Google has announced a collection of Gemini tools for preparing for the National Multi-Subject Test (NMT) and exam sessions — and simultaneously launched a separate program: students of Ukrainian universities aged 18 and older can receive free annual access to the Google AI Pro subscription. For high school applicants, who are most affected by the NMT, this discount is not available.

What Gemini can actually do for learning

The service allows you to upload PDF notes, photos of problems, and previous conversations with the chatbot — and save all of this in one project. Based on the materials, Gemini automatically generates study guides, flashcards, and practice tests. Users can narrow the focus: ask the AI to concentrate only on topics with gaps, or create a quiz before a specific exam.

There is a separate Audio Overviews function — it converts uploaded materials into a podcast-style conversation between two AI voices. This format is suitable for revision while traveling or exercising, when reading is inconvenient. As Google notes in its blog, the audio can cover either the entire body of material or one specific topic.

In parallel with Gemini for exam preparation, NotebookLM is used — a tool for working with sources that allows you to ask precise questions about specific documents and receive answers with references to the text.

Free subscription: terms and conditions

According to the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, students aged 18 and older can activate the Google AI Pro subscription, which includes:

• Gemini 2.5 Pro without limits on the number of requests
• Deep Research — automatic analysis of hundreds of sources with a ready-made structured report
• Jules — an AI assistant for IT specialties that fixes code errors
• 2 TB of cloud storage in Google Drive

To activate, you need to fill out the form by December 9 inclusive. After confirmation, activation instructions are sent to your email. Google will also conduct a practical webinar called "Gemini Academy" for students.

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Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine

Where the line between help and substitution lies

Gemini has a separate Guided Learning mode — a mode that does not provide a ready-made answer, but guides toward it with questions. This is a fundamental difference from simply copying a solution. However, the same tool in another mode will write an essay or solve a problem completely — and nothing technically prevents a student from submitting this as their own work.

The question is not whether to use Gemini before the NMT. The question is whether Ukrainian universities will check academic integrity differently, when a student with a free yearly subscription arrives with a completed essay from the same AI, access to which the university essentially encouraged.