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> Who has a .edu email address? Generally it's only students, faculty and alumni of accredited US colleges. This roughly translates to "many of the most privile

> Who has a .edu email address? Generally it's only students, faculty and alumni of accredited US colleges. This roughly translates to "many of the most priviledged people in the world". I'm pretty sure most sites do actually respect .edu equivalents in other countries. Certainly seen .ac.uk work. And for most countries it's simply .edu.<country tld>.

znpy 6y ago
> I'm pretty sure most sites do actually respect .edu equivalents in other countries. Certainly seen .ac.uk work. And for most countries it's simply .edu.<country tld>. No, they don't. The .edu tld is one of those areas where the US govt still exercises monopoly over a public resource (the dns space). Here in italy for example, there is no such thing as .edu.it. Most universities have their own regular .it dns zone.
- ulucs 6y ago
  My .edu.tr mail address suggests otherwise. Italy could have simply created an .edu.it extension itself
- enedil 6y ago
  I have .edu.pl address and most of the times I get educational discounts.
- Galanwe 6y ago
  Same here in France. Public uni had its own domain "univ-<city>.fr" Never seen a French school/uni with .edu
  - bryanlarsen 6y ago
    Canadian universities named after places are generally u<place_name>.ca, (aka ubc.ca, uwaterloo.ca) but those named after people aren't, like mcgill.ca, queensu.ca, stfx.ca, carleton.ca.
  - type0 6y ago
    École Polytechnique is one https://www.polytechnique.edu/ https://www.polytechnique.edu/
- brabel 6y ago
  Australian universities usually have .edu.au domains: https://www.unimelb.edu.au/ https://www.unimelb.edu.au/ https://www.sydney.edu.au/ https://www.sydney.edu.au/ https://www.adelaide.edu.au/ https://www.adelaide.edu.au/
- matthewmacleod 6y ago
  Not sure you’ve drawn the right conclusions there - there are a bunch of countries using .edu under their own cctld. That decision is down to the country - in fact, Italy launched edu.it in 2018: https://www.miur.gov.it/nuovo-dominio-edu.it https://www.miur.gov.it/nuovo-dominio-edu.it
- auganov 6y ago
  Sounds like Italy is unusual but has now created a locked down second level .edu too. And apparently some institutions had .gov.it domains. https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.miur.gov.it%2Fnuovo-dominio-edu.it https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https...
wheybags 6y ago
I had a .ie (Ireland) email from university, and that allowed educational freebies on Dropbox at least. Another interesting aspect no one seems to be discussing is that I get to keep that email for life. Is that not common elsewhere?
- dgellow 6y ago
  From what I've seen with my significant other, that's not the case in Germany, she lost access to her university email as soon as she was done with her studies.
amaccuish 6y ago
The discount sites I used also did SAML federation. There's like two big groups of unis federated so a site only has to link to two IDPs to be able to accept most universities.

znpy 6y ago

> I'm pretty sure most sites do actually respect .edu equivalents in other countries. Certainly seen .ac.uk work. And for most countries it's simply .edu.<country tld>. No, they don't. The .edu tld is one of those areas where the US govt still exercises monopoly over a public resource (the dns space). Here in italy for example, there is no such thing as .edu.it. Most universities have their own regular .it dns zone.

ulucs 6y ago
My .edu.tr mail address suggests otherwise. Italy could have simply created an .edu.it extension itself
enedil 6y ago
I have .edu.pl address and most of the times I get educational discounts.
Galanwe 6y ago
Same here in France. Public uni had its own domain "univ-<city>.fr" Never seen a French school/uni with .edu
- bryanlarsen 6y ago
  Canadian universities named after places are generally u<place_name>.ca, (aka ubc.ca, uwaterloo.ca) but those named after people aren't, like mcgill.ca, queensu.ca, stfx.ca, carleton.ca.
- type0 6y ago
  École Polytechnique is one https://www.polytechnique.edu/ https://www.polytechnique.edu/
brabel 6y ago
Australian universities usually have .edu.au domains: https://www.unimelb.edu.au/ https://www.unimelb.edu.au/ https://www.sydney.edu.au/ https://www.sydney.edu.au/ https://www.adelaide.edu.au/ https://www.adelaide.edu.au/
matthewmacleod 6y ago
Not sure you’ve drawn the right conclusions there - there are a bunch of countries using .edu under their own cctld. That decision is down to the country - in fact, Italy launched edu.it in 2018: https://www.miur.gov.it/nuovo-dominio-edu.it https://www.miur.gov.it/nuovo-dominio-edu.it
auganov 6y ago
Sounds like Italy is unusual but has now created a locked down second level .edu too. And apparently some institutions had .gov.it domains. https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.miur.gov.it%2Fnuovo-dominio-edu.it https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https...

wheybags 6y ago

I had a .ie (Ireland) email from university, and that allowed educational freebies on Dropbox at least. Another interesting aspect no one seems to be discussing is that I get to keep that email for life. Is that not common elsewhere?

dgellow 6y ago
From what I've seen with my significant other, that's not the case in Germany, she lost access to her university email as soon as she was done with her studies.

amaccuish 6y ago

The discount sites I used also did SAML federation. There's like two big groups of unis federated so a site only has to link to two IDPs to be able to accept most universities.