University Students, Upgrade to Gemini Now! An Easy-to-Understand Guide to the Appeal of Google AI Pro

Hello, students! This is the official Gemini by Google note editorial department.

“Is there more I can do than what I’m currently using AI for?”
“I want to master AI more seriously!”
Have you ever felt this way?

Many of you are likely looking to use AI effectively to increase efficiency for daily report writing, club activities, or job hunting, or perhaps you want to challenge yourselves with more creative tasks.

Google is currently running a special campaign to satisfy your intellectual curiosity and ambition.

If you register for the “Student-Exclusive Gemini Free Upgrade Campaign” by October 6, 2025, you can use the Google AI Pro plan for free for 12 months.

This plan is packed with benefits, including expanded access to Google’s cutting-edge AI model “2.5 Pro,” “Deep Research” for high-precision research, the latest video generator Veo 3, and 2TB of storage.

All university, graduate, and technical college students aged 18 and over are eligible.This is a great opportunity to use a service that normally costs 2,900 yen (tax included) per month for free for 12 months, so don’t miss out.

You can easily apply at gemini.google/students .

In this article, we will explain in an easy-to-understand way what you can do with the Google AI Pro plan, the campaign overview, and how using Gemini can change your university life.

※ Explanations regarding the use of generative AI, including Gemini in Google AI Pro, are for illustrative purposes. Please verify the accuracy of the actual response results yourself.

What’s so great about it! What is the Google AI Pro plan?

While you can use many features with the free version of Gemini, the paid Google AI Pro plan allows you to utilize more advanced AI features. This time, we will focus on introducing particularly useful features that support the studies and daily activities of university students.

This content will surely be helpful for students who want to do their best in both academics and their private lives.

If you feel like “I want to try it,” please also check the “Eligibility and Application Method for the Google AI Pro Free Benefit” introduced in the second half of this article.

1. Expanded access to Google’s cutting-edge AI model 2.5 Pro

“Gemini 2.5 Pro” is Google’s most powerful reasoning model with maximum response accuracy and cutting-edge performance. It excels at complex thinking, understanding long texts and videos, and providing advanced programming advice. It helps you smoothly proceed with tasks that were previously a bit difficult for AI, such as writing reports, conducting research, or understanding difficult concepts. It strongly supports your inquisitive spirit of “I want to know more!”

With Gemini 2.5 Pro, you can even easily create space simulations like this.

2. Deep Research - Speed up your research and information gathering!

“I need to collect materials for my report, but I don’t know where to start…” “There is too much information, and I spend the whole day just summarizing it…”

Such worries are common when writing reports. In such cases, speed up your research with the Deep Research feature in the Gemini app!

With Google AI Pro, you can conduct higher-precision research powered by the top-tier 2.5 Pro AI model, and you can use Deep Research with almost no restrictions.

And now, Deep Research has been further powered up! You can now upload your own files and images to use as reference materials for your research, enabling more personalized information gathering. For example, just by asking, “Thoroughly research industries and open positions that suit me from the attached resume PDF,” Gemini will research it for you at high speed.

Additionally, for reports generated by Deep Research, you can now use the "Create" button to generate a podcast for "learning on the go," or even have it create and grade quizzes for exam preparation.

Please also check out the note below for more details on the Gemini app's Deep Research feature.

3. Veo 3 - Generate dynamic videos just by describing them in words

Have you ever wanted to make surprises for friends, presentations, or club activity promotions more engaging?
With the Gemini app's video generation feature, you can create powerful, dynamic videos with audio just by describing them simply to Gemini in words. With Google AI Pro, you can use the latest video generation model, Veo 3, with a usage limit!

