About Free Software for Students and Teachers

The Autodesk Education Community provides access to free student versions of Autodesk software and cloud services. Do not use these products and services for commercial, professional, or for-profit purposes.

To join the Education Community, you must be one of the following:

• Faculty member. A person who is an employee or independent contractor working for an accredited educational institution.
• Student. A person enrolled as a student at an accredited educational institution.
• Autodesk-sponsored competition mentor or competitor. A person who provides guidance, coaching, or instruction to participants in an Autodesk-sponsored design competition.

You may be required to provide proof that you satisfy eligibility requirements. For details, see Education Community Special Terms.

As part of the Education Community, you can download free student software for use on your own device. You can also access web services such as A360 Rendering and Fusion 360. You can use these services on both personal and lab devices. Log in with your Education Community account credentials.

Note: Educational institutions cannot download student software from the Education Community. They must register with the Academic Resource Center, where they can download free software with the proper multi-seat or network license.

About Installing Student Products

You cannot install a student release on more than one system at a time.

For example, if you have a desktop computer and a laptop computer, you can't install AutoCAD 2016 on both systems simultaneously. You can, however, install AutoCAD 2015 on the desktop system and AutoCAD 2016 on the laptop system simultaneously.