Unable to confirm your University ID

Hey there, Surya Lokesh

If the system couldn’t verify your university email, it usually means the institution isn’t registered as a verified academic organisation with Microsoft. When a school, college, or university signs up for Microsoft’s educational licensing, Microsoft validates the organisation and adds it to the verified academic institution database. Azure for Students relies entirely on this database when checking eligibility.

I’d recommend contacting your university’s IT team to confirm whether they have an active Microsoft educational licence, and whether other students have successfully signed up for Azure for Students.

If they don’t currently have an academic licence, they can apply here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/commerce/subscriptions/verify-academic-eligibility?view=o365-worldwide

You can also review the eligibility requirements for Azure for Students here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/education-hub/azure-dev-tools-teaching/program-faq#azure-for-students

Just to clarify, the GitHub Student Developer Pack and Azure for Students are completely separate programmes with different verification systems. Being approved for one doesn’t guarantee eligibility for the other.

From my understanding, the Azure for Students verification process cannot be overridden or manually approved. If the system determines that you’re not eligible, then unfortunately you won’t be able to activate the subscription.

As an alternative, you can still start with an Azure free trial here: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/purchase-options/azure-account

Hope this helps,
Nathan