Student Benefits in 2026: A Complete Guide for Serbia, GitHub Pack, Software, AI, and Learning

Reviewed: September 29, 2026. This catalog contains 202 entries. Of these, 153 are student or education programs and offers, while 49 do not require student status. The second group includes 48 tools, courses, research resources, or services that are free without student verification, plus one general account for young people. Three of the 153 entries are status verification platforms, and four are marked as unconfirmed. That leaves 146 distinct offers with active, regional, or time-limited status. Availability, terms, and prices may change. Check the official page before applying.

This directory answers four practical questions: what you get, who is eligible, what you need to apply, and whether the offer is confirmed for Serbia. Each entry in the JSON catalog includes the benefit type, status, terms, duration, card requirement, Serbia availability, source, and date last checked.

Quick overview

• 97 entries are marked active and verified against an official source on the review date.
• 31 entries are time-limited or are free periods that may convert to a paid plan.
• 21 entries depend on the country or institution.
• 4 entries remain unconfirmed. We do not count them as guaranteed savings.
• 49 entries do not require student status: 48 free tools and resources, plus one account intended for young people.
• Of the 153 student or education entries, 78 are offers from GitHub Student Developer Pack, 6 are separate global programs, 18 are academic licences or institutional access, 23 are local or regional entries for Serbia, and 25 are memberships, travel, subscriptions, professional licences, and certification programs. Three local entries are status verification services, not direct discounts.

These numbers refer to distinct catalog rows, not a guaranteed cash value or 202 student discounts available to everyone. Entries from one partner may cover different products or terms. For example, a Namecheap domain and SSL certificate are listed separately because they are separate offers in GitHub Pack.

How to read the status labels

Verified active means the official program or current offer exists. It does not mean everyone can get it or that Serbia is supported. Regional or institutional means availability depends on the country, university, or partner. Limited promotion has a deadline, a set number of free billing periods, or a condition that may lead to charges. Free for everyone marks a useful tool that does not require student status. Unconfirmed means we did not find strong enough evidence for an active offer or price.

For Serbia, we use separate values: YES, NO, LIKELY, DEPENDS ON THE UNIVERSITY, DEPENDS ON THE PARTNER, and NOT CONFIRMED. If an official page does not name Serbia, we do not assume the offer applies here just because it is available in other countries.

The most useful student benefits in Serbia

Student card, transport, and government support

ISIC Serbia is a paid international student identity card, not a discount by itself. The local page lists a standard issue fee of 700 RSD. The card may qualify you for offers from participating partners. Check each benefit separately. Validity depends on the issue date and can last up to 16 months. See the ISIC application page and ISIC offers.

The Student Card of the Republic of Serbia is linked to a Dina Card and an account at Banka Poštanska štedionica with no monthly maintenance fee, according to official information. Apply through the Treasury Administration portal. It may also be important for receiving certain government payments. Check your application status and current terms on the Ministry of Education page.

For the refund of part of tuition fees for the 2025/26 academic year, the Ministry announced a refund of 50 percent of tuition paid for students who meet the prescribed conditions. This is not a general discount for all students and does not apply to every tuition bill. See the latest announcement on payments and eligibility.

According to published information, applications for student scholarships and loans for 2026/27 are accepted from October 1 through October 31, 2026. As of this audit on September 29, the application period had not yet opened. Eligibility includes citizenship, institution type, enrollment status, and academic criteria, with special rules for certain groups. Read the Ministry's scholarship information and prepare your documents in advance.

There are two different railway offers. SRB PLUS is an annual card for students and pupils under 26 who live in Serbia. The student card costs 400 RSD and gives a 30 percent discount on regular domestic tickets. It is not valid on SOKO trains. Student Flexipass is a separate product: for 2,000 RSD, it provides eight travel days of your choice within one month, in the second class of Regio trains and with an SRB PLUS card. It is not valid on Regio Express, Inter Regio, or InterCity. Read the terms for SRB PLUS and Student Flexipass.

