Microsoft 365 student: A1 is web-only, Personal is Egypt EGP 239

There is a real Microsoft student path, and it is not a coupon. Eligible school email → Office 365 Education A1 free (Microsoft education site, August 2026). A1 is browser Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams. No desktop install.

Desktop Word is A3/A5 (your school pays) or Microsoft 365 Personal (you pay). US Personal is $9.99. Egypt Personal is EGP 239 / $4.74, dated 29 Aug 2026. Nigeria Personal is ₦7,200 / $5.32, dated 20 Aug 2026. India Basic ₹149 / $1.56 is not Personal ₹689. Rails: /how-to-pay/.

A1 versus Personal versus Basic versus Copilot

What	Who pays	What you get
Education A1	Free via school email	Web apps, Teams, OneDrive
Education A3 / A5	School	Desktop apps (you cannot self-claim)
Personal	You	Desktop + mobile, 1 TB, consumer Copilot credits
GitHub Copilot Pro	You after graduation	$10 everywhere — a different merchant

“My university has Microsoft” can mean A1-only. Ask IT which license you actually hold before you assume you can install Word.

India ₹149 on this site is dated Basic, also Google One’s cheap Basic coincidence. Do not paste Google One into Word.

Graduation and the US LinkedIn extra

The school deactivates accounts on its own clock. Export documents before last semester. A1 dies with the login.

Eligible US college students may get a 12-month Microsoft 365 Premium + LinkedIn Premium Career bundle. That is not A1, and it is not a global LinkedIn student price. LinkedIn Premium student.

A VPN does not recode Egypt Personal onto a US Apple ID, and it does not turn A1 into desktop Word.

Live Personal table: Microsoft 365 by country.

Methodology: methodology.

Questions

Is Microsoft 365 free for students?

A1 is free via eligible school email — web Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Outlook/Teams only. Desktop installs are A3/A5 (school pays) or Personal (you pay).

What does Personal cost if A1 is not enough?

US Personal $9.99. Egypt Personal EGP 239 / $4.74, dated 29 Aug 2026. Nigeria Personal ₦7,200 / $5.32, dated 20 Aug 2026. Rails: /how-to-pay/.

Is India ₹149 Personal?

No. India Basic is ₹149 / $1.56. India Personal is ₹689 / $7.20. Mixing those cells is how pages lie.

Is this Copilot Pro?

No. GitHub Copilot Pro is $10 everywhere. A1's Copilot chat is basic. Paid Copilot lives on consumer plans.

What happens at graduation?

The school owns the A1 license. When they deactivate the account, web Office dies. Export OneDrive before last semester. Alumni email is not a Microsoft promise.

Does the US LinkedIn bundle replace A1?

No. That January 2026 college offer can add LinkedIn Premium Career plus Microsoft 365 Premium for eligible US students. A1 is the global web-Office door. Career US list is $39.99 if you pay.