Must-See for University Students! 10 Useful Ways to Use Gemini in Student Life

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

While AI has become an indispensable tool for drafting reports and translating English, do you ever feel like you're always using it in the same way?

Actually, Gemini has various features and ways to be used that are helpful for student life.

In this article, we will clearly introduce specific ways to use Gemini and prompts that are useful in all aspects of university life, from daily report writing and presentation preparation to club activities and job hunting.

We hope this provides tips to make your university life even more interesting starting tomorrow!

Applications for the student-exclusive free Gemini upgrade are open until October 6

Before we introduce specific ways to use it, here is an announcement about a very advantageous campaign exclusively for university students.

If you register for the “Student-Exclusive Free Gemini 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 extended 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.

This is a great opportunity to use a service that normally costs 2,900 yen (tax included) per month for free for 15 months, so don't miss it.

You can easily apply at gemini.google/students .

For more information about the appeal of the Google AI Pro plan and details of the campaign, please read the note below.

Now, let's take a look at how to use Gemini to support your university life.

Exam Preparation: Achieve Efficient Learning with Gemini!

Whether it's daily assignments, report writing, or exam preparation, Gemini is a reliable ally in every aspect of learning.

It supports personalized study plans, such as extracting key points from a large amount of material or creating your own practice problem sets.

① Summarize and organize lecture notes with Gemini in Google Docs

With the Google AI Pro plan, you can receive support from Gemini directly within the Google Workspace apps you use every day, starting with Google Docs.

For example, you can paste long lecture notes into a document and simply ask Gemini in the side panel to summarize the key points into three items to quickly grasp the essence of the content. Since there is no need to switch tabs unnecessarily, you can focus on tasks like reviewing or writing reports without interrupting your train of thought.

Integration with Gmail, Google Drive, and Sheets is also seamless.

② Turn multiple documents into your own personal knowledge base with NotebookLM

From PDFs handed out in class to notes you've compiled in Google Docs, NotebookLM organizes those scattered materials into your very own "knowledge base" just by uploading them.

For example, you can not only summarize content across all your materials by asking, "Explain 'XX Theory' based on all my documents," but you can also review on the go using the "Audio Overview" feature or visually understand complex relationships with "Infographics," allowing you to learn a single topic from multiple angles.

Research & Reports: Organize information easily with NotebookLM!

Reading through many previous studies, analyzing them, and compiling them into an easy-to-understand and persuasive presentation is truly back-breaking work.

That is when you can rely on Gemini and NotebookLM. They will support your research process and help you create better reports and presentation materials.

③ Organize and analyze previous studies with NotebookLM

With Google AI Pro, you can use NotebookLM in Pro, which features expanded chat limits and increased data capacity for stored sources. You can upload PDF research papers on the topic you want to investigate or collect them via web search. Once you have stored your sources, try giving an instruction tailored to your research topic, such as extract descriptions regarding XX from all papers.

You can quickly catch up on information in Japanese even from English papers, allowing you to collect and organize information efficiently.

Also, if you share NotebookLM publicly, anyone can share the notes, making it the perfect tool for projects you want to work on collaboratively. Beyond research and reports, please try using it for various other purposes.

Please also check the note below for ways to utilize NotebookLM.

④ Create persuasive presentation materials with Gemini in Google Slides

Gemini in the Google Slides side panel will also support you with presentations for seminars and classes. Based on the information organized in NotebookLM, try giving the instruction create a slide from [@Google Doc] to explain the content of XX in an easy-to-understand way, and it will create the Google Slide for you.

Job Hunting: Streamline company analysis and entry sheets with Gemini

Job hunting involves many tasks, such as gathering information, creating entry sheets (ES), and preparing for interviews. By utilizing Gemini, you can streamline these processes and approach your job hunt with confidence.

⑤ Company research and industry analysis

Efficiently research the business activities of companies you are interested in, comparisons with competitors, and industry trends to apply them to your ES and interviews. It is recommended to use Deep Research for your research. When you perform Deep Research with 2.5 Pro, you can research information more deeply and with higher accuracy.

