College Students Can Get a Two-Month Free Trial of ChatGPT Plus
If you’re reading this, chances are you’ve used ChatGPT . But have you paid for ChatGPT? OpenAI offers several ways to do this, but the cheapest plan costs $20 per month. This is pretty cool, especially since the company continues to offer premium features for free users .
However, there are still plenty of features and perks exclusive to paying customers. If you’re interested in these options and you’re a college student in the US or Canada, there’s good news: ChatGPT Plus is now free for you for a very limited time.
Who is eligible?
You can only take advantage of this offer if you are a full-time or part-time student at a university in the United States or Canada. Don’t be discouraged if you don’t see your school when you try to sign up for an offer: OpenAI has a support link to help you find your school or add it to the list . This tool can also confirm whether your school meets the criteria. To sign up for this offer, you’ll also need to be physically present in the US (and its territories) or Canada – VPNs won’t work unless it’s a whitelisted educational VPN.
OpenAI says it will verify your student credentials through the SheerID service. If the service is unable to verify you through your school’s Registrar’s Office or your school’s SSO, you may be required to provide SheerID with additional documentation to prove your eligibility. SheerID states that it only uses this data to confirm your eligibility for this promotion and does not sell or share your data with third parties.
You are eligible if you already have a ChatGPT Pro account, but are not eligible if that account is registered with Google Play or the Apple App Store. To get ChatGPT Plus for free, you will need to create a new account. ChatGPT Pro users are also not eligible.
What will you get?
If you do qualify, you can apply for ChatGPT Plus from now until May 31, 2025. Once you apply, you get two months of ChatGPT Plus for free. So, if you sign up on May 31st, you’ll have free access until July 31st. After this period, OpenAI will charge you the standard rate of $20 per month.
As stated above, this also applies to existing ChatGPT Plus subscribers. If you verify that you are a student, OpenAI will credit your account for the two-month promotional period.
This promotion includes the full ChatGPT Plus service. It includes all the features of the free plan, including GPT-4o mini access, GPT-4o and o3-mini access, web search, file uploading, data analysis, image generation and voice mode . Plus, Plus offers expanded limits on things like messages, file uploads, image analysis and creation, enhanced voice mode with video and screen sharing capabilities, deep exploration for more analytical queries, access to GPT-4.5 preview , custom GPT , tasks , and limited access to the OpenAI Sora video generator .
How to get ChatGPT Plus for free
If you believe you are eligible, please visit OpenAI’s official promotional site here . Once it’s loaded, click any “Get Offer” button you see. Sign in to your account, then follow the onscreen instructions to verify your identity as an eligible student.