YouTube Student Membership Eligibility To sign up for a YouTube student membership, you must: Be enrolled as a student at a higher education institution in a location where YouTube student memberships are offered. The higher education institution needs to be SheerID approved. Eligibility of the institution is decided by the SheerID program. To check if your school has student plans available : Go to the Student Plan landing page for YouTube Premium or YouTube Music Premium. Select Get Premium . Type in your school on the SheerID form. If your school is on the list, then student plans are available. To check if your school has student plans available : Go to the Student Plan landing page for YouTube Premium or YouTube Music Premium. Select Get Premium . Type in your school on the SheerID form. If your school is on the list, then student plans are available. Be verified as a student by SheerID. For help with the verification process, email SheerID at customerservice@sheerid.com . If you meet the eligibility requirements for a membership, you'll be eligible for up to 4 consecutive years of student membership. You'll be required to re-verify your eligibility every year. Student membership locations YouTube student memberships are available in the following locations currently: Dominican Republic French Polynesia North Macedonia United Arab Emirates Student Membership Options Start a paid student membership YouTube Premium On your computer or mobile web browser, go to youtube.com/premium/student/inapp .

Select Get Premium . Follow the steps to complete verification with SheerID. If SheerID can verify your eligibility, you'll be redirected to YouTube to continue the sign-up process. If you're not immediately verified, you'll be asked to upload more documentation to verify your eligibility. These documents will be manually reviewed. You'll get an email informing you of your eligibility status within 20 minutes in the U.S.. For all other non-U.S. locations, an email notification may take up to 48 hours. If your eligibility is confirmed through the extra verification step, you’ll need to log back into your account. Go to your profile by tapping on your profile picture. Select Paid memberships and you’ll get a notification asking you to finish sign-up using the steps below. If you're not immediately verified, you'll be asked to upload more documentation to verify your eligibility. These documents will be manually reviewed. You'll get an email informing you of your eligibility status within 20 minutes in the U.S.. For all other non-U.S. locations, an email notification may take up to 48 hours. If your eligibility is confirmed through the extra verification step, you’ll need to log back into your account. Go to your profile by tapping on your profile picture. Select Paid memberships and you’ll get a notification asking you to finish sign-up using the steps below. Select the payment method you wish to use or add a new payment method. Click Buy to complete the transaction. Visit https://youtube.com/purchases at any time to view details about your membership. YouTube Music Premium On your computer or mobile web browser, go to youtube.com/musicpremium/student/inapp . Select Get Premium . Follow the steps to complete verification with SheerID. If SheerID can verify your eligibility, you'll be redirected to YouTube to continue the sign-up process. If you're not immediately verified, you'll be asked to upload more documentation to verify your eligibility. These documents will be manually reviewed. You'll get an email informing you of your eligibility status within 20 minutes in the U.S.. For all other non-U.S. locations, an email notification may take up to 48 hours. If your eligibility is confirmed through the extra verification step, you’ll need to log back into your account. Go to your profile by tapping on your profile picture. Select Paid memberships and you’ll get a notification asking you to finish sign-up using the steps below. If you're not immediately verified, you'll be asked to upload more documentation to verify your eligibility. These documents will be manually reviewed. You'll get an email informing you of your eligibility status within 20 minutes in the U.S.. For all other non-U.S. locations, an email notification may take up to 48 hours. If your eligibility is confirmed through the extra verification step, you’ll need to log back into your account. Go to your profile by tapping on your profile picture. Select Paid memberships and you’ll get a notification asking you to finish sign-up using the steps below. Select the payment method that you wish to use or add a new payment method. Click Buy to complete the transaction. Go to https://youtube.com/purchases at any time to view details about your membership. Was this helpful? Need more help? Try these next steps: