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Figma Education Pro Reverification Issue for Coursera Students

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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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KD78

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Also, Coursera is the company we all paid for the UX program and it is their responsibility to ensure access is maintained. They have not done so and just keep closing tickets opened on the matter. I am now reaching out to law firms that handle class action lawsuits as I’m sure there are enough Coursera students impacted to qualify.

Jennifer Frantz

New Member

Wow, so no solution has been made for Coursera students? I’ve been out of the country for 10 days and was hoping this was resolved by now!

Z

Zoey Li

Only One Day Left and there is no response from both companies.

Learning on the go

Tom Reem

Figmate

Hey @Zoey Li and everyone following this thread — I’m really sorry to hear about the trouble with verifying your accounts. We’re taking a closer look at the reports you’ve shared here.

In the meantime, I want to share this important update:

Wednesday, September 24, 2025 Update

Figma has extended a grace period for students in the process of reverifying their education status. You will not lose access to your account or files on September 29. To ensure ongoing access, please complete your reverification promptly.

For more information, keep an eye on this announcement post: Updates to our Figma Education plan.

I hope this eases some of the pressure. Thank you for your patience while we work to get this sorted.

Gagaaaaaaaaan

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Hey everyone, thanks so much for your patience while we looked into this!

Here’s what I can share from the team:

Self-verification isn’t available for students in bootcamps or online courses, and Figma isn’t able to verify Education accounts for these programs.
To help you continue your work, we recommend using our free Starter plan. It includes up to 3 design files, AI credits, and is designed to support your course needs.

Please do let me know if you have ay further question, thank you!

Hi Figma team,

Thank you for getting back to us, but with all due respect, this doesn’t feel like a real solution.

Coursera design courses are legitimate, structured programs taken by thousands of learners worldwide who are building serious design careers. Many of us rely on Figma as the industry standard tool, and restricting access to the Education plan puts Coursera students at a huge disadvantage compared to those in traditional universities.

The Starter plan’s 3 file limit simply does not support coursework requirements, collaboration, or building a meaningful design portfolio. We aren’t asking for special treatment — only equal access, since Coursera students are investing time, money, and effort in learning the same skills as other design students.

I hope the Figma team can reconsider this stance or at least explore an alternative pathway (e.g., Coursera-issued verification, limited-time Education access, or portfolio-based verification). Right now, it feels like a whole community of motivated learners is being left behind.

Thanks, and I look forward to a more supportive resolution.

Hi Figma team,

Just following up since we haven’t heard back yet. I understand priorities shift, but silence on this thread unfortunately reinforces the feeling that Coursera learners are being treated as “second-class” design students.

It’s ironic, Figma positions itself as a tool for everyone to design together, yet when a huge global learning community asks for fair access, the best we’re offered is a 3-file Starter plan that barely covers the basics of a single course module.

At this point, it feels less like a limitation and more like a decision to exclude a growing community of non-traditional learners. I’d really encourage the team to revisit this not responding won’t make the problem go away, but finding a solution would show Figma truly values accessibility in design education.

natpap96

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I’m having the same issue as well. I doubt they’ll continue to allow Coursera students continue on the Education plan, and they’ll likely rework something with Google, so students pay a minimum amount for a plan but with some sort of discount. Since Figma recently went public, they likely are facing pressure from investors to increase revenue. Allowing thousands of people to access their tool for free for however long it takes them to complete the certification (which could be years) is likely not well received by their investors. That’s my guess. This is more a failure on Coursera’s part vs Figma’s part to not have worked with Figma beforehand to work something out.

MAZZTHEGAMER

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I found a workaround that isn’t perfect but might help. If you’re currently enrolled in a university or college, Figma allows you to verify for their education plan (higher education only, not boot camps). You’d need to sign up with your school email and verify it, which means creating a fresh new account. Your existing Figma/Coursera account will remain on the starter plan, so you’d likely have to manually transfer your old project files. This involves opening your old projects, copying the design content, creating a new file in the new account, and pasting it there. As far as I know, this is the only way to go about it. If anyone knows a better way to move the files, please share. It’s a bit of a hassle, but hopefully, this helps some of us continue learning with the tool.
untill figma decides to find a better solutions for us, this this the only way, or if you have the means, you can pay for the full seat, (only the full seat has figma desings in it). hope this helps

KD78

New Participant

That’s not a workaround, that’s just authenticating access through a different educational institution, something you could have done before, without being a Coursera user - many of us do not have that option.

I finished my formal degrees ages ago and am taking Coursera courses to advance my skills. Coursera is being cut off from appropriate Figma access for courses that depend on it. This is a major fail between the two companies, but it’s on Coursera to make it right as us students paid them for these certification programs and the accompanying Figma access to complete them.

Daniella Okosun

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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’m also facing same issues and it’s just a day left, I’d really appreciate any help I can get right now? Also are we going to lose access to our already saved files?

darknytestudios

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So do our files get deleted, or will they at least still be in there?

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