Adobe offers free access to Firefly, Photoshop to students: Details

Adobe will provide students across 15,000 Indian schools and 500 colleges free access to Firefly, Photoshop, and Acrobat, along with structured curriculum and industry-relevant certifications

At the India AI Impact Summit, Adobe announced that students across 15,000 schools and 500 colleges in India will get free access to its creative and productivity tools, along with the opportunity to pursue industry-relevant certificate courses at no cost through accredited higher education institutions. Adobe said the initiative is aimed at preparing students for AI-first careers in fields such as design, animation, gaming, marketing, media, and more, with a structured curriculum, training, and credentials built into the offering.

What Adobe is offering students

Under the new plan, Adobe will provide its applications, such as Adobe Firefly, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Acrobat, free of cost to students via accredited colleges and institutions. Beyond software access, the package includes guided curriculum, training modules, and certifications designed to improve employability after graduation. Students across 15,000 schools and 500 colleges, through Content Creator Labs, will get access to this.

 

Adobe said its approach to generative AI focuses on commercially safe AI-generated content. Firefly, positioned as an all-in-one creative AI studio, allows users to work not only with Adobe’s own AI models but also with third-party models from companies such as Google, OpenAI, Runway, and others within the same environment. Acrobat Pro, meanwhile, is positioned as a productivity tool for editing documents, images, and collaborating on projects.

 

The company said the rollout aligns with the government’s focus on expanding jobs in the Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics (AVGC) sector by 2030.

NASSCOM partnership

As an extension of Adobe Digital Academy, the company’s global skilling and career pathway programme, Adobe India has partnered with NASSCOM FutureSkills Prime, a digital skilling initiative in collaboration with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), to offer free, industry-relevant courses and certificates to learners across India.

 

Through this tie-up, learners across India will be able to pursue structured courses focused on creative AI, productivity tools, and digital content creation.

Availability

The offer will be rolled out through accredited higher education institutions across India. Students will need to access the tools via participating colleges and universities.