"I can unhesitatingly recommend membership to all students who are contemplating careers as developers or users of information technology."
—Joel Birnbaum, Director, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories (1991-1999)

Your ACM Student Membership gives you access to:

Fantastic computing information resources:

• Free access to software and courseware through the ACM Student Academic Initiative (Please note: The Developer AA package does not contain Windows 7.)
• Learning Center with resources for lifelong learning
  • Over 4,500 online multilanguage courses plus 1,100 virtual labs
  • Online Books from Books24x7®
  • Learning Paths in Ruby, as well as podcasts of interviews with many of today's innovators
• The option to subscribe to the full ACM Digital Library, which includes over 2 million pages of text
• A full year (12 issues) electronic subscription to Communications of the ACM
• A full-year (4 issues) subscription to XRDS: Crossroads, ACM's Student Magazine
• Complimentary e-mentoring services from MentorNet  
• A full-year electronic subscription to monthly MemberNet and quarterly Student Quick Takes, ACM's member newsletters.
• A full-year subscription to TechNews, ACM's tri-weekly email IT news digest
• A full-year subscription to CareerNews, ACM's twice monthly email career news digest
• acmqueue website featuring articles, commentary, blogs, roundtables, case studies, mutlimedia and more
• Access to Ubiquity, ACM's IT opinion magazine and forum, and eLearn, ACM's magazine dedicated to distance education
• Discounts on subscriptions to ACM journals, magazines, books, and conferences
• A free email forwarding address with high-quality Postini spam filtering
• Special Discounts and access to valuable products and services through the ACM's Insurance and Discounts and Special Offers Programs

Incredible networking opportunities:

• A vast network of over 100,000 highly dedicated student and professional peers

• ACM's Career & Job Center, where you will our find targeted job opportunities and more!

• The opportunity to join one or more of ACM's Special Interest Groups in 37 specialty areas of IT

• The opportunity to join one of more than 500 ACM Student Chapters worldwide

• Unique volunteering opportunities to gain hands-on experience and knowledge of the marketplace