In case you didn’t know, Spotify has a cheapest subscription for students which offers all the benefits of the traditional Premium plan. We’re talking about «Spotify Premium for students»a subscription that gives you a 50% discount.. Below we tell you all the details and how to subscribe.
What is Spotify Premium for Students
Spotify Premium for students is nothing less than AND 50% discount on Premium Student Membership. To be more precise, this type of cheaper subscription is only available to students of universities or intermediate or higher institutions accredited by the SheerID system.
What does Spotify Premium for students offer? WELL the same benefits as the Spotify Premium subscription: You will be able to listen to all the music you want without advertising, without skip or selection limits, download music to listen to without an Internet connection and premium functions such as AI DJ or Music Backup.
Is there a difference between Spotify for students and Spotify Premium? No, both subscriptions have the same benefits and features, the only difference is that you will pay less (you save almost 50% of the price of the Premium subscription).
What is SheerID
SheerID is a company that check the status of a person. It does not belong to Spotify, but collaborates with the music streaming platform for the Spotify Premium for Students subscription.
And that’s it Spotify uses SheerID to know if a user belongs to a university or educational institution. The platform uses this third-party tool to verify the student status of users who wish to opt for this subscription.
And how does SheerID check if I’m a college student? Well, the company did large list of partner universities from around the world and for which it is accredited for verification of student status. Below we leave you one website to see if your university is in the SheerID system:
Spotify Premium price for students
As we have already mentioned, the Premium plan for Students it costs half (or almost) what the Premium subscription costs. In Spain it has a price of €5.99 per monthwhile the Premium subscription costs €10.99 per month. Below we leave you its price in the main Spanish-speaking countries:
- Spain: €5.99/month (Spotify Premium — €10.99/month).
- Mexico: 69 pesos/month (Spotify Premium — 129 pesos/month).
- Argentina: 1299 pesos/month (Spotify Premium — 2499 pesos/month).
- Colombia: 9300 pesos/month (Spotify Premium — 16900 pesos/month).
- USA: $5.99/month (Spotify Premium — $11.99/month).
- Venezuela: $2.99/month (Spotify Premium — $5.99/month).
- Peru: 11.90 soles/month (Spotify Premium — 20.90 soles/month).
- Chile: 2500 pesos/month (Spotify Premium — 4550 pesos/month).
Requirements to subscribe to Spotify Premium for Students
To opt for the Spotify Premium for Students subscription, all you need to do is meet the following requirements:
- To be student resource from a university or middle or higher education center.
- Which your university is associated with SheerID and its verification system.
- To be adult (over 18 years old, age may vary by country).
Now, another thing to keep in mind is this You can only subscribe for 4 years. That’s right, even if your university studies last more than 4 years, the student discount offered by Spotify is only valid for this period of time.
Likewise, this should be mentioned Every year you must renew your student status by completing the same SheerID verification process you did to subscribe to Spotify Premium for Students. And don’t worry, Spotify will notify you one month before your student status expires.
How to subscribe to Spotify Premium for students
If you want to subscribe to Spotify Premium for Students, all you need to do is follow these steps (it doesn’t matter if you are a free or premium user, the steps are the same):
- And there Spotify website for students with this connection (log in to your account if you haven’t already done so).
- Continues Following to start SheerID verification.
- Now complete the form adding the following information: country, first name, last name, date of birth, email (preferably the student email if your university provides one) and your university (remember to check in advance if your institution is on SheerID).
- Once this is done, click on CHECK MY STUDENT STATUS.
- Continues ADD FILE TO attach a document from your university which validates your student status. This document must be from the current academic period and must have been issued within the last 90 days. This can be proof of registration, a class schedule, a registration receipt, a student ID, etc.
- Finally, press CONTINUE when you have attached the documents and that’s it. From then on you will have to wait for SheerID to validate your student status. This It may take 20 minutes or so..
You will receive the response from SheerID via email. If your request is approved, you will receive a link to complete your Spotify Premium for Students subscription. If your validation has been rejected, they will send you a link so you can upload another document that validates your student status.
Source | Spotify
