Special Offer for Universities

Support education with professional-grade open source GIS solutions

At NextGIS, we believe that students and researchers should work with real-world geospatial tools, not limited academic demos. That’s why we offer a special academic program for universities and higher-education institutions worldwide.

What we offer

✅ Free cloud access for teaching and learning + on-boarding webinar

Universities receive a free NextGIS Premium subscription (20 users), including:

  • Hosted Web GIS environment (no infrastructure required)
  • Interactive Web Maps publishing system
  • QGIS collaboration infrastructure (projects publishing, team editing, version control)
  • Field data collecting subsystem
  • User and access management

This is ideal for courses, labs, workshops, and student projects.

A 1-hour onboarding webinar (in English) is included to help you get started. We’ll introduce the platform, share our experience, and answer your questions.

🏷️ In addition to the free cloud plan, universities get 50% off:

The same platform can be used for education, research, and internal university needs.

What universities can do with our software

🗺️ Teach modern GIS and geospatial analysis

Use professional tools already adopted in industry and public sector:

  • Desktop <-> Web GIS workflows with QGIS
  • Real-time collaboration on shared datasets
  • Vector and raster data publishing. Clear demonstration of what raster and vector tiles are, and how OGC services work
  • Version control and editing history for advanced team work

Students gain practical, transferable skills, not vendor-locked abstractions.

🔬 Support research and scientific projects

Our platform is actively used in environmental science, urban studies, hydrology, ecology, and spatial planning:

  • Organize and manage projects’ spatial data
  • Publish interactive maps for research results
  • Share datasets with colleagues or the public
  • Deploy project-specific Web GIS portals

Perfect for research teams.

🌍 Build public and internal geoportals

Universities can easily create:

  • Campus and infrastructure maps
  • Research project portals
  • Open data portals
  • Student project showcases

All without writing backend code.

👥 Enable collaborative work for students and staff

Our tools support multi-user workflows:

  • Students work simultaneously on shared layers
  • Teachers review edits and history
  • Role-based access for courses and departments
  • Safe experimentation with rollback and versioning

This makes the platform suitable for both teaching and production use.

Open-source at the core

Our platform is built around open-source GIS technologies and integrates deeply with QGIS.
This ensures:

  • Transparency and long-term sustainability
  • No vendor lock-in
  • Compatibility with open data standards
  • Alignment with academic values

Explore our core products source code at GitHub: https://github.com/nextgis

How to apply for the university program

To join the academic program, contact us with:

  • University name and country
  • Department or faculty
  • Your full name and position

👉 Email edu@nextgis.com to request the academic discount. Or contact us in any convenient way.

⚠️ Please note that the partnership agreement must be signed between your university and NextGIS OÜ. This offer is available only to educational institutions, not to individuals (students or university staff).