
Once you have uploaded your documentation, it may take a couple of days for your eligibility to be confirmed by SheerID. You have up to 14 days to upload a suitable document. Student or employee ID (photo not required).Note: Here are templates of such a letter for students and faculty. Official letter from the educational institution.Here are some examples of appropriate documentation, assuming they include the information above: Full name of the educational institution.Full name (must match the name as shown in school registration).It looks like 2014 is the last version of this - maybe they're discontinuing these perpetual licenses.You may be asked to submit additional documentation for proof of eligibility.


Amazon also has some vendors who sell it. It's a permanent license, and you can use the License Transfer Utility to move it to a different machine. To install & activate it, you need to provide an. Perpetual license : You get the Entertainment Creation Suite Ultimate (2014), which includes Maya, 3ds Max, Softimage, Mudbox, Sketchbook, and MotionBuilder on a flash drive.Once the license expires, you can get another three-year license if you still have a valid. Education license : You can get a three-year license for almost all Autodesk software for free here.It will probably expire soon after you leave school. Site license: Your school may have a site license that lets you use Autodesk software for free.To summarize, here are what the options appear to be for students: Arrived today, installed with no problems, used my same Education account to activate, everything looks good! Ok, it turns out they don't sell it by itself, but you can get a perpetual license as part of their "Entertainment Creation Suite Ultimate" for $240 (along with 3DS and Mudbox): Are these sources out of date? Has Autodesk stopped offering the perpetual student licenses? But there doesn't seem to be an option for it on their website.

I've seen a number of sites mention the option of buying a "perpetual student license" for Maya.
