College life isn’t all about lectures, essays, and socializing. You can also take advantage of the Amazon Prime Student program to get the subscription service at a great price and use it to shop, stream movies, and more.
Here’s everything you need to know. You can also check out all the best deals and shopping advice in our curated Prime Day hub.
What is Amazon Prime Student?
As the name suggests, this is a version of Amazon Prime specifically aimed at full-time higher education or university-age students. So, for a discounted monthly fee of £4.49/$7.49 per month or £47.49/$69 per year, students will get access to Prime Video, Prime Music and Prime Reading. They will also get free and fast delivery on Prime-marked items in the Amazon store, 10% off textbooks, as well as photo storage on Amazon Drive and early access to lightning deals.
In the US, students get even better perks, like food delivery via Grubhub+, a free Twitch subscription, a free Prime Gaming membership, discounted textbooks, and other deals.
Amazon Prime Student includes free one-day or fast shipping on millions of items. Members also get exclusive discounts and access to premium content like music, movies, and TV shows.
Am I eligible for Amazon Prime Student?
To qualify for Amazon Prime Student, you must be a student or between the ages of 18 and 22 (in the UK) or 18 and 24 (in the US). You will need to provide proof of your age or that you are a student. Additionally, to sign up for Amazon Prime Student, you must have an Amazon account (obviously) or create one.
As you must be 18 or over, sixth form students will not be able to apply, but we assume the calculation is that they will still be living at home and benefiting from their parents’ Amazon Prime account.
The registration process will ask you for a valid university email address (ending in “ac.uk” in the UK or “.edu” in the US) which will be verified. The registration process will also ask you for your expected graduation year and a payment method (credit or debit card).
To prove you are a current student, you will need your academic email address and the ability to verify your status, for example by sending a photo of your student ID. If you have not been provided with an email address, you can still apply by sending alternative proof of enrolment to [email protected].
These include scans of NUS Extra or NUS Apprentice Extra cards, a copy of your university or academic body enrolment letter, a tuition fee invoice or other correspondence from the college or university confirming your student status.
For more details on the registration process if you are a UK student, Amazon has a dedicated page which you can access here. US students can find the equivalent page here.
How to sign up for Amazon Prime Student
Click here to go to the Amazon Prime Student UK sign-up page. US students can sign up here.
Sign in to your account when prompted. Then search for Prime Student. On the page, you should find an option to try Prime Student. Select this option, enter your academic email address, and specify the year you are due to graduate. This allows Amazon to transfer your Prime Student account to a regular Prime account when you finish your studies.
How to get Amazon Prime Student for free?
You should now see a Start Trial button. Microsoft has sponsored new student accounts so they don’t have to pay for the first six months of their subscription.
In comparison, a regular Prime membership only allows a free trial of up to 30 days.
After six months, if you choose to keep your Prime Student membership, you’ll pay just £4.49/$7.49 per month or £47.49/$69 per year, which is half, or less than half, the cost of a regular Prime membership in the UK (£8.99 per month/£99 per year) or in the US ($14.99 per month/$139 per year).
Sign up for Amazon Prime Student UK here or here if you’re in the US.
Can you cancel after the 6 month free trial?
Of course, being a student means you’re on a tight budget. If that £4.49/$7.49 per month drains your funds, you can cancel at any time.
What do you get with Amazon Prime Student?
Amazon Prime is not only a way to get big discounts, but also a way to get exclusive and unlimited access to books, magazines, music, movies, shows, and unlimited cloud storage for photos.
Amazon Prime Video – movies and TV series on demand
Amazon Prime Student includes Prime Video, the premium content subscription service you can access through a Fire TV Stick or any smart device.
If you want to know what’s happening, check out our roundup of the best movies available on Prime Video this month.
Prime Reading – unlimited access to books, comics and magazines
The Amazon Prime Student membership also gives you unlimited access to thousands of books, current magazines, comics, Kindle Singles, and many other content via Prime Reading. Access is unlimited and you don’t need a separate Kindle e-reader to view the content, just the free Kindle app. Of course, the app is pre-installed on all Amazon Fire tablets.
With First Reads, Prime members also get an advanced preview of select books selected by Amazon editors before the book’s official release.
Learn more about Prime Reading here.
Amazon Music Prime – ad-free and curated music
An Amazon Prime Student account also includes access to Amazon Music Prime, which gives you access to 100 million songs and top podcasts, ad-free. You can listen on-demand and download songs and albums to listen to offline too.
Lightning Deals – exclusive access to limited time offers
Of course, one of the biggest benefits of having an Amazon Prime Student account is access to exclusive deals and discounts. Amazon Lightning Deals are temporary flash sales that happen once a day. The deals are often limited in time or last until supplies last.
The benefit of a Prime membership is that you get access to Lightning Deals 30 minutes before everyone else, which means you can skip the mad rush to get those gaming headphones or keyboards before they all sell out.
Sign up for Amazon Prime Student here Or here if you are in the United States.
Prime Photos – Secure, unlimited photo storage
As a student, it becomes inevitable to run out of photo storage space on your phone. With an Amazon Prime Student account, you also get Prime Photos, which gives you unlimited storage space. You can keep all your photos in one place and you don’t need to downsize them to a lower resolution.
Prime Photo lets you access and share your photos from anywhere, on any device—your desktop, iOS, or Android devices. Click here to get the Prime Photos app for Windows, Mac, Android, or iOS.
Amazon Prime Student vs Amazon Prime
With an Amazon Prime Student account, you get all the benefits of a regular Prime account, but at half the price of a regular membership. Plus, you get a 6-month free trial instead of a 30-day trial.
How much does Amazon Prime Student cost?
You can subscribe to Amazon Prime Student on a monthly or annual basis. A monthly subscription costs £4.49/$7.49 per month, while an annual subscription costs £47.49/$69 per year. The annual rate works out to £3.96/$5.75 per month, so you could save money with an annual plan even if you pay more upfront.
Sign up for Amazon Prime Student in the UK here Or here if you are in the United States.
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