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• Educational Institutions
• Administrative Offices & Boards of Education
• Teachers, Faculty and Staff
• Higher Education Students
• Educational Consortia and Systems
• Public Libraries
• Public Museums

Note: these guidelines are only valid for the United States. Residents of other countries should check with their local Microsoft subsidiary for academic pricing and qualification information.

Microsoft Qualified Educational User Definition (US Only)
All Microsoft Eligible Education Customers must be located or reside in the United States. Microsoft Corporation shall resolve any issues relating to the eligibility of customers to purchase AE product at its sole discretion. RESELLER must validate customer eligibility via collection of a valid academic purchase order prior to all distribution to Qualified Education Users. In the case of distribution to Higher Education students, full time faculty and staff of Education Institutions, RESELLER must also collect and keep a proof of student enrollment or employment from the Educational Institution. Proof of enrollment must either be a copy of an official photo identification card from the Education Institution or official documentation from the Educational Institution's registration office verifying that the individual is matriculating student at the institution at the time of purchase. If the official identification card does not include a photo graph of the student, the copy of the identification card must be accompanied by a second source photo identification. Only Campus Resellers (must be physically located on campus) are waived from keeping a copy of valid ID once the Campus Reseller has verified customer's eligibility. The following are eligible to acquire the following Microsoft Academic Edition (AE) products and are defined as Qualified Educational Users:

A) Educational Institutions -- Defined as an accredited K-12 education institution or higher education institution organized and operated exclusively for purpose of teaching its matriculating students. An accredited institution must be:

1. A public or private K-12, vocational school, correspondence school, junior college, college, university, or scientific or technical school meeting all of the following criteria: (i) organized and operated exclusively for purpose of teaching its matriculating K-12 or higher education students; and (ii) institutionally accredited by a Regional Institutional Accrediting Agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education. Note: Accreditation by a National Institutional and Specialized Accrediting Body alone does not qualify an end user as a qualified educational user.
   • Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
   • North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
   • Western Association of Colleges and Schools
   • Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
   • New England Association of Colleges and Schools
   • Northwest Association of Colleges and Schools
   Eligible Programs ^*
   AE Full Packaged Product
   Academic Open
   Academic Select
   Campus Agreement (Higher Ed Only)
   School Agreement (K12 Ed Only)
   
   

   OR

2. An accredited preschool meeting all of the following criteria: (i) is an early childhood program that serves a minimum of ten children between two and five years of age; (ii) has been in operation for at least one year; (iii) provides educational services, and (iv) is incorporated for the purpose of providing education services to children between two and five years of age.

   
   Eligible Programs ^*
   AE Full Packaged Product
   Academic Open
   Academic Select

B)Administrative Offices or Boards of Education of Educational Institutions -- Defined as district, regional and state administrative offices of the Educational Institutions defined in Section A above.

Eligible Programs ^*
AE Full Packaged Product
Academic Open
Academic Select
Campus Agreement (Higher Ed Only)
School Agreement (K12 Ed Only)

C) Full and Part Time Faculty and Staff of Educational Institutions -- Defined as all full and part time faculty and staff of Educational Institutions defined in Section A above.

Eligible Programs*
AE Full Packaged Product Only

D) Full and Part Time Matriculated Students of Higher Education Institutions -- Defined as full and part time matriculated students of a higher education institution defined as a public or private, vocational school, correspondence school, junior college, college, university, or scientific or technical institution meeting all criteria defined in Section A (1) above. Full and Part Time Matriculated Students of K-12 are NOT Qualified Educational Users.

Eligible Programs ^*
AE Full Packaged Product Only

E) Educational Consortia and Systems -- Defined as corporations and associations validly organized and existing under the laws of an individual state of the United States, representing members or shareholders of a common institution type (for example, community colleges, independent schools, state systems) within the same state. Each member or shareholder must be an Education Institution as defined in Section A above.

Eligible Programs ^*
AE Full Packaged Product
Academic Open
Academic Select
Campus Agreement (Higher Ed Only)
School Agreement (K12 Ed Only)

F) Public Libraries -- Must meet all of the following criteria: (i) provide general library services without charge to all residents of a given community, district or region; (ii) are 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 the products and services, beyond its basic services, to the public at large with or without individual charges.

Eligible Programs ^*
AE Full Packaged Product
Academic Open
Academic Select
note: Public Libraries are not eligible to purchase Campus Agreement or School Agreement.

G) 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.

Eligible Programs ^*
AE Full Packaged Product
Academic Open
Academic Select
note: Public Libraries are not eligible to purchase Campus Agreement or School Agreement.