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Data Science & Coding Toolkit

Free developer tools, coding courses, and computing resources every CS and data science student should activate.

5 steps

1GitHub Student Developer Pack

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2JetBrains Student License

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3DataCamp

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4O'Reilly Learning (Safari)

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5NYU Greene HPC Cluster

Activate your free developer tools

Over $200k worth of free tools — GitHub Pro, Copilot, cloud credits, domains, and more.

💡 Pro tip: Apply with your @nyu.edu email — approval is usually instant for .edu addresses.

SoftwareFree$48/yr value

GitHub Student Developer Pack

Academic Software

Free GitHub Pro, Copilot access, JetBrains IDEs, DigitalOcean $200 credits, 1Password, Notion Plus, free domains, and 100+ developer tools. Verify with your NYU .edu email.

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Get professional IDEs for free

Free licenses for IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm, and all JetBrains IDEs — professional-grade tools.

💡 Pro tip: PyCharm Professional is amazing for Python/data science work — much better than the free Community edition.

SoftwareFree$200/yr value

JetBrains Student License

IT Services

Free licenses for all JetBrains IDEs including IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, WebStorm, CLion, and DataGrip. Full professional features for students — verify with your NYU .edu email.

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Learn data science skills

Interactive courses in Python, R, SQL, and machine learning with hands-on coding exercises.

💡 Pro tip: Complete the 'Data Scientist with Python' track — it covers everything employers look for.

Service$324/yr value

DataCamp

Learning Platforms

Interactive data science learning platform with courses in Python, R, SQL, and machine learning. Hands-on coding exercises in your browser with real datasets and guided projects.

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Access 50,000+ tech books

Every O'Reilly tech book plus video courses — free through NYU. Normally $499/year.

💡 Pro tip: Search for the specific technology you're learning — O'Reilly books are industry standard.

Service$200/yr value

O'Reilly Learning (Safari)

Learning Platforms

50,000+ tech books, video courses, interactive tutorials, and live online training. Covers programming, data science, cloud, AI, cybersecurity, and business. Like having every tech bookstore in one app. Worth $499/yr.

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Run large-scale computations

32,000+ CPU cores and 332 GPUs for free — run ML training, simulations, and big data jobs.

💡 Pro tip: Ask your professor to sponsor your HPC account — it takes about a day to set up.

Database$500/yr value

NYU Greene HPC Cluster

Science & Engineering

High-performance computing supercomputer with 32,000+ CPU cores, 332 NVIDIA GPUs, 145TB RAM, and 7.3PB storage. Free for faculty-sponsored student research in AI, simulations, and large-scale data analysis.

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