software offered directly to end users from Autodesk, NC State IT staff is not able to assist with the verification process. We are getting reports that some faculty and students are asked to provide further documentation to verify their eligibility, and that some are being rejected despite uploading additional documentation.

The initial document they ask for is a scan of your campus ID.

Autodesk uses a third party company called SheerID to verify that you are eligible for a free education license.

In order to download free software from Autodesk, you must first create a free Autodesk account (click 'Get Started' at the main Autodesk Education page).

See this Autodesk education eligibility page for the specifics of these license restrictions, and the OIT Software - Autodesk FAQ for NCSU-specific info on this topic.

The free versions of Autodesk software may not be used for 'work', e.g.

Autodesk offers much of its software for free for educational use.

Autodesk free software site