Figma Education Pro Reverification Issue for Coursera Students

Same issue. The Coursera don’t have admins to verify :(

Hi everyone - first, I can confirm that if you do not re-verify your education status by September 29, 2025, your Education team will be downgraded to the free Starter plan, where you'll lose access to Professional plan features.

If you have additional questions about your specific program, I’d recommend reaching out directly to Coursera support, as they’ll be best positioned to help!

Coursera support said to self-verify Figma or to reach out to Figma support 😅 There is no admins in the course that can verify all the users… So we kind of stuck in the middle of the learning.  

Hello Figma Community,

I’m currently taking the Google UX Design Certificate on Coursera and have been using Figma Education Pro through this program.

Recently, I received an email asking me to re-verify my student status. I selected “Bootcamp / Online Program”, but then got this message:

“Bootcamp students & educators: You cannot self-verify, you must be verified by your bootcamp. Please reach out to them directly with any questions.”

Since Coursera is an online platform and not a traditional bootcamp, there isn’t an admin who can verify my status. Coursera support advised me to self-verify, but Figma doesn’t seem to allow that for online program students.

I’d love some clarity on this situation:

• How can online course students (like those on Coursera) keep access to Education Pro?

• If verification isn’t possible, will our accounts automatically downgrade to Starter after Sept 29?

• Is there any workaround to continue using unlimited files and full Figma Pro features as part of the course?

Any advice or guidance would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you in advance.

I am also having this same issue! I did not have a problem re-verifying last time it asked me to do so, but now I cannot get past that bootcamp screen.

Hi,

This problem definitely needs to be addressed on Figma's side. Coursera hasn’t changed anything with how their online courses work. I would also like to better understand what changed with Figma’s verification process because this wasn’t an issue last time I had to re-verify a few months ago.

Until something moves on this, we have potentially thousands of students who will be unable to start/finish the course they paid for.

In a similar boat, been doing a Michigan course through Coursera that uses Figma. Anyone have any update on this? Love that we can’t contact Figma directly without paying. 

Hey, thank you both for flagging this! 

I want to reassure you that I’ve flagged this internally to see if there’s anything more we can do to support students in programs on Coursera. In the meantime, I do need to confirm that if your education status isn’t re-verified by September 29, 2025, your Education team will be downgraded to the free Starter plan, which means losing access to Professional plan features.

I’ll keep checking with the team internally to see if there are any options or workarounds available for Coursera program students to get verified. I really appreciate your patience in the meantime! 

Hi everyone, thank you for sharing your experiences here! I can see this is affecting quite a few of you, I’ve gone ahead and flagged this internally with our team to better understand what changed with the verification process and what solutions might be available for students in Coursera.

Please know this is on our radar and I’ll follow up here as soon as I hear back from the team. Appreciate your patience in the meantime! 

Same issue here...im halfway through my portfolio project on the UX course and really wouldn’t want to loose Pro access…. please help!