How to Get Student Discount on Spotify

Spotify just launched an amazing $4.99 bundle for college students, meaning if you are a college student over the age of 18 in the U.S., you can enjoy Spotify Premium service coming with access to Hulu's ad-supported plan and SHOWTIME by paying only $4.99 per month. With a Spotify Premium for Student, you can easily activate the streaming service – Hulu and SHOWTIME.

If you however haven't got the Spotify student membership yet, you can follow the complete instructions below to learn how to join the Spotify student plan at 50% off. You should note that the bundle of Spotify with Hulu and SHOWTIME is only availalbe in U.S.. However, if you live outside of US, you can still get student discount on Spotify with the following steps.

How to Get Spotify Student Discount

At present, Spotify student plan is supported in 36 countries and regions, including America, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong China, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Latvia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, and Turkey.

Now read on the tutorial here to begin joinning the Spotify student plan at $4.99/month in 4 steps only.

Step 1. Navigate to https://www.spotify.com/us/student/.

Step 2. Click on the Get 1 Month Free button in the banner image.

Step 3. Go to verify your student inforamtion and then apply for Premium student.

1) Go to the Sign in page and then log into your Spotify account if you have already created one.

2) Enter the basic information like first and last name, college, and date of birth then click Verify.

Spotify uses SheerID to verify your student's eligibility status automatically. Also, you can manually upload documents such as the student ID card if the automatica verfication fails.

Step 4. After completing the verification, you will be led to the order page where you need to fill your credit card details as below. Enter the required info and click on the Start Premium option.

FAQs about Spotify Student Discount

1. What if you already have a Hulu subscription?

If you already subscribed to the Hulu Limited Commercials plan without any premium network add-ons, and if you pay Hulu directly (not through a third party), your existing Hulu account can be merged into Spotify Premium for Students + Hulu for $4.99/month.

2. What kind of Hulu resources you'll get with this student plan?

With Spotify Premium for Students, you'll have access to the Hulu Limited Commercials plan, which includes streaming of full seasons of exclusive series, hit movies, Hulu Originals and more, on all compatible devices.

3. What will happen to your account when you graduate?

You'll continue to get access to Premium for Students with Hulu for up to 12 months from the date you subscribed or last re-verified, while it's available. If you're no longer a student, you'll no longer be eligible for Spotify Premium for Students. Your subscription will then switch to regular Spotify Premium at $9.99/month. At the same time, you'll lose access to Hulu.

4. What can I do when student verification not working?

Spotify partners with SheerID to verify the eligibility. If the form isn't working, try it in an incognito or private window of your browser. It can take a few days to hear back about eligibility. SheerID manages verification, so the best place for help is on their support page.

Spotify Premium Student with Hulu and SHOWTIME

Once you have Premium Student, you can activate your Hulu ad-supported plan and SHOWTIME from your services page. It's easy to activate your services if you don't subscribe to any plans of Hulu or SHOWTIME. Here's how to sign up for Hulu and SHOWTIME through Spotify Premium for Students.

Subscribe to SHOWTIME through Spotify Premium for Students

Step 1. Go to https://www.spotify.com/us/student/ to subscribe to SHOWTIME through Spotify Premium for Students.

Step 2. Then navigate to http://www.showtime.com/spotify to activate and link your SHOWTIME account to Spotify Premium for Students.

Step 3. Start watching at http://www.showtime.com/ or via the SHOWTIME app on any supported device like Apple TV.

Sign up for Hulu through Spotify Premium for Students

Step 1. Log into your Spotify Premium for Students account.

Step 2. Navigate to your account page and then select Activate Hulu under Account overview.

Step 3. Complete the required fields and follow prompts to activate your Hulu account.

Step 4. Log into your Hulu account on any supported devices like Amazon Fire TV and start streaming from Hulu.

How to Download Spotify Music without Premium

When comparing with the normal subscription fee that is $9.99 per month, it is really a great deal to own a Spotify Premium for Student. If you want to save more on the music service, you are suggested to use ViWizard Music Converter for Spotify, a smart tool that can help you easily download any music and playlist from Spotify for playing on any device offline.

With the help of ViWizard software, you are able to save the DRM-locked Spotify songs into six common audio formats like MP3, AAC, WAV, FLAC, M4A, and M4B while preserving the original audio quality. To follow the below steps, start downloading and converting Spotify songs to your device for playing anytime.

1 Select Spotify songs to download

Launch ViWizard Spotify Music Converter then it will load Spotify on your computer. Go to browse songs, albums, or playlists you want to download and add them to the converter. To add your selected songs, you can use the drag-and-drop feature. Or you can copy the link of the song, album, or playlist and paste it into the search box.

2 Set MP3 as the output audio format

Next, go to click the menu bar and choose the Preferences option. You'll see a pop-up window, and switch to the Convert tab. Here are six audio formats available, including MP3, AAC, WAV, FLAC, M4A, and M4B. You can select one as the output format. For better audio quality, just set the bit rate, sample rate, and channel.

3 Start downloading music from Spotify

Finally, click the Convert button at the right corner of the interface. Then Tunelf software will start downloading and converting Spotify music tracks to your computer. After completing the conversion, click the Converted icon to browse your converted music tracks. Also, click the Search icon to locate the folder where you save those music tracks.

Bottomline

Now you've known how to get student discount on Spotify. If you have the eligibility requirement to get Spotify Premium for Students, just follow the instructions above. Also, with Spotify Premium for Students, you can sign up for Hulu and SHOWTIME. To continue to keep Spotify downloads after Premium ends, try to use ViWizard Spotify Music Converter, and you'll find it out.

Adam Gorden is an experienced writer of ViWizard who is obsessed about tech, movie and software.