Student discount

You may be eligible for a student discount if

• You are a full-time student and you are studying in a university, college, university of applied sciences, vocational institution, vocational special education institution or general upper secondary school.
  
• We will check for your eligibility for the student discount by asking you to provide a student card. To obtain your student card and information on its eligibility, contact your student association.
  
• The price of an adult ticket on the chosen route is more than 2,30 €.
  

• Please note that temporary student ID will be accepted on VR trains only until 31 December 2022.
  
• International ISIC student cards with a VR logo are accepted starting from 1 January 2023.
  
• 17-year-olds no longer need a student ID on VR trains as they are entitled to the children’s discount.
  

You are not eligible for a student discount if

• Less than 60 % of your total study time is contact teaching if you are engaged in distance or multiform education.
  
• You have already completed a master’s degree/university degree.
  
• You are studying for, or have completed, a graduate or postgraduate degree.
  
• You are undergoing vocational labour market training for which you receive unemployment benefits.
  
• You are a private student.
  
• You are in compulsory education (basic education).
  
• You are in apprenticeship training.
  
• You are in special needs education and you receive benefits other than student financial aid from Kela or an insurance company.
  
• You are in in-service training.
  
• You are studying for a postgraduate degree in a higher education institution or university.
  
• Your trip is on a short route where the price of an adult ticket is less than € 2.30.
  

Holders of the following student cards are eligible for discounts

All the plastic or digital cards below must have the VR logo to be valid for discount, except for the Finnish Defense Forces pictorial identity card for cadets.

• Pivo student card, Pivo’s blue cards, i.e. student cards of university/university of applied sciences students, and yellow cards, i.e. student cards of vocational students equipped with the VR logo. Green cards, i.e. graduate student cards and pink cards entitling to a meal subsidy do not entitle to the VR discount.
  
• Frank digital student cards
  
• Frank student cards
  
• Kide.app digital student card
  
• National Union of Vocational Students in Finland (SAKKI ry) student card
  
• Finlands Gymnasistförbund (FGF) student card
  
• All ISIC cards with VR logo
  
• Suomen Opiskelija-Allianssi – OSKU ry AMIS card
  
• Suomen Opiskelija-Allianssi – OSKU ry Pivo card
  
• Suomen Opiskelija-Allianssi – OSKU ry (older format)
  
• National Union of University Students in Finland (SYL) card
  
• Finnish Defence Forces photo identity card for cadets 
  
• Finlands Svenska Skolungdomsförbund FSS rf student card
  
• AMK student card
  
• Slice mobile student card Higher education
  
• Slice mobile student card Upper secondary education
  
• Tuudo student identifier
  

The student card must be valid during the train journey.