As you may know, ACM Student Membership offers a wealth of informative resources and opportunities to its members. This page provides a brief overview of what a new member can expect to receive with their ACM Membership. These benefits are also listed on the Quick Join Form and .pdf application on the Academic Recruitment Tool site. If you haven't already, you may also want to familiarize yourself with the ACM Fact Sheet and/or peruse the Professional Member Benefits.

Why Should Your Referral Join ACM?
ACM Student Membership will help:
With research, papers, discussions, thesis, and schoolwork
Choose career direction, succeed in school, and find the job of their dreams
Network with over 80,000 computing professionals and students
Keep up-to-date with the latest news, courses, and information in the field

ACM STUDENT MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

Fantastic computing information resources
An ACM Student Membership includes ALL of the following information resources:

Free and unlimited access to 500 online books powered by Books24x7®
Free and unlimited access to 2,200 online courses from SkillSoft
The option to subscribe to the full ACM Digital Library, which includes nearly 2 million pages of text, PLUS the Guide to Computing Literature (with over one million bibliographic citations extending far beyond ACM's own literature), AND the Online Computing Reviews Service
Full year subscriptions to Communications of the ACM online with our Student Pointers email alert service, ACM's Student Magazine Crossroads in print and online, MemberNet and Student Quick Takes member newsletters, plus TechNews, CareerNews, and Queuecasts, downloadble discussions with experts
Access to Ubiquity, ACM's opinion magazine and forum and eLearn, ACM's magazine dedicated to distance education
Discounts on all ACM journals and magazines
Discounted rates to attend ACM conferences
A free email forwarding address with high-quality Postini spam filtering
Discounts and special access to valuable products and services through the ACM's Insurance, Discounts, and Special Offers Programs such as: credit cards, insurance, software, hardware, publications, and more

Incredible networking opportunities

A vast network of more than 80,000 highly dedicated student and professional peers
ACM's exclusive online member Forums, with chat, private messaging, and email alert functionality
The opportunity to join one or more of ACM's Special Interest Groups in 34 specialty areas of computing, including computer graphics, human-computer interaction, and many more!
The opportunity to join one of 500+ ACM Student Chapters worldwide, where you can take part in professional development lectures, career days, tutoring, programming contests, and more.
Unique volunteering opportunities to gain hands-on experience and knowledge of the marketplace.

ACM Student Membership* is available for the affordable rate of only $19 (USD) for a full-year subscription.

*Additional membership options are also available, visit the online Quick Join Form for more details. Full Online Guide access is included with all types of ACM Student Membership packages.