Other local entries in the catalog include a Niš Express discount, an annual student and pupil pass in Novi Sad, and free city transport in Belgrade and Niš. Free public transport is a benefit for residents or passengers under a local decision, not a student discount. Check the current city and transport operator rules before traveling because zones, services, and fare policies can differ.

The Turkish Airlines Student Offer may reduce the price of eligible international tickets and provide extra baggage on certain routes. The terms, routes, and verification process matter. Do not calculate the discount against the full ticket price until you see the fare breakdown. Read Turkish Airlines' official terms.

Subscriptions, telecom, and banks

Spotify Premium Student in Serbia is listed in the catalog at a confirmed local student price of 3.29 EUR per month. Student status must be reverified periodically. When eligibility ends, the plan may convert to the regular price, so check the next renewal date and the price shown in your account. Details are on the Spotify Student page.

YouTube Premium Student was not confirmed as available in Serbia in this review. The same applies to Apple Music Student. Do not use a price from a US or UK price list as a local student offer.

For mts Soko Lite for students, we found conflicting price information and could not verify the terms reliably enough. The entry therefore remains marked unconfirmed. Contact the provider or request a current price list in writing before signing up.

UniCredit student accounts and youth packages from UniCredit, OTP, and Erste may be useful for students and young people, but not all are exclusively student products. Check the age limit, fees, card, any salary or scholarship transfer requirements, and the duration of promotional benefits. Youth accounts are marked separately in the catalog so they are not mistakenly presented as student discounts.

GitHub Student Developer Pack

GitHub Pack is the largest single part of the catalog. The official Pack page lists 84 entries: 78 partner offers activated through GitHub Education and 6 tools that are free even without student verification. Each catalog row corresponds to one listed offer, so an individual partner may have more than one entry.

For partner offers, first get approved through GitHub Education. Then open the specific partner card and read the terms for your country, new or existing users, deadline, payment card, and automatic renewal. A Pack card alone does not prove that every partner accepts accounts from Serbia. For that reason, Serbia is marked not confirmed for the 78 partner entries unless the partner's terms explicitly say otherwise.

The current catalog includes offers in these areas:

• Cloud, hosting, and development infrastructure: Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure for ages 13 to 17, Microsoft Visual Studio Dev Essentials, Heroku, Camber, Datadog, GitHub Codespaces, Appwrite, LocalStack, Deepnote, New Relic, Zyte, ToDiagram, and Pageclip.
• Domains: Namecheap .me domain, Namecheap SSL certificate, Name.com, and .TECH.
• Programming and IDEs: GitHub Pro, GitHub Copilot, JetBrains, Termius, GitKraken, GitLens, Tower, WorkingCopy, Xojo, CodeScene, DeepScan, DevCycle, Vaadin, Blackfire, Codecov, and other tools listed in the JSON file.
• Databases, monitoring, and testing: MongoDB, PopSQL, CARTO, Sentry, BrowserStack, LambdaTest, Requestly, Testmail, Honeybadger, Datadog, and SimpleAnalytics.
• Learning and careers: DataCamp, Boot.dev, Codedex, Educative, Frontend Masters, Scrimba, AlgoExpert, Interview Cake, GoRails, SymfonyCasts, and GitHub Campus Experts.
• Design, content, and productivity: Microsoft 365, Notion, 1Password, Icons8, Bootstrap Studio, Visme, Polypane, IconScout, HazeOver, Adafruit, Doppler, POEditor, and other current partners.

The catalog lists the value and duration separately when they appear on the partner card. If a partner's current page does not publish the price, payment card requirement, automatic billing, or availability in Serbia, the field is marked as not listed or unconfirmed. Do not assume that GitHub Copilot or Azure for students is the same as a general product offer. The package, verification, duration, and terms can differ.

Some offers often repeated in older articles are not presented as newly active benefits. For example, do not count the old 200 USD DigitalOcean credit as current just because blogs still mention it. GitHub cards were checked on the review date, and partner terms should be opened again just before applying.

Global software and education programs

Figma for Education may provide professional features at no cost to approved students in eligible regions. Figma says the plan is available only in certain regions and that its duration and features vary by program type. High school, university, and approved bootcamp students may not receive the same benefits. Serbia is not confirmed on the general page, so test the application flow and check Figma Education terms.

