How to get an Apple Student Discount
Find out if you qualify for Apple’s Education Pricing and how to buy from Apple’s Education Store.
Students, teachers, lecturers and those who work for an educational institution (school, university or college) can save money on a new Mac, MacBook or iPad purchase thanks to the Apple Education Store. In this article, we’ll show you how to use the Apple Education Store to get a student discount from Apple.
Students are a big market for Apple, which is why it has an entire separate education store that offers hefty discounts on Mac computers and iPad tablets – and sometimes gives away products like AirPods as an incentive for customers.
Most Apple customers aren’t aware of the Apple Education Store, or don’t think the discount applies to
them. But this is a mistake, because Apple throws the education net quite wide, and there’s a good chance you qualify if you are enrolled in a higher education course, or if you work in a school, college or university.
If you’re already at university, or have been offered your place, then you should ensure that you make use of Apple’s student discount.
Before we begin though, you might be interested to know that until 11 October you’ll get a free pair of AirPods with your qualifying purchase from the Apple Education store.
HOW MUCH IS THE APPLE STUDENT DISCOUNT?
Apple doesn’t offer a single, universal discount. It sets different prices for each product range. These are currently available for Macs and iPads only. Unfortunately, there are no discounts on the iPhone, Apple TV or Apple Watch, or on accessories or software for these items.
HOW MUCH IS APPLE’S iPAD STUDENT DISCOUNT
In the UK you can expect to save up to £80 on the more expensive models.
• iPad mini from £379.20 (usually £399) – £19.80 off
• iPad Pro from £711.60 (usually £749) – £36.40 off
• iPad Air from £535.20 (usually £579) – £43.80
• iPad from £309.60 (usually £329) – £19.40 off
WHO CAN GET AN APPLE STUDENT DISCOUNT?
There are three types of people who can qualify for a student discount:
• Students in higher education.
• People who are buying for education institutions.
• Parents of higher education students buying on their behalf.
Apple spells this out in more detail in its terms and conditions. These state that the following groups are “eligible to purchase from the Apple Store for Education”:
Employees of any education institution: Any employee of a public or private education institution in the UK.
Post-secondary Education Students:
Students attending or accepted into a post-secondary education institution in the UK.
Parents of post-secondary students:
Parents purchasing on behalf of their
child, who is a student currently attending or accepted into a public or private post-secondary education institution in the UK
HOW TO GET AN APPLE STUDENT DISCOUNT
Click this link (fave.co/3hqNPuT) to Apple’s UK Education Store to access the Apple Education site.
Once there you’ll be encouraged to sign up on student discount website UNiDAYS (fave.co/3yQ5ge7) to access Apple’s educational discounts. Alternatively, UK customers can also use the rival verification service Student Beans (fave.co/3kW3mnf), which works in the same way as UNiDAYS. On whichever site you use, you’ll need to provide your email address and a password, your name, institution, subject of study, years of study and course length.
Once you have completed the registration process and signed in you will be able to access Apple’s student discounts.
If you don’t want to register via a verification site, you can also call Apple, use Apple’s Chat online feature or visit an Apple Store. The staff there will guide you through the process.