Autodesk is doing something pretty cool for students. They have developed a community site that not only allows students to download quit a bit of their software, but also offers a social networking component with a Digg style ranking system for posts on the site. I signed up as a Gaming & Animation student since there wasn’t an option for geospatial, but I think you may get access to different things (software) depending on the degree area you select the only difference is the site css style.

Autodesk Student Community