Acrobat Studio for Students and Teachers FAQ

Last updated on Oct 19, 2026

Get answers to frequently asked questions about the Adobe Acrobat Studio discounted offer for students and teachers.

Adobe is equipping students and teachers with a workspace that uses AI to bring study, productivity, and creativity together in one trusted place. Acrobat Studio for students and teachers is available at a discounted price, combining the best of Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Express in one place. It gives students an AI tutor and study tools that turn their own class materials into flashcards, quizzes, and summaries, with every answer grounded in their sources and cited, so it's help they can trust. It also provides everything they need to edit PDFs, design presentations, and create resumes and other documents. The result is one place for students to study smarter, create with confidence, and prepare for their careers.

Acrobat is a productivity and collaboration platform that brings together powerful PDF tools, AI features, content creation, and seamless sharing to help you get your best work done. With an Acrobat desktop subscription, you get access to Acrobat desktop software, Acrobat online tools, the Acrobat Reader mobile app, and the Adobe Scan app — so you can work more securely and efficiently from almost anywhere, on any device.

Acrobat Studio includes Acrobat AI Assistant, Student Spaces, Acrobat Pro, Adobe Express Premium and 70+ PDF tools to edit, convert, protect, and sign documents. It allows you to:  

  • Chat with your documents and get answers with citations linked directly to sources 
  • Summarize documents with one click
  • Transform your documents into flashcards, quizzes, presentations, podcast-style audio overviews, and more
  • Bring multiple files together in a Student Space with a customizable AI Assistant to shape responses
  • Share Student Spaces with your study group to collaborate and learn together, with up to 100 files in one shared AI workspace 
  • Work with PDFs, slide decks, handwritten notes, spreadsheets, and other file formats 
  • Create presentations, flyers, resumes, videos and other standout content using professionally designed templates
  • Generate images, videos and other content with Firefly-powered generative AI, with 250 generative credits per month 
  • Browse and access millions of royalty-free images and assets from Adobe Stock 
  • Edit text and images and organize pages in PDFs
  • Convert files to PDF and export PDFs to Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
  • Fill and sign documents, request signatures, and track responses
  • Password-protect PDFs and redact sensitive information
  • Turn scanned documents into editable, searchable PDFs
  • Create web forms and compare versions of a PDF

No. Adobe has discontinued selling perpetual versions of Acrobat after 2020. However, if you would like a non-subscription version of Acrobat, Acrobat Classic desktop software provides three years of paid access to Acrobat desktop and is available as a one-time, upfront purchase. It includes quarterly security updates but does not include Acrobat feature enhancements or access to premium Acrobat online services via your web browser and mobile devices. 

See the Acrobat system requirements page for information. 

See the Acrobat system requirements page for information. 

Yes. At Adobe, the security of your digital experiences is our priority, whether related to identity management, data confidentiality, or document integrity. Adobe employs industry-standard security practices to protect your documents, data, and personal information. For additional information about our security practices, the Adobe Secure Product Lifecycle, or the security of the Adobe Document Cloud solution, see our security page.

Acrobat Studio is cross-device, with key Studio and PDF Spaces experiences available on mobile.

Adobe does not use your documents or data to train AI models. All AI features follow Adobe’s responsible AI principles and enterprise security standards.

The student discount is currently available in select regions. Check the offer page to see if it’s available in your location.

Yes. These offers are available to both eligible students and teachers, subject to verification of eligibility.