Who can use this feature

Anyone with verified education status can create free Education teams.

You need an existing Figma account before applying for education status.

Want to cultivate design thinking, break down barriers, and collaborate with others in the classroom? If you are a student or educator, then you may qualify for Figma's Education plan.

The Education plan gives you access to all the features of the Professional plan for free, including Figma Design, FigJam, Figma Slides, and Dev Mode.

Members of Education teams can also join Figma's Education Community groups and access classroom-specific resources

Apply for education status

• K-12 & Higher Education: Students and educators at K-12 and higher education institutions have valid education status for two years. If you are still a student or educator at the end of the two years, you must reapply for education status.
• Bootcamps & online courses: For bootcamps attendees, your education status is valid for 6 months. Your education status may be denied or revoked under certain circumstances.

1. Create a Figma account

You must have an existing Figma account before applying for education status. If you have a school-issued email address, please sign up for Figma using that email. If you already have a personal account with Figma, please update the email to your school-issued account before applying. 

As part of the sign up process, you are prompted for the following:

• What is your name: This will be your display name in Figma
• What brings you to Figma?: Select School
• What’s your role at school?: Select Student or Educator
• What kind of institution do you attend or work for?: Select K12, Higher Education or Bootcamp or online course
• Will anyone be joining you?: Add students, teammate or skip
• Have you used Figma products before?: Select one
• Which plan would you like?: Click Verify your status under the Professional plan card

2. Verify your education status

You must verify your education status to create a new team or upgrade an existing team to the Education plan.

However, the Education plan is team-specific, not account-wide. Not all teams in your account may be covered under the Education plan. After your education status is approved, you must create an Education team or upgrade an existing team to the Education plan to receive Professional features.

If you join a team on the Education plan before verifying your education status, you will have seven days to verify your education status. After those seven days, you must verify your education status to continue accessing files and projects in that team.

To verify your education status:

1. Log in to Figma using the account you want to verify. If you have a school-issued email address, please use this address.
2. Visit the Education status application page: https://www.figma.com/education/apply.
3. Select Student, Educator, or Administrator.
4. Select the type of institution you attend or work for.
   
5. Enter the reason you’re applying for education status.
6. Search for your school in the What's your school's name menu. If your school isn't listed, select School not listed to enter details of your school:
   • The full name of the school. For example: Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
   • The school's website (URL). For example: https://www.risd.edu/
7. Select your primary field of study or instruction.
8. [Higher education or bootcamp only] Upload a copy of your course schedule, confirmation, or syllabus.
9. [Higher education or bootcamp only] If you’re a student, enter your expected graduation date.
10. Agree to the terms and click Submit. 

What should I do if my education status is denied or revoked?

Your application is reviewed to confirm eligibility for a free Education account. We may decline or revoke your education status if:

• You signed up with an email address associated with a company or professional organization
• We could not find a public record of your school or classroom via the information you provided
• Your documents are not associated with a school or classroom
• Your documentation does not match other documentation we have seen from this institution
• You abuse the free education status
• You intentionally misrepresent yourself or an organization

If your application is declined or your Education status is revoked, you can reach out to the Figma team at education@figma.com. You may be asked to provide additional information about your course, including:

• An updated URL of the institution you’re enrolled with
• A copy of your school-issued identification card
• A transcript, receipt, or other proof of enrolment

3. Create, upgrade, or join a team

• • I want to create a new team ↓
  • I want to upgrade an existing team ↓

Create a new team

1. 1. Open the Figma file browser and click Create free team in the sidebar or visit https://www.figma.com/files/create-team.
   2. Give your team a name and click Create team. You can always change this after the team is created.
   3. Start inviting students, educators and other collaborators to your team. Anyone you invite with can edit access to the team must verify their Education status within seven days.
   4. Click Continue and then Complete upgrade.

Upgrade an existing team

The Education plan is a free Professional plan. When you upgrade an existing team, you must upgrade to the Professional plan then let Figma know you qualify for the Education plan.

1. From the file browser, switch to the team you’d like to upgrade and click All projects.
2. Click the dropdown menu next to the team name and select View settings.
3. Click the prompt to Upgrade your plan. 
4. Select Upgrade to Professional. 
5. In the summary on the right, select Yes for the Is this an Education team? option.
6. Click Next: Review.
7. Click Complete upgrade.
8. Figma will upgrade the team to an Education team.

4. Invite others to your team

You can invite students, educators, and other collaborators to your team at any time.

New team members have seven days to verify their email address and education status. After seven days, Figma will restrict their access to the team and they will need to manually verify their education status.

Invite via email

If you know a person's email address, you can send them an email invite to join your team. If the person doesn't have a Figma account yet, they can sign up when they accept the invite.

1. Open the team page in the file browser.
2. Click Invite in the top-right corner.
3. Enter email addresses in the invite someone field, separated by a comma.
4. Click to adjust their permissions.
   • Select Can view to give them view-only access to the team. They'll only be able to view and comment on files and prototypes.
   • Select Can edit to give them edit access to the team. This will allow them to edit any Figma Design or FigJam files in the team.
5. Click Send invite to send email invitations. If they're already using Figma, they'll get an in app notification as well.

Invite via link

Team invite links let team members invite other collaborators to your team via a dedicated link.

1. Open the team page in the file browser.
2. Click Invite in the top-right corner.
3. Click to select which permission you want for the link. You can set an invite link to can view or can edit permissions.
4. Click Copy link to add the link to your clipboard.
5. Paste or send the link to anyone you want to join the team.