How to purchase
How to purchase with an academic institution authorized promo code:
Use the following steps to purchase directly from CompTIA at the special discounted price for your academic institution.
Note: You may be able to purchase course access keys from your school bookstore if your instructor does not provide you with an authorized school promo code.
If you have a CompTIA Account with us, log in with your CompTIA login credentials.
- Go to our certifications shopping page.
- Add desired products to your shopping cart.
- Enter your promo code in the 'Promotional code' section of your shopping cart.
- Click 'Continue to Checkout.'
- Confirm Contact and Payment information, update as needed.
- Click 'Place order'.
- Your product(s) access keys and exam vouchers will be delivered via email to the email address provided.
- The access keys you receive using an academic institution authorized promo code will be tied to your academic institution.
- Go to our certifications shopping page.
- Add desired products to your shopping cart.
- Click 'Checkout as Guest.'
- Enter Contact and Payment information.
- Enter your promo code in the 'Promotional code' section of your shopping cart.
- Click 'Place order'.
- Your product(s) access keys and exam vouchers will be delivered via email to the email address provided.
- The access keys you receive using an academic institution authorized promo code will be tied to your academic institution.
Regarding the required documentation, we need to see a school-issued document that shows the following:
· First name
· Last name
· School name
· A date within the current term
Examples of acceptable documents include, but are not limited to:
· Dated student ID cards
· Class schedules
· Transcripts
· Tuition receipts
· Registration receipts
· Official letter from school confirming active enrollment
For student issues with declines: To proceed, please have the student reach out to SheerID individually using their own email addresses by creating a new support ticket at https://support.sheerid.com/en-US/help-center/contact-form. This will allow them to guide them directly through the approval process and request any necessary documentation.
If you have a CompTIA account with us, you must log in first. If you do not have a CompTIA account with us, you must first create an account.
- Click on Login within the navigation menu, choose My Shopping Account.
- Log in via your CompTIA SSO credentials, or create an account.
- Go to our certifications shopping page.
- Add desired products to your shopping cart.
- At Checkout, click on the link 'Student? See if you qualify for a discount.' link.
- You will be prompted to enter a Country, School, First name, Last name, DOB, and student email address. This is to verify for the SheerID process.
- If validated, the academic discount will be applied to your cart. Note: You will receive your best price when you verify your student status with SheerID. No additional discounts can be applied in addition to your verified SheerID discount.
- If not validated, there will be no price discounts applied.
- Enter or confirm Contact and Payment information, update as needed.
- Click 'Place order'
- Your product(s) access keys and exam vouchers will be delivered via email to the email address provided.
- The access keys you receive using an academic institution authorized promo code will be tied to your academic institution.