Autodesk Education plan provides one year of access to most educational licences, with annual re-verification. Autodesk restricts use to educational purposes. A student licence does not authorize paid commercial work. Check the terms and eligibility.

Unity Student has a separate offer for eligible students. Check the requirements for your level and type of study on the Unity Education page. Adobe Creative Cloud for students is a discount on a paid plan, not a universal free licence. Price, duration, and automatic renewal depend on the country and specific plan. Use the Adobe student page and check the price shown for your region.

Google Skills and educational cloud programs have separate terms. Google credits or training offered through a university are not necessarily personal credits that a student can spend freely. AWS Educate provides access to free learning content, but it should not be confused with cloud credits for a production AWS account.

Academic licences and institutional access

The catalog tracks paid student licences separately from access that depends on a university agreement. It includes MATLAB and Simulink Student Suite, Mathematica Student Edition, IBM SPSS GradPack, Stata six-month student licence, Overleaf Student plan, Minitab academic student subscription, and ArcGIS for Student Use. These are separate products with their own prices, usage limits, and country rules. Check the student price and usage rights for your specific course of study.

Use the following programs only if your institution or library provides them: Turnitin, Coursera for Campus, AWS Academy, Oracle Academy, Red Hat Academy, LinkedIn Learning, O'Reilly for Higher Education, JoVE Education and Research, and Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals. The catalog marks these as institutional access, not individual subscriptions that every student can activate independently.

For additional professional networking or lower-cost membership, the catalog includes ACM Student Membership and IEEE Student or Graduate Student Membership. Check the current membership fee, currency, geographic terms, and whether student status alone qualifies you for the displayed price.

Memberships, travel, media, and certifications

The catalog also includes Microsoft Certification academic pricing, ISACA Student Membership, PMI Student Membership, ASME Student Membership, ASCE Student Membership, and SIAM Student Membership. Professional and scientific organizations include ACS, American Statistical Association, APA Undergraduate Student Affiliate, American Physical Society, INFORMS, Geological Society of America, Royal Society of Chemistry, Institution of Civil Engineers, and BCS. A benefit may mean discounted membership, access to materials, or a student exam price rather than cash.

Media and subscription offers reviewed include MUBI Student Subscription, TIDAL Student Plan, Headspace Student Plan, The Economist Student Subscription, and the US Amazon Prime for Young Adults. The Prime program includes higher education students and young people aged 18 to 24, so it is not exclusively a student benefit. The prices in this entry apply to Amazon.com, not Serbia.

Travel programs include Emirates Student Special, Singapore Airlines Student Privileges, and Lufthansa Student Fares. Eligibility may depend on the country of departure, destination, age, student document, and ticket type. Availability in Serbia was not confirmed in this review. Two academic data processing licences are Tableau for Teaching Student Course License and GraphPad Prism Student License. Open the official source for each entry in the dataset before buying or booking.

AI offers: check the region, deadline, and billing terms

ChatGPT Back to School 2026

OpenAI offers eligible students four monthly ChatGPT Plus billing periods at no charge. The offer is limited to current students at qualifying higher education institutions in the United States. SheerID verification, a valid payment method, and activation by October 31, 2026 are required. After the four free periods, the plan automatically renews at the then-current listed price, currently 20 USD per month, unless you cancel. Subscriptions billed through the Apple App Store or Google Play do not qualify while they remain billed through the store. This is not an offer for students in Serbia. Read OpenAI's official terms.

Codex for Students

Verified university students who study and live in the US or Canada can request up to 100 USD in ChatGPT credits for Codex. The credit is valid for 12 months after it is granted. These are not OpenAI API credits, and Serbia is not supported by this student offer. See the OpenAI Codex for Students terms.

Google AI plan for students

Google's current campaign gives eligible students 12 months of included subscription benefits. The offer must be redeemed by December 31, 2026. The package depends on the institution's country, age of majority, university eligibility, and plan availability. SheerID verification and an accepted payment method are required. After the promotional period, Google automatically charges the standard local price until you cancel the subscription. Serbia is not among the explicitly listed exclusions in the terms we checked, but that alone does not confirm that every Serbian institution will be accepted. Check availability for your university in the official Google One terms.

