Students, We Have Software for You.

Are you a student looking to make an impact in your field? Are you ready to wow your professors with great design?

We understand that student life can be tough. You’re balancing what seems like a never-ending list of new responsibilities, not to mention that your pockets aren’t exactly overflowing at the moment. So where does one find the time and energy to think about design software?

Let us help you answer that question. In this blog post, we’ll quickly break down and simplify everything available to you as a student from us at Vectorworks!

As a student, you can get yourself a free educational license of the Vectorworks Design Suite, our most robust offering that includes all the capabilities of Architect (architecture and interiors), Landmark (landscape design and landscape architecture), Spotlight (entertainment design), and Fundamentals. Professors can also get a free educational license to use for instruction.

Request your free Vectorworks license today.

Does your school have a computer lab with Vectorworks installed? It totally should!

Professors can contact us to get free software through our lab donation program. This is a great way to bring Vectorworks into the classroom for guided instruction for the whole class.

Entering the professional world can certainly cause financial headache, which is why our student2PRO program gives recent graduates fantastic value — valid for three years after graduation, you can sign up for a one-year subscription at a 40% discount! That license doesn’t have the educational watermark associated with documentation, and you can convert your student work to watermark-free files at no cost. And for icing on the cake: you'll also get free access to the Vectorworks Professional Certification program of your choice.

Apply for your professional Vectorworks license here.

Ever hear of Vision? Check this out:

The program goes together with Spotlight’s entertainment design toolset, allowing you to pre-program and queue a show before even getting to the venue. And you can get a free license as a student!

Click here to get started with Vision and discover the power of previz.

Show off your skills with the annual Vectorworks Design Scholarship! Submit a project and our panel of judges will determine winners based on criteria that you can review. There are plenty of cash prizes awarded, including the grand prize of $10,000 USD!

Here’s what the 2021 winner, Leslie Majer, said about her public bathhouse project:

Click here to read more about the award-winning project!

The 2022 Vectorworks Design Scholarship will begin in the second quarter of 2022. Make sure to follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn to see when submissions open.

It makes sense that you might be intimidated by the word “university” at this point in your life. Stay with us, though.

Vectorworks University is a completely free and self-guided learning website. We update it constantly with new content like webinars, how-tos, and feature highlights. It’s the best place to go to get acquainted with best-practice workflows and tool use.

You can even earn Vectorworks certifications from the University. The certifications prove your skills and are great resume boosters.?

No tuition bills here — explore the University and continue your path to design extraordinaire!

Planet Vectorworks is our company blog. As “planet” suggests, you can find content on almost anything related to Vectorworks both as a software and as a company.

We love to highlight professionals who are doing top-notch work with the software. There’s plenty of valuable tips going around; for example, this blog goes over how updating your preferences can lead to huge workflow efficiencies and improvements, and this one talks about some key Vectorworks functionality to use when working remotely.

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What’s there to lose? Visit the Software for Education page to see how you can design without limits™️.

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* The availability of educational licenses, lab licenses, and recent graduate discounts vary by country. Not all programs are available in every market. For more information, please contact your local Vectorworks representative or the Vectorworks academic team at academicteam@vectorworks.net.