For example, if you give the instruction list the main job types in the marketing industry, their job descriptions, and the necessary skills, it will search over 100 sites and summarize the information.

Also, if you select "Infographic" from "Create" in the top right of the generated report, you can create an easy-to-read report with a single click!

With the Google AI Pro plan, the number of times you can use Deep Research increases, so you can feel free to look things up whenever you want.

⑥ Create emails for alumni visits or requests to companies with Gemini in Gmail

Writing emails for job hunting, such as for alumni visits or inquiries to companies, is time-consuming and stressful because you have to be careful about your language and etiquette.

That's where Gemini in Gmail comes in handy.

Just by listing a few key points you want to convey, it can immediately draft a polite email suitable for the situation. For example, even with simple instructions like “Polite thank you for an alumni visit” or “Accepting an interview date” it can construct natural, professional sentences, reducing the burden of email writing.

Club Activities: Use Gemini to make planning and publicity creative!

In club activities, there are surprisingly many small operational tasks, such as event planning, financial reporting, and social media posts.

By utilizing Gemini, you can streamline these operational tasks and focus more on the club activities themselves.

⑦ Build a website for new student recruitment without coding using Canvas

By combining the Canvas feature with 2.5 Pro, the understanding of prompts in reasoning, mathematics, and programming is enhanced, making it easier to intuitively build the website you envision.
For example, just by instructing “I want to make a website for new student recruitment, so create a site that conveys the appeal of the XX club” you can build everything from the web page design to the text, even without programming experience. Let's create original websites for activity portfolios or event announcements.

⑧ Whisk to process memorable photos and create publicity images for social media

Whisk is an image generation AI that uses images as prompts without needing detailed text prompts. You can generate images simply by selecting your favorite images for the model, scene, and style, inputting them into Whisk, and entering a simple prompt.

Upload a group photo taken at a club training camp or event to Whisk, refer to an image with a distinctive style, and instruct it with “In the style of an anime key visual” or “In the style of a retro movie poster” to generate unique publicity images that catch the eye on social media.

⑨ Generate a surprise video for a graduating senior with Veo 3

By using the video generation feature of the Gemini app, you can generate dynamic videos with powerful audio just by simply telling Gemini in words.

Veo 3 not only generates videos with audio but also features technology called lip-sync, where mouth movements match the audio, and it can also generate city traffic sounds, birds chirping in a park, and dialogue between characters.

For example, just by putting into words a unique scene that suddenly comes to mind, such as “a Shiba Inu wearing a suit sleeping happily on a bus,” Gemini will bring that scene to life based on your words.
Of course, you can also consult with Gemini to create detailed prompts and craft a specific opening scene.

Veo 3 is a feature available only with the Google AI Pro / Ultra plan.
Try using it for various occasions where you want to create special memories, such as graduation celebrations, welcoming new students, or a friend's birthday.

⑩ Create games to play for a break

If you instruct Gemini to “make a game of XX,” it will generate the basic code for the game, and you can even preview it running on Canvas right there!
You don't need to know code. Since the AI builds the foundation, the fun of customizing it however you want awaits.

Here, I am instructing it to “make a basic Othello game”.

Take your college life “one step further” with Gemini!

We have introduced 10 ways to use Gemini that are useful in every scene of college life, from exam preparation and thesis writing to job hunting and club activities.

Gemini is not just a tool to shorten the time spent on research or writing. Sometimes it acts as a “sounding board” to deepen your thinking, and other times as a “reliable advisor” that gives you new perspectives, supporting your learning and activities.

Of course, what's important is to use Gemini wisely as an “assistant.”

Instead of accepting the generated answers as they are, verify the facts yourself, ask follow-up questions to deepen your thinking, or use it as a discussion partner for ideas.
By using it in this conversational way, your thinking skills will be further honed, and your learning will become even richer.

For those of you thinking, "I want to try Gemini right away!", we have some great news.
If you are a university student, you can use the 2,900 yen per month (tax included) Google AI Pro plan for free for 12 months. This offer is valid until October 6, 2025, so please be sure to register early at gemini.google/students/ .

We hope Gemini can help make your university life even more fulfilling, creative, and fun.