Spotify on Wednesday, April 19 announced the launch of Spotify Premium for Students in 33 new countries around the world, the company said in a blog post.

Spotify Premium for Students allows all registered students to enjoy Spotify Premium – and all of the benefits that come with being a Premium subscriber – for around half the standard price.

"The launch of Spotify Premium for Students means that university students in 33 new countries around the world are now able to purchase Spotify Premium for half price. The offer is open to students for every year of their student life, and is available immediately from today. Students simply need to visit spotify.com/student, where they can sign up for the offer and start enjoying all of the world’s music wherever and whenever they want to listen," the blog post said.

Students can enjoy the following benefits of Spotify Premium:

Uninterrupted music without any ads

Instant access to over 30 million songs whenever you want them – just hit play

Take your collection offline – listen to songs and playlists anywhere without using up data

Better sound quality with Spotify Premium

To launch the Student offer, Spotify said it is partnering with SheerID, a proven leader in authentication and eligibility verification software, to help administer and support the program.

The global Student offering is now available in 36 markets worldwide – making it the biggest music streaming Student offer in the world by geographical reach.

Spotify’s half-price plan was thus launched in Austria, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Latvia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland and Turkey.