Kiro for Students

Eligible university students now get one full year of free access to Kiro with 1,000 credits per month. No credit card required, no trial timer. Kiro's spec-driven development teaches structured problem decomposition — useful whether you're building class projects, hackathon prototypes, or startup MVPs. Every job now expects AI fluency; Kiro helps students build with AI from day one.

What's included

Students receive 1,000 credits per month for 12 months, with full access to Kiro IDE and CLI agentic capabilities including spec-driven development. Verification is handled through SheerID using a university-affiliated email.

How to get started:

1. Sign up or log in at kiro.dev/students using your university email

2. Verify student status through SheerID (takes about a minute)

3. Start building — credits are available immediately after verification

Available with 11 eligible universities, with more coming soon. For the full list and details, visit kiro.dev/students.