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Cursor helps me get significantly more done in less time and actually focus on the parts I enjoy most, like performance tuning and interface design, instead of getting bogged down in front-end quirks.

Sofia Wawrzyniak University of Pennsylvania

Unlike other LLM-based coding workflows, Cursor complements my own skills rather than substituting for them, automating the tedious parts of research programming while keeping the "human in the loop" enough that I understand and can control the output.

Aakaash Rao Harvard University

Cursor allowed us, students without prior web dev experience, to rapidly build alphaXiv, an application now used by hundreds of thousands of researchers.

Rehaan Ahmad Stanford University

Cursor helps me clean datasets, debug pipelines, and write complex queries without breaking flow, saving hours each week and letting me focus on my research.

Pranav Bhuvanagiri University of Texas

As a technical student founder, Cursor has changed my life. It helps me turn startup ideas into reality in days, drawing up high-level architecture, styling the frontend, fully integrating with my custom backends, and fixing bugs every step of the way.

Sam Clement UC Berkeley

As a founder, Cursor has allowed me to bring my ideas to life at a crazy pace; what used to take a week now takes just a few hours. It helps me learn much faster and honestly makes me feel like I can build anything.

Georgina Alcaraz Boston University

Cursor has been a game-changer. Not just for writing code, but for its ability to independently research libraries, best practices, and implementation strategies. It feels like having a research assistant who's always on call.

Ruiyang Dai Carnegie Mellon University

Cursor has become a critical tool in building my startup, letting us rapidly iterate on product without having to scale up headcount. Easily a 5–10x productivity multiplier for focused teams.

Ishan Shah University of Texas

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Questions & Answers

Verify your student status by clicking "Verify Status" at the top of the page and following the instructions. If you are an existing Cursor Pro user, you'll receive an automatic refund for the remaining billing cycle and the discount will be applied automatically. If you don't already have Cursor Pro, you must sign up for Cursor Pro in your account settings after you verify your student status to take advantage of the discount.

Yes. In order to use this discount, your Cursor account email must match your valid ".edu" university email, and you must use that same email to verify your student status.

Yes, you can use the student discount if you already have a Cursor subscription. We will automatically cancel your existing subscription, refund your unused time, and apply the discount effective immediately to your new subscription.

Your subscription will automatically renew at the regular price. You can cancel at any time, but you will only keep access through the end of the current billing period.

You will have access to all Pro features for the duration of the program. This includes $20 of usage per month. If you need additional model capacity outside of the included Pro amount, you can enable usage based pricing.