*Free Autodesk software and/or cloud-based services are subject to acceptance of and compliance with the terms and conditions of the software license agreement or terms of service that accompany such software or cloud-based services. This is great news for students around the world! (While the press release specifically mentioned North America, my understanding is that this is a worldwide initiative.)

Many of the students I spoke to knew about this already – which was very encouraging, especially as the public announcement was made just a few weeks ago – but I thought I’d mention it here, as well. We talked to students about the importance of checking the Autodesk careers site, of course, but also the fact that students can download and use pretty much the full range of Autodesk software for free* from the Education Community site. I attended a student event in Montreux last week, where students from the “ Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale” from various sites in French-speaking Switzerland congregated to visit and find out about prospective employers.

Autodesk free software students