Squarespace For Students

Squarespace has partnered with Student Beans to offer a 50% discount on all its plans to current full-time students.

You can get the discount only if you are a first-time user choosing the annual plan. Also, you can’t combine it with any other offers.

To receive the discount, you have to:

1. Be a current full-time student at an eligible college or university.
2. Register with Student Beans and prove you are an eligible student by completing the verification process.
3. Go to the Student Beans Squarespace page & get the code.

The code you get is a single-use offer code that can be generated every 12 months.

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Squarespace is used by all kinds of students:

• College/graduate students preparing internship or job-ready portfolios. This is the primary use case. Example: Kayla Padilla was a rising senior when we published our student portfolio website examples page, and now she is an accountant at Citrin Cooperman in California. She maintains her portfolio and resume on the site.

• Students wanting to host their resume online. Here’s Kayla’s Resume page:

• Clubs/teams needing a clean info hub, events, sign-ups, and donations. Example: Cardinal Ventures is Stanford’s student founder community, where students support one another on their entrepreneurial journeys.

• High school students building activity/achievement or arts portfolios. Example: Tate Underwater is from a high school student and a budding underwater photographer.

• Students blogging their journey. Here’s a blog post on the Tate Underwater website where the student shares his experience of his first deep water night dive:

• Student founders selling digital/physical products or services. Squarespace itself is an example of a business founded by a student. Anthony Casalena, CEO of Squarespace, created and launched Squarespace from his dorm room at the University of Maryland in 2003

Beautiful, Professional Templates

Squarespace has clean, modern, and editable website templates for all kinds of student websites, including portfolio sites, resume sites, blogs, ecommerce sites, etc.

A few important notes about templates:

• Templates are responsive — Which means they fit the size of any browser, so they are desktop, mobile, and tablet friendly.
• Templates have a recognizable look and feel — Squarespace templates have a look: bold typography, white space, and plenty of room to showcase photography.
• Photos will elevate your template — Squarespace templates are designed to showcase photography. Even basic stock photos, or images from their AI-generated library, will enhance the look of a Squarespace website. This is great for most portfolio sites!
• You can’t switch templates — Templates are starting points in Squarespace. You can’t add your content and then decide to try on another template. If you decide to switch templates, you’ll have to start from scratch.

Check Out Squarespace’s Templates →

Portfolio Pages & Other Pre-Designed Pages

Students building a general website can add a pre-designed portfolio page to showcase their work. It’s a page that links to your other pages, like projects, portfolios, and galleries.

Similarly, Squarespace offers pre-designed About, Contact, Service, etc., pages that make website building quick & easy.

Built-in Portfolio Layouts & Galleries

You can also use dedicated portfolio sections on an existing page. Squarespace gives various layout options, such as grids and slideshows, to display your work in an organized and visually appealing manner.

Fluid Engine, Squarespace’s Drag-and-Drop Editor

Squarespace Overview & Using Its Editing System

Intuitively drag and drop blocks anywhere in a section with Squarespace’s Fluid Engine editing system. This structured approach gives enough customization while being intuitive and easy to use for both tech and non-tech students.

Other Features For Students

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A great portfolio helps you stand out for internships, jobs, or grad school applications. Here’s a simple step-by-step guide for students:

Step 1: Get Inspired

Look at other student portfolios to see what works. Notice how they showcase class projects, internships, and personal work. Pay attention to layouts, navigation styles, colors, and typography.

Step 2: Choose a Template

Pick a template that fits your goals—design, engineering, art, writing, etc. Or try Squarespace’s AI tool, Blueprint AI, to generate a starting design. All Squarespace templates are fully customizable using Squarespace’s drag-and-drop editor, so don’t stress about picking the “perfect” one.

Step 3: Set Up the Page Structure

Keep it simple and professional. A solid student portfolio usually has:

• Home: A short intro and a featured project or two.
• Work / Projects: Grid of class projects, internships, and side projects.
• About: Your photo, bio, education, and resume link.
• Contact: Email and LinkedIn.

Tip: Keep the navigation clear with 3–5 menu items max.

Step 4: Build Your Portfolio Gallery

Showcase your best work, not everything you’ve done.

• Use a clean grid layout (3 columns are standard).
• Upload high-quality images or mockups if a visual medium.
• Add short descriptions: what the project was, your role, and the tools used.
• Include context like class names or internship clients if relevant.

Step 5: Customize Fonts and Colors

Your work should shine, so keep the design minimal:

• Choose clean, readable fonts.
• Pick one accent color (like your school color) for buttons or highlights.
• Use plenty of whitespace to avoid clutter.

Step 6: Finish Strong

Make your portfolio personal and easy to contact:

• Write a short, friendly About page with a professional photo.
• Add your contact info and resume (PDF or LinkedIn).
• Check the website’s responsiveness. Recruiters often browse on their phones.
• Connect a custom domain (e.g., yourname.com) and hit publish.

Need more detail? See the complete step-by-step guide for portfolio websites here →

Use code SBR10 to get 10% off Squarespace to get the maximum discount if you are not eligible for student discounts.