Teach with Unity
Unity is free for educators at accredited educational institutions.
Grade 8-12 educators (U.S. only)
For Grade 8-12 educators outside of the U.S. click here to visit the Education Grant license.
Get free access to professional Unity tools
Prepare your students for in-demand careers by teaching them how to use industry-standard tools and workflows to effectively contribute to a cross-disciplinary team.
Unity Pro
Create with students, faster. Use professional tools, workflows, and services to accelerate your teaching.
Cloud-based collaboration
Collaborate with your students, manage versions, and easily move between home and institutional computers.
Cloud Build
Iterate quickly on projects in the classroom so you can spend less time compiling and more time teaching.
Advanced Cloud Diagnostics
Get to teachable moments faster with real-time data on crashes and exceptions, letting you pinpoint and easily track sources of errors.
Unity assets to accelerate your teaching
Create compelling classroom demos and sample projects fast with time-saving plug-ins and high-quality, modular assets developed by industry experts.
Learn and create together, faster
With five seats of Unity Teams Advanced, you can review and grade projects, help students troubleshoot, and provide them with valuable experience working as part of a development team.
The leading real-time 3D development platform
Millions of professionals use Unity to create, operate, and monetize amazing games and experiences on 20-plus platforms.
Give your students a competitive edge in the job market by teaching Unity and helping them build their portfolios in the classroom.
Frequently asked questions
The Unity Educator plan is available for educators at an accredited degree-granting institution, and for educators teaching grade 8-12 in the United States. For non-U.S., grade 8-12 educators, please see the Education Grant License.
Sign up for Unity Educator with the links provided at the top of this page.
- When prompted, create, or log in to, your Unity ID.
- Complete the SheerID verification form, providing details of your academic affiliation and additional documentation, if necessary.
Once you’re verified by SheerID, sign in to the Unity Educator plan here to get started.
Yes. Sign up for the Unity Educator plan with your Unity ID. Once verified by SheerID, activate your new license through your Preferences in the Unity Hub using the license key you receive by email.
You can log in to Unity from any computer, including at school, to access resources. Note: If your school uses the Education Grant License, you may not be prompted to log in to the Unity Hub or the Editor. In this case, you can still use your Unity Educator ID to log in to the Asset Store.
The Unity Educator plan is for individual educators to use professional tools to create, teach, and share their Unity projects at home, school, or elsewhere for free. The Education Grant License is for institutions that need to install Unity on institutional devices, such as in the classroom or a lab. For non-U.S. secondary educators who cannot currently access the Educator plan, the Education Grant License provides access to Unity Pro.
Unity Educator is for individual educators to create, teach, and share their Unity projects at home, school or elsewhere. The Student Plan is for students to create projects at home or school on personal devices.Students who are at least the age at which an individual can consent to the processing of their personal data (e.g., 13 in the United States, 16 in the European Union) and who are currently enrolled in an accredited educational institution, as verified by Unity or Unity’s third-party partner, are eligible to use the Unity Student Plan.
The Unity Educator plan is available for free to eligible educators and cannot be purchased. Please refer to the free Education Grant License for your institution’s classroom needs.
For help with SheerID verification, please contact SheerID directly.
Your colleagues are welcome to sign up for their own free Unity Educator plan. The Unity Educator plan also comes with five seats of Unity Teams Advanced that allow you to share a project with collaborators.
Once you successfully sign up for Unity Educator, you will have access to the plan for one year.
The Unity Educator plan is valid for one year. When the plan expires, simply return to the Unity Educator page and re-verify with SheerID to renew the license.
In most cases, verification should be instantaneous. If you have been prompted to upload additional documents, you will receive an email from SheerID when your verification is complete. If your verification takes longer than five business days, please contact SheerID directly.
You can only associate one Unity ID with your Unity Educator plan. If you need to change the email address associated with your Unity ID, please follow these instructions.
Follow these steps to learn how to set up and access your Unity Teams Advanced benefits.
If so, please check both your email inboxes for confirmation of status as well as separate instructions on how to activate your educator benefits.