How to Get a Free .EDU Email Address 2020

Edu  domain extensions are restricted to educational institutions, And most of the .edu domains are register by US-based educatio...

Edu domain extensions are restricted to educational institutions, And most of the .edu domains are register by US-based educational institutions. Students or staff of some specific institutions are getting their own personal email address with .edu extension and a major portion of students are not having this type of email addresses, Especially those who are outside the US. These .edu email addresses will help you to get lots of discounts on software and services. In this article, I’ll guide you to get free .EDU email address.

Benefits of Getting a Free .EDU Email Address

Last year, We got too many cool offers with EDU mail addresses. Like, We got Amazon Prime free for 1 Year, the Last Pass gave away premium accounts 6 months for free, Connectify gave away premium accounts for free, Microsoft gave away Xbox 360 with Windows7 PC, Microsoft Office gave 50% discount. And there are many more offers like free Dropbox space and free 1 month trial to Hulu Plus which are still available for students.

Benefits of having an edu email address

Website	Benefit
Amazon Prime	6 months for free.
Github	Free access to Github student pack. Learn more
Adobe Creative Cloud	Flat 50% discount.
Google Drive	Unlimited storage and additional tools.
Last Pass Premium	Free for six months
Autodesk	Most of their softwares are free.
Amazon AWS	$15 Amazon AWS coupon.
Digital Ocean	$50 Digital Ocean coupon. It will be expired within 12 months after adding to your account – new account only.
Microsoft Azure	A suite of Microsoft Azure cloud services and developer tools: Microsoft Azure, Visual Studio Community and the rest of Microsoft developer tools, while you are a student.
SendGrid	Offers the Student plan with 15,000 free emails per month, while you are a student.
NameCheap.com	Offer one year .ME domain name registration that costs $18.99 per year – and one year SSL certificate that costs $10 per year.
Bitnami	Offers the Business 3 plan for one year that typically cost $49 per month.
LastPass	LastPass offers six months of the LastPass Premium for any users with a .EDU email address.
Apple	You will help yourself saving a lot of money by using the .EDU email address to purchase products from Apple. There are changes to save up to $200 on Apple computers.
Newegg Premier	Grab one year of Newegg Premier that costs you $50. Just sign up Newegg Premier account with your student email account.
Amazon	When you use a .EDU email account and sign up for Amazon Student account – you will be able to use Amazon Prime for free for six months.

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These are some of the benefits students can grab by using an email address ending with .edu extension.

Steps to Get a Free Edu Email Address

I’ve mentioned some of the methods by which you can obtain a free email address ending with .edu extension. The first method is the most recent one which was tested multiple times to verify it still works. The second method is a bit old, I’m not sure if it still works or not.

Latest Method for Registering a Free .edu Email Address (December 2019)

Follow the steps mentioned below.

1. Visit CCCApply website.
2. Choose ‘Canada College’ from the options available under ‘Select a community college‘.
3. Apply for admission using the form displayed in the next step.
4. Use a California address and school details while applying. (You can generate a random US address by clicking here.
5. You’ll receive your free email id ending with .edu extension as an email after successful application. It may take up to two days to receive the details.

Method 2 (Old one)

• Go to This Link.
• Only check the box for ‘I am a new student and have never attended any Maricopa Community College or Skill Centers.’ Then enter confirmation code and click ‘Next’.
• Then fill-up the form. You need a Social Security Number (SSN) and Phone Number for account creation. You can get fake SSN numbers and phone numbers from This Link.

• Complete the registration by providing some basic information.

• After completing, you’ll get an EDU email address with a student ID. Your email address will be something like (name@maricopa.edu)

• They will take about 20 minutes to activate your account.

• After 20 minutes, go to This Link and login to your .edu email account with your Student ID and Password.

• That’s all.

How do I get an edu email address?

The second method mention above is almost four years old, I don’t know if it still works or not. But, as there are plenty of users still coming to this page looking to find relevant information on getting a free educational mail address, I thought it would be good to update this page with updated information.

Nowadays it’s hard to register your own free educational email address, as there are plenty of restrictions

Buy Edu email address for – Click here (It’s not my gig)  — link is not working anymore.

I’m still searching for new free tricks to get edu email, I’ll update this page if I find any new method.

Now you are having a .edu email address. Go and search for all the available offers for students with educational institution email ID and grab them all.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need to pay anything to get a .edu email?

Normally emails ending with a .edu extensions are restricted only to the students of some specific universities. In US, most universities provide such email to their students for free.

How can I register a free edu email address?

You can easily get a free email address ending with .edu extension by following the instructions provided in this blog post.

What are the benefits of having an edu email address?

Many big companies giveaway free perks and huge discounts for students with an EDU email address. This is the primary reason why many of us are looking to get an email address ending with a .edu extension.

Does this method work?

Nowadays it’s hard to register your own free educational email address, as there are plenty of restrictions. I spent almost a day to find another working method.