Admin’s guide to the Education Plan

If you’re an admin or IT professional who qualifies to access the Autodesk Education plan on behalf of you educational institution, you can access 3,000 single-user educational subscriptions with the institution subscription plan (recommended option) of products available from the Autodesk Education Community site. In addition, students assigned to a product can install it on up to three devices. You also have the option to deploy Autodesk products to a network of shared computers for use in a lab. 

School IT admins who meet our eligibility requirements must obtain and manage an Autodesk account on behalf of their educational institution. You can assign and unassign Autodesk products to a maximum of 3,000 students per product. Students do not have to individually confirm their own eligibility, which is tied to the admin’s eligibility under the educational institution’s account. Each student must have their own Autodesk account.

Before the class term begins, admins and educators should refer students to the Student’s guide to the Education Plan and have them follow the steps under Students installing products assigned to them.

Follow these steps:

1. Confirm your eligibility using your school-provided email by going to the Get Products page and clicking Get Started. This involves validating your role as a School IT Admin with a qualified educational institution. You may be asked to submit additional documentation.
   
2. Click the Complete Account Setup link in the email you received after completing your education profile.
3. Go to the Get Products page.
4. Select products and assign them to your students.

To learn more, view these short videos:

• Get products and create an account (2:54 min.)
• Learn how to download Autodesk products (2:01 min.)
• Assign and unassign seats (2:29)
• Setting up SSO for educational institutions  (1:55 min.)

Since there’s a 3,000 student limit per product, when one class terms ends and another begins, you’ll want to unassign students from their product assignments so that you can reassign these seats to incoming students.

To remove students from their product assignment, follow the steps in Add and remove users.  

Note: Your students don’t get notified automatically when they’re unassigned from a product. If students wish to continue to get free educational access to Autodesk software for personal use outside of school, they can follow the Students installing products for themselves section of Student’s guide to the Education Plan.

If you aren’t using browser versions of Autodesk products, set up a process to keep your chosen Autodesk products current on each computer. This is important because some products, such as Fusion, are updated every 4-8 weeks and can quickly fall behind. This will ensure the software version students are using on school devices is the same software version they are using on home devices.

To continue your educational institution’s access to education software, you must renew your eligibility every year. Autodesk will send an email reminder 30 days before your eligibility expires. You can also check your renewal date on the Get Products page. Sign in to view your personalized banner at the top of the page. 

Note: If you miss your educational institution’s renewal date, you must restart access to your education software and any subscriptions you had, even if a product is already installed.

To learn more, see Renew institutional access to Education software.

For a short video on renewing, view Renew education access (1:35 min.).

Important: Autodesk recommends choosing single-user educational subscriptions rather than network licenses. As of March 2026, new network and multi-seat licenses for Autodesk software will no longer be offered.

However, until March 2026, if you need to obtain a network license for Autodesk products and deploy them in a lab or classroom at your school, follow these steps:

1. If your educational institution already has an Autodesk account, sign in.
2. Select the product you need on the Get Products page.
3. Next, select the link from the Education Institution subscription card titled Network or multi-seat license offers.
4. On the comparison page, if you still need a network license, select the deployment type and version and click Select to continue.
5. Complete checkout by filling in basic information about your school and yourself. You can only be verified once, so make sure all the information provided is accurate. 
6. Deploy your products to workstations in the network.

Additionally, check your email for your license information and register the initial license at  Autodesk Product Registration. For more information on installing a license file, see  Obtain and install a license file.

Note: If your educational institution does not have an Autodesk account with you as the admin, once your account information is submitted, you'll receive an email to verify your email address. Click the link in the email to activate your account. If you are already verified, your product's serial number and further instructions will be available on the checkout screen.