Get an Apple Music student subscription

If you’re a student enrolled in a degree-granting university, you can subscribe to Apple Music at a discounted monthly rate for up to 48 months. Find out how to get a student subscription. And how to re-verify your student status to continue your student subscription.

How to qualify for an Apple Music student subscription

You must be a student studying an associate degree, bachelor’s degree, post-graduate degree or equivalent higher education course at a college or university.

Before you subscribe

• Make sure you know your Apple ID and password. Need help?

• You’ll need a valid payment method added to your Apple ID.

• Make sure you know your student ID and can access your student email to verify your student status.

How to get a student subscription to Apple Music

If you’re currently subscribed to Apple Music, find out how to change your subscription plan. If you’re a new subscriber, follow the steps below.

1. Open the Apple Music app or iTunes for Windows.

2. Go to Listen Now.

3. Choose the trial offer (one trial per person).*

4. Choose Student.

5. Choose Verify Eligibility.

6. Follow the onscreen steps to verify your student status.

7. After your student status has been verified, follow the onscreen steps to start a free trial and purchase a student subscription with your Apple ID. Need help?

Access Apple TV+ with your Apple Music student subscription

If you have an Apple Music student subscription, you’ll get access to Apple TV+ at no extra cost. Just open the Apple TV app and start watching Apple Originals. You can’t share this Apple TV+ access with Family Sharing.

How to re-verify your student status

You’ll need to re-verify that you’re a student once a year to continue your student subscription. You can re-verify your student status in the Apple Music app or iTunes for Windows. You can also re-verify in Settings on your iPhone or iPad.

Re-verify your student status in the Apple Music app or iTunes for Windows

1. Open the Apple Music app or iTunes for Windows.

2. If you see a message that asks you to verify your student status, choose Verify Eligibility or Verify Student Status. Need help?

3. Follow the onscreen steps to verify your student status.

4. If the verification is successful, you’ll automatically return to the Apple Music app or iTunes, and continue your Apple Music student subscription.

Re-verify your student status in Settings on your iPhone or iPad

1. Go to Settings > [your name] > Subscriptions.

2. Tap Apple Music.

3. Tap Verify Student Status. Need help?

4. Follow the onscreen steps to verify that you’re a student.

5. If the verification is successful, you’ll see a confirmation screen.

Need help?

Find your issue below to find out what to do.

If you need help with UNiDAYS or SheerID

• If you’re a new subscriber and see a message in the Apple Music app that your review is in progress, you can tap Get Help at the bottom of that screen to contact SheerID.

• If your student verification process was through UNiDAYS, contact UNiDAYS Support.

If you don’t re-verify your student status

If you’re still a student and don’t re-verify your student status during the verification period, your student subscription will automatically renew as an Apple Music individual subscription. If you want the discounted student subscription, you’ll need to resubscribe as a student and go through the verification process.

If you’re no longer a student or you complete 48 months of a student subscription

Your student subscription will automatically renew as an Apple Music individual subscription. If you’re prompted to verify your student status in the Apple Music app, choose I’m No Longer A Student.