Here’s everything you need to know – you can also check out all the best deals and buying advice in our curated Prime Day hub .
Students in the USA have even further enticements, such as Grubhub+ food delivery, a free Twitch subscription, free Prime Gaming membership, discounted textbooks and other offers.
The sign-up process will ask for a valid university email address (ends with “ac.uk” in the UK, or “.edu” in the US) which will be verified. The sign-up process will also request your expected graduation year and a method of payment (credit or debit).
These include scans of NUS Extra or NUS Apprentice Extra cards, a copy of the letter of enrolment from the university or academic body, a bill for tuition costs or other correspondence from the college or university confirming your student status.
By comparison, a regular Prime membership only allows up to 30 days of a free trial.
After six months, if you choose to keep your Prime Student membership, you only pay £4.49/$7.49 per month or £47.49/$69 per year, which is half, or less than half, of the regular Prime subscription cost in the UK (£8.99 per month/£99 per year) in the US ($14.99 per month/$139 per year).
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 is eating into your funds, you can cancel anytime.
If you want to know what’s on, see our round up of the best movies available on Prime Video this month .
Prime Reading – unlimited access to books, comics, and magazines
Lightning Deals – exclusive Prime early access to limited-time offers
The advantage of a Prime membership is that you have access to Lightning Deals 30 minutes ahead of anyone else, which means you can avoid the rat race of getting those headphones or gaming keyboards before they’re all out.
Prime Photos – secure,unlimitedphoto storage
Author: Somrata Sarkar, Contributor, Tech Advisor
Previously a Tech Advisor Senior Staff Writer, Somrata researches and writes about the best tech deals to help readers make smart, informed buying decisions. She’s an expert on accessories and also reviews laptops, phones, audio and other devices.
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