K12 students of eligible educational institutions in India get Creative Cloud All Apps at no cost. The same apps and AI tools the pros use. Your institution handles the setup, and students just log in and play. They get 20+ creative apps, 100 GB cloud storage, and free generative credits.
Adobe is equipping students across India with the skills for AI-first careers driven by creativity and innovation, aligning education with industry demands. Through recognized K12 institutions, Adobe is offering students, teachers, and staff access to Creative Cloud All Apps at no cost. The toolkit combines Adobe’s leading creativity and productivity software with curriculum, training, and credentials. The resources empower students to stand out as they graduate and embrace the future with confidence.
This article helps IT administrators from eligible higher education institutions learn how to obtain free licenses, plan allocations, and manage end-to-end deployments.
Educational institutions are eligible for the offer if they meet all of the following conditions:
- They are constituted under applicable Indian law.
- They are accredited by a competent government or statutory authority to provide K12 education or vocational training.
- They successfully complete the required education verification.
To access the offer, institutions must have Federated ID configured. If your institution has an ETLA with Adobe, confirm that Federated ID is already configured. If not, Adobe will send a VIP enrolment invitation, which you must accept before configuring Federated ID.
To facilitate institution-wide participation, you must send an email to Adobe at k12indiaedu@adobe.com from the registered institutional email ID. The email must include key details such as the institution’s name, address, affiliating body, number of licenses required, and any other relevant information. After verifying eligibility, Adobe will contact your institution directly and provision the free Creative Cloud All Apps licenses.
Institutions that want to participate in this program but are not currently using Federated IDs must first set up their Federated IDs before submitting their email to Adobe. Federated ID for SSO requires an organizational identity system, such as Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, or another SAML-compliant identity provider.
Consider the following before you start allocating licenses:
- Your institution receives one free license per individual user, applicable uniformly across faculty, staff, and students.
- You can distribute the free licenses to faculty, staff, and students in any combination.
- License allocation must not exceed 100% of the institution’s officially reported user headcount (students + faculty/staff).
Once the Creative Cloud All Apps India for K-12 plan appears in your Admin Console, you can proceed with the standard application deployment workflow. The following resources provide step‑by‑step guidance on licensing and deployment to help your users begin accessing the applications smoothly:
Adobe will review the offer annually and reserves the right to discontinue it at any time.
After Adobe validates the institution and adds the offer to the Admin Console, it can be assigned to faculty and students.
Eligible K-12 educational institutions in India receive the following free entitlements as part of the offer.
What's included |
Free entitlements per user |
Apps |
|
Standard generative features |
Standard credits for fair use |
Premium generative features |
25 premium generative credits per month shared across Creative Cloud apps |
Cloud storage |
100GB |
Yes. The plan offers 100 gigabytes (GB) of cloud storage for each user.
Participating institutions will communicate the necessary information directly to faculty and students.
Yes. If a student or faculty member is part of a study abroad program through an institution residing in India, they are eligible for this offer.
