i cant finish my azure account student verification

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i cant finish my azure account student verification

Bryan Urias 0

Azure for students-

when i try to go through the verification steps after entering my information [name, date of birth, institution name, student email, etc, i get an error message that says : "Unable to confirm your University ID" which doesnt make sense because it didnt even give me the chance to put my ID

there were a few things i noticed when filling out the verification details -

the site is not taking the name of the institution i put, whether i put mine or anything else , it simply deletes it soon as i click on somewhere else

there's also a screen that says 'verification complete' right above the submit button even though i havent verified anything

any idea? any information is greatly appreciated! thank you

Hariharan J 0 Reputation points

2026-10-04T06:41:28.64+00:00

I faced a similar issue. You can try going through the GitHub Student Developer Pack instead of starting the Azure verification directly.

First, get your student status verified on GitHub. Once you have access to the Student Developer Pack, look for the Microsoft Azure for Students offer and use the Azure access link provided there. It may take you directly to the student offer without going through the same verification flow again.

If you're still getting “Unable to confirm your University ID,” try using an incognito window or another browser and make sure your name and university details exactly match your official student records.

Hope this helps!

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Hariharan J 0 Reputation points

2026-10-04T06:41:28.64+00:00

I faced a similar issue. You can try going through the GitHub Student Developer Pack instead of starting the Azure verification directly.

First, get your student status verified on GitHub. Once you have access to the Student Developer Pack, look for the Microsoft Azure for Students offer and use the Azure access link provided there. It may take you directly to the student offer without going through the same verification flow again.

If you're still getting “Unable to confirm your University ID,” try using an incognito window or another browser and make sure your name and university details exactly match your official student records.

Hope this helps!

Answer 1

Hi Bryan,

The “Unable to confirm your University ID” message usually means Azure's student verification service is not able to match your institution or enrollment details. It can happen even when your university email itself is working.

I would try these steps:

Open an InPrivate/Incognito window and go to the Azure for Students signup page.

Sign out of other Microsoft accounts first.

Use your official university email and enter your details exactly as they appear in your university records.

If the university name disappears when you click elsewhere, try entering it again and wait for the institution to appear as a selectable result before continuing.

If you still get “Unable to confirm your University ID,” the problem may be that your university/domain isn't being recognized by Microsoft's verification system.

In that case, contact Azure for Education Support and provide your university name, country, student email domain, and the screenshot of the error.

Also, the “Verification complete” text appearing before you actually submit doesn't necessarily mean the university verification has successfully completed; the final eligibility check can still fail.

I would not post your student ID or other personal documents publicly. Send those only through Microsoft's private support channel if requested.

Thanks

Bryan Urias 0 Reputation points

2026-10-02T05:35:50.7166667+00:00

Thank you for the response!

A few questions:

-can you share the URL to contact azure for education support?

-if waiting until the dropdown with selectable institutions shows up does not work, should i continue with the verification despite of that?

Answer 2

Rukshan edirisinghe 1,070

Hi @Bryan Urias

The clue is the institution box clearing itself. On that form you can't type a school name freely. You have to pick it from the suggestions that appear as you type, and if you click away without picking one, the field empties. When the form then submits with no institution attached, it fails with "Unable to confirm your University ID". The "verification complete" text is just a leftover label from an earlier step, not an actual result, so ignore it.

Try it this way:

Open https://azure.microsoft.com/free/students in a fresh InPrivate or Incognito window and click Start free.
Fill in your details, and in the institution box, type the first few letters of your school slowly, then wait for the dropdown and click your school in the list. Don't press Tab or click elsewhere until it's selected.
Use your official student email, then submit.

Does your school show up in that dropdown at all when you type it? If it doesn't appear, that means it isn't in Microsoft's academic list, and there's a different verification route we can use instead. Let me know and I'll walk you through it.

If this helped, please click Accept Answer so other students hitting this error can find it.

Reference: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/free-account-students-faq/

Bryan Urias 0 Reputation points

2026-10-02T05:49:24.14+00:00

Thank you! Followed your advice step by step

unfortunately the “school name” still isnt showing results, what i mean by that is that the dropdown menu to pick an institution isnt showing at all no matter what institution i type even letter by letter as you suggested

@Rukshan edirisinghe
Rukshan edirisinghe 1,070 Reputation points

2026-10-04T05:19:56.2966667+00:00
Hi @Bryan Urias

Thanks for testing that, and the detail helps. If the dropdown doesn't appear for any school at all, the form itself isn't loading the suggestion list, which points to the browser rather than your school. Ad blockers, privacy extensions, and strict tracking protection often block the script that fetches those suggestions.

Try this:

Open the page in a different browser you haven't used for it yet (Edge or Chrome), with no extensions enabled. A new InPrivate window alone isn't enough if extensions still run there.

If you use Edge, set Tracking prevention to Balanced for the attempt (Settings > Privacy, search and services).

Or try it on your phone over mobile data, not Wi-Fi, since some campus and home networks filter these requests.

Type the first three letters of your school and wait a couple of seconds for the list.

If the dropdown now appears, pick your school and continue. If it still never appears in a clean browser, reply here and I'll give you the GitHub Student Developer Pack route, which verifies you a different way and doesn't use that form.

If this helped, please click Accept Answer so other students hitting this can find it.
Bryan Urias 0 Reputation points

2026-10-04T20:59:27.3666667+00:00

hi! thanks , tried your suggestions again but i got the same problem

also, i've already verified my student status via github student pack and tried the verification through there but that doesnt seem to be working either

any advice is greatly appreciated!

@Rukshan edirisinghe