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Figma Education Pro Reverification Issue for Coursera Students

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
September 9, 2025
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Hello Figma Community,

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

I received an email asking me to re-verify my student status, so I selected “Bootcamp / Online Program”, but I got the 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 program, not a traditional bootcamp, I don’t have an admin to verify me. Coursera support says I should self-verify, but Figma doesn’t allow it for online students.

I want to know:

How can online course students like me maintain Education Pro access?
Will our accounts automatically downgrade to Starter after Sept 29 if no verification is possible?
Are there any workarounds for students using Coursera to continue using unlimited files and full Figma Pro features?

Any guidance or advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you!

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Jessica W.

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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!

Thank you for looking into this. I'd appreciate the feedback as well because I'm in the same boat. Even wrote an email to Figma Edu exactly 10 days ago concerning the issue but there hasn't been a response.

KD78

New Participant

Same issue. We signed up for the Coursera UX design certificate which relies heavily on Figma and had appropriate educational access. Now, it seems Figma just completely forgot about all these students who are in the middle of or finishing up their programs now and is going to cut them off. We need a solution now.

Anjali Gaur

New Member

facing same problem...

Gagaaaaaaaaan

New Member

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!

Thanks for looking into this and keeping us updated. I am also going through the same issue, Since the verification end date is approaching soon, could you please let us know if there’s any expected timeline for a resolution? It would really help us plan ahead and avoid missing deadlines.

Gagaaaaaaaaan

New Member

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!

Thanks for looking into this and keeping us updated. Since the verification end date is approaching soon, could you please let us know if there’s any expected timeline for a resolution? It would really help us plan ahead and avoid missing deadlines.

JL10

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I have the same issue. I followed the re-verify instructions but now I cannot get past that bootcamp screen.

066_Zahra_Dzul_Rasul

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Same issue. The Coursera don’t have admins to verify :(
looking forward to a resolution for this, Any guidance or advice would be greatly appreciated!

O Paul

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I'm having this same issue. I hope it gets resolved soon.

aimeezermeno

New Member

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!

Hello! Are there any updates on this?

LAMBEND cc

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Stuck in the same issue, here. Replying to get flagged in any proposed fix.

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