And the variety of video styles is up to your imagination:

4. Canvas - Easily create websites and mini-games

When you want to build a quick website for club activities, Gemini is there to support you. With the Gemini app's Canvas feature, you don't need any coding knowledge; you can easily create the website you envision just by talking to Gemini in natural language.
This applies not only to websites but also to web apps like games.
On the Gemini University Student Campaign site gemini.google/students, we even used the Gemini app's Canvas feature to create a mini-game called "Flappy Gemini," inspired by the notoriously difficult Flappy Bird! Please give it a try.

We also explain the Gemini app's Canvas feature in detail, so please be sure to check it out.

5. NotebookLM - Your personal AI learning coach

NotebookLM is your personal AI research assistant that supports you in organizing information, summarizing, answering questions, and brainstorming based on the materials you provide (documents, PDFs, text files, website URLs, etc.).
It analyzes multiple materials across the board to present new perspectives and ideas, making it useful for writing papers and researching complex topics. Also, since you can share the notes you create with others, it makes group work, club activities, and information sharing in study groups smooth.

In the NotebookLM Google AI Pro plan, you get 5 times the resources (audio overviews, sources) per notebook compared to the free version, and you can create 5 times as many notebooks.

And now, the NotebookLM mobile app has arrived (Play Store, App Store available for download), enabling a new way of learning: search the web for specific topics in NotebookLM, add reliable results to your sources, generate a podcast-style audio overview, and listen to it on the go with the NotebookLM mobile app.
For those students who haven't tried it yet, please take this opportunity!

Please also check the note below for details on how to use NotebookLM.

5. Gemini in Gmail, Google Slides, Google Docs, etc.

With Google AI Pro, you can work by utilizing the Gemini side panel within the Google Workspace apps you use every day, including Gmail and Google Slides. For example, you can have the Gemini side panel in Gmail instantly summarize long email threads and organize what you need to do.

The note article also introduces detailed usage methods for each Workspace app, so please refer to this as well:

Gemini x Workspace Series

• Gmail Integration

• Google Drive Integration

• Google Docs Integration

• Google Sheets Integration

• Google Meet Integration

• Google Slides Integration

7. Also includes a 2TB large-capacity storage benefit!

In addition to cutting-edge AI features, the Google AI Pro plan also comes with a massive 2TB of storage as a benefit. This is a point that university students will be especially happy about.

2TB (terabytes) is a large capacity that can store, for example, photos and videos from several smartphones, or millions of document files. This storage can be used across all the Google services you use daily, such as Google Drive, Gmail, and Google Photos.

Eligibility and how to apply for the Google AI Pro free benefit

Any university student, graduate student, or technical college student aged 18 or older is eligible, but there are some conditions for application, so please check this page for details.
And registration is open until October 6, 2025, so please sign up early!

A school email address is required for verification

Previously, only email addresses ending in ".ac.jp" were eligible for verification during registration, which caused inconvenience to those using other university email addresses.
We have now made it possible to verify with university-issued email addresses that include domains other than ".ac.jp".

[Account] You can use it with your personal Gmail account!

The university email address is for verification purposes. The free upgrade to the Google AI Pro plan is applied to your personal Gmail account.

The Google Workspace account provided by your school and your personal Gmail account will not be linked, and data will not be shared.

[After the campaign period ends] You will transition to a standard subscription.

As the end of the campaign period approaches, we will notify you via email with sufficient time for cancellation, allowing you to decide whether to continue or cancel at that time.

For details and to sign up, please check this page.

Your university life will shine brighter with Gemini!

Have you experienced the appeal of the Google AI Pro plan, which gives you access to Gemini and a full suite of Google's latest AI tools? When you're thinking, 'I can't make progress on my report...', 'I want some interesting ideas!', 'I'm stuck on programming...', or 'What career path is right for me?', please rely on Gemini.

For university students, the Google AI Pro plan, usually 2,900 yen (tax included) per month, is free for 12 months.Registration is open until October 6, 2025, so please register as soon as possible at gemini.google/students/ . We hope that Gemini can serve as a catalyst to make your university life more fulfilling, smoother, and more enjoyable.