GitHub Copilot Student and Notion AI through Pack are activated under GitHub Education or partner terms. Do not treat them as the same as standalone subscriptions. For each account, check who receives access, how long it lasts, which features are included, and whether billing starts after the student period.

Cloud credits are not the same as a free plan

Azure for Students is a credit program for verified students who meet the requirements. The credit has a limited value and duration. Do not expect resources to keep running without new approval after the credit is used or expires. Azure for Students Starter is a different product. It provides a limited set of free services and, according to Microsoft's FAQ, does not require a payment card. Microsoft says Starter can be used without a time limit while the account remains eligible, but it applies only to the listed services. Read the Microsoft Azure for Education FAQ.

For AWS Educate, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Heroku, or a GitHub Pack partner, set a reminder for the credit expiration date and remove test resources you no longer use. A cloud service may start charging when credits expire, you exceed a limit, or you switch the account to a paid plan. Do not enter a card just because an online guide claims that a student offer does not require one.

Free resources for every student

The following tools are useful, but they do not require student status. The catalog marks them FREE_FOR_EVERYONE, not as student discounts:

• Office, graphics, and creative work: LibreOffice, GIMP, Inkscape, Krita, Blender.
• Audio and video: Audacity, OBS Studio, VLC, HandBrake.
• CAD, GIS, and electronics: QGIS, FreeCAD, KiCad, GeoGebra.
• Courses and learning: Khan Academy, MIT OpenCourseWare, OpenLearn, Saylor Academy, OpenStax, freeCodeCamp, edX Audit, Microsoft Learn, IBM SkillsBuild, Kaggle Learn, Hugging Face Course, The Odin Project, Exercism, MDN, Code.org, Scratch, and PhET.
• Research and open papers: PubMed, PubMed Central, Europe PMC, DOAJ, Crossref, OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, Open Library, and arXiv.

Free access does not necessarily mean that all content, certificates, books, or extra features are free. For example, a platform may let you follow a course for free but charge for an exam, certificate, or graded project. Check what is included before you start.

Offers that are unconfirmed or regionally limited

The catalog deliberately keeps entries such as a historical Air Serbia student offer, Apple Music Student in Serbia, Samsung Serbia student pricing, and mts Soko Lite. Their presence shows what still needs verification. It is not a promise of savings. A status of unconfirmed means you should not plan a purchase around an old announcement.

Regional platforms such as UNiDAYS, Student Beans, and SheerID are primarily used to verify student status. The existence of a platform does not mean a particular partner discount is available in Serbia. Check the country list and the specific retailer's offer.

Quick checklist before activating an offer

1. Open the official catalog link and read the terms for your country.
2. Check whether you must be a full-time or part-time student, whether age matters, and whether your university must appear on a list.
3. Find out whether you need a student email, student ID, enrollment certificate, ISIC card, or verification through SheerID, UNiDAYS, or Student Beans.
4. Record the expiration date, duration from activation, and whether a payment method is required.
5. If an offer renews as a paid plan, set a reminder before the first paid billing period.
6. Set a budget alert for cloud credits and shut down test resources.
7. Keep proof of your student status and a copy of the terms you accepted.

Downloading the catalog and methodology

The complete table of 202 entries, with descriptions, statuses, Serbia availability, verification requirements, and official sources, is available in the JSON dataset. A readable report with status breakdowns, limitations, and sources is available in the fact-check report.

We prioritized official company pages, government sources, GitHub Education, ISIC, and university guidance. If an official page did not publish a price, duration, card requirement, or availability in Serbia, we did not fill the gap with an assumption. Recheck the details before applying, especially for student promotions and prices that depend on location.

Quick index of all entries

This concise index covers every catalog entry. Descriptions, prices, duration, application requirements, and notes for Serbia are in the JSON dataset. A status of "Not confirmed" does not mean that an offer is definitely unavailable.