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).