GitHub Account

To access GitHub Copilot, you need to have a GitHub account. You must create an account using your university email address. This will give you free access to Copilot.

Go to the GitHub website

Enabling Copilot

Once your GitHub account is set up, sign in to your account in your browser.

To activate Copilot, go to your profile.

Go to your profile

Select Try Copilot.

Try Copilot

You should see a message indicating that you are eligible for a free version of Copilot because you are a student or teacher.

A free version of Copilot

Simply click Get access to GitHub Copilot.

Access Copilot

It will ask if you want to include public code in the suggestions and whether you want your code to be used to improve the AI. Make your choice based on your preference.

Copilot is available with your account

You will receive a message confirming that Copilot is now available with your account.

You can now activate Copilot in VS Code. Install the GitHub Copilot extension in VS Code and sign in using your GitHub account.

Helpful video: Step-by-step explanation