Students at Mada University for Science & Technology can use Canva for design work and Notion for research notes and project planning, at no cost.
Business and policy students use Canva for presentations and posters. Dissertation and thesis writers use Notion to organise sources, drafts and supervisor feedback.
Both tools work in a browser, which suits online students who move between devices.
Neither tool replaces academic writing. Work submitted for assessment is still written by the student and referenced to Mada standards.
Access details are on the software page.
Mada University for Science & Technology (جامعة مدى للعلوم والتكنولوجيا) was founded in 2010 and teaches from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with tuition-free online degrees open to students in the United States and abroad. Questions go to admissions@madauni.com, and applications start at madauni.com/apply.