Customers
meeting the criteria
below are eligible to
acquire Microsoft
Academic Edition (AE)
products in the programs
indicated and are
defined as Qualified
Educational Users:
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Educational
Institutions |
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Administrative
Offices & Boards
of Education |
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Teachers,
Faculty and
Staff |
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Students |
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Public Libraries |
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Public Museums |
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Home-School
Programs |
The
following qualification
requirements apply to
customers that are
located or reside in the
United States only (not
including U.S.
territories such as
Puerto Rico, Guam, and
the Virgin Islands).
Customers located in
Canada, please visit the
Microsoft Canada
Education Web site.
Customers located in
other countries, please
check with your
local Microsoft
subsidiary for
academic pricing and
qualification
information.
Microsoft Qualified
Educational User
definition (United
States only)
All
Microsoft eligible
education customers must
be located or reside in
the United States.
Qualified Educational
Users are a those
entities that both have
an educational purpose
or mission and meet the
criteria specified
below. If a controversy
exists as to an
organization's
eligibility, Microsoft
retains the right to
determine in its sole
discretion the
eligibility of the
organization for the
specific transaction in
question. The following
are eligible to acquire
Microsoft Academic
Edition (AE) products in
the programs indicated
and are defined as
Qualified Educational
Users:
Qualified Educational
Users:
A)
Educational Institutions
Defined as an accredited
institution organized
and operated exclusively
for the purpose of
teaching its enrolled
students (“Educational
Institutions”). An
accredited institution
must be:
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A
public or
private K-12,
vocational
school,
correspondence
school, junior
college,
college,
university, or
scientific or
technical school
that is either
institutionally
accredited by an
accrediting
agency
nationally
recognized by
the U.S.
Secretary of
Education or, in
the case of
public K-12
institutions
only, recognized
or approved by
the Department
of Education of
the State in
which it is
located.
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A
preschool
meeting all of
the following
criteria: (i) is
an early
childhood
program
incorporated for
the purpose of
providing
educational
services to
children between
two and five
years of age,
and which serves
minimum of ten
such children;
and (ii) has
been in
operation for at
least one year. |
Eligible programs:
B)
Administrative Offices
or Boards of Education
Defined as (a) district,
regional and state
administrative offices
of public Educational
Institutions (b)
administrative entities
organized and operated
exclusively for the
administration of
private Educational
Institutions, or (c)
other state or local
government entities
nearly all of whose
activities consist of
administrative support,
of a nature that
advances academic
learning, for public
Educational
Institutions.
Eligible Programs:
C)
Full and Part Time
Faculty and Staff
Defined as all full and
part time faculty and
staff of Educational
Institutions.
Eligible Programs:
D)
Full and Part Time
Enrolled Students
Defined as full and part
time enrolled students
of Educational
Institutions.
Eligible Programs:
E)
Public Libraries
Must
meet all of the
following criteria: (i)
primarily provide
general library services
without charge to all
residents of a given
community, district or
region; (ii) supported
by public or private
funds; (iii) make its
basic collections and
basic services available
to the population of its
legal service area
without charges to
individual users, but
may impose charges on
users outside its legal
service area; and (iv)
may or may not provide
products and services,
beyond its basic
services, to the public
at large with or without
individual charges.
Eligible Programs:
F)
Public Museums
Must
meet all the following
criteria: (i) are a
public or private agency
or institution organized
on a permanent basis for
essentially education or
aesthetic purposes; (ii)
utilize a professional
staff; and (iii) own or
utilize tangible
objects, care for them
and exhibit them to the
public on a regular
basis.
G)
Home-School Program
Defined as a
home-schooling program
which provides K-12
education to a student
or students and which is
able to provide written
proof that it either (i)
belongs to a
nationally-recognized
home-schooling
organization, or (ii) is
expressly recognized by
a local school district
as an acceptable
alternative to an
accredited or
state-recognized/approved
educational institution.
Eligible Programs:
Special note regarding
Hospitals, Healthcare
Systems and Research
Laboratories:
Hospitals, Healthcare
Systems and Research
Laboratories (including
independent Research
Laboratories or Research
Laboratories affiliated
with the Department of
Defense or the
Department of Energy)
are NOT eligible to
acquire Academic Edition
(AE) products unless
they are wholly owned
and operated by a
qualified Educational
Institution as defined
above in Section A.
"Wholly owned and
operated" means that the
Educational Institution
is the sole owner of
said hospital,
healthcare system or
research laboratory and
the only entity
exercising control over
said institution’s
day-to-day operations.
Additional information
on determining if an
entity is wholly owned
and operated by an
Educational Institution
can be found by
referring to the:
Hospital definition (28
KB Microsoft Word
document).
Examples of entities not
eligible for academic
pricing:
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Non-accredited
schools |
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Training centers |
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Non-United
States residents
or educational
facilities |
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Churches |
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Hospitals,
Healthcare
Systems, and
Research
Laboratories
that do not meet
the
qualifications
above |
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Non-profit/charitable
organizations
that do not meet
the
qualifications
above
These
organizations
may qualify for
the
Charity Open
License
program. Please
see
standard pricing
information
or other
volume licenses
for non-academic
discounts |
