Get an Apple Creator Studio college student or educator subscription
If you’re a verified student enrolled in or a verified educator employed at a degree-granting college or university, you can subscribe to Apple Creator Studio at a discounted monthly or yearly rate.
How to qualify for an Apple Creator Studio college student or educator subscription
You must be one of the following to qualify for a college student or educator subscription:
A student attending a college or university and studying for an associate's degree, a bachelor's degree, a post-graduate degree, or an equivalent higher education course.
An educator at an accredited institution of higher education.
Before you subscribe
Make sure you know your Apple Account email or phone number and password.
You need a valid payment method added to your Apple Account.
To verify your status, you'll need:
An official college or university identification number.
An official college or university email account that you currently have access to.
Get a college student or educator subscription to Apple Creator Studio
If you’re currently subscribed to Apple Creator Studio, learn how to change your subscription plan. If you’re a new subscriber, follow these steps:
To subscribe, visit the App Store to download Apple Creator Studio.
Open one of the Apple Creator Studio apps, click or tap Continue, then follow the onscreen instructions. For Keynote, Pages, or Numbers, you can subscribe from within the app when you interact with premium content or features.
Click or tap See All Plans.
Select the Education Monthly or Education Annual plan.
Choose Verify Eligibility.
Choose Student or Educator.
Follow the onscreen instructions to verify your eligibility for a discounted subscription. Need help?
After your eligibility is verified, follow the onscreen steps to start a free trial and purchase a college student or educator subscription with your Apple Account.
Reverify your college student status
Once a year, Apple will ask you to reverify your status.
Reverify your college student status on Mac
Go to the System Settings app, then click your name at the top of the sidebar. If you see "Sign In" at the top of the sidebar, sign in to the Apple Account you used when you originally subscribed.
Click Media & Purchases, then click Manage next to Subscriptions.
Click Apple Creator Studio.
Click Verify Student Status. Need help?
Follow the onscreen steps to verify your student status.
If the verification is successful, you'll automatically return to the app and continue your subscription.
Reverify your college student status in Settings on iPhone or iPad
Go to the Settings app, tap your name, then tap Subscriptions.
Tap Apple Creator Studio.
Tap Verify Student Status. Need help?
Follow the onscreen steps to verify that you’re a student.
If the verification is successful, you'll see a confirmation screen.
You can also reverify on the Subscriptions tab when you sign in to account.apple.com.
If you need more help with your Apple Creator Studio college student or educator subscription
Find your issue below to learn what to do.
If your status doesn't immediately get verified
You might be asked to sign in to your institution's portal, have a verification code sent to your school email, or upload images of documents such as your student ID or a paystub.
If you need help with SheerID
If you're a new subscriber and see a message in an app that your review is in progress, you can tap Get Help at the bottom of that screen to contact SheerID.
If you need help with Alipay
If your student verification process is through Alipay and you need help or contact information for support, read their FAQ.
If you don't reverify your college student status
If you're still a college student and you don’t reverify your status during the verification period, your subscription automatically renews as a standard Apple Creator Studio subscription. If you want the discounted subscription, you need to resubscribe as a student and complete the verification process again.
If you're no longer a college student
Your college student subscription automatically renews as a standard Apple Creator Studio subscription. If you're prompted to verify your status in one of the Apple Creator Studio apps, choose I'm No Longer A Student.