GitLab Ultimate free for education
GitLab Ultimate free for schools and universities
- Applicant is full-time faculty or staff using the institution's email domain
- Institution is accredited, credential-granting, and not-for-profit
- Instructional use or non-commercial academic research only
What you get from GitLab Ultimate free for education for free
GitLab for Education gives GitLab Ultimate free, with unlimited seats, to accredited not-for-profit educational institutions for teaching, learning, and research.
What you get
- Full DevSecOps platform: CI/CD, security scanning, compliance
- 50,000 compute minutes per month (SaaS or self-managed)
- Unlimited seats for institution-wide programs
How to claim
- A full-time faculty or staff member applies on the GitLab for Education join page with the institution's email domain
- GitLab reviews the application; approved institutions get Ultimate at no cost
- The license lasts 1 year; renew annually by re-verifying employment
GitLab does not issue licenses directly to students; students need a faculty or staff sponsor.
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