How to Get 1,000 Free Kiro Credits Every Month

Enrolled at a university and wish you had serious AI coding tools without the bill? The Kiro student program gives you a full year of Pro-tier access for free.

That works out to 1,000 credits every month, roughly $240 in developer perks, and no credit card is required.

What You Need

• A university or college email address.
• Active enrollment as a student.

Tutorial

1. Open https://kiro.dev/students/#schools and check if your campus is eligible.
2. Sign in with your university email at https://kiro.dev/blog/students-2026/?sc_channel=sm&sc_publisher=TWITTER&sc_country=global&sc_geo=GLOBAL&sc_outcome=awareness&trk=Kiro.
3. Complete the SheerID check. It takes about a minute and unlocks your 1,000 monthly credits.

Wrapping Up

You now have 12 months of Kiro Pro-tier with credits that refresh every month. Open Kiro IDE or CLI and start an agentic coding session.