ISTQB Discounts for College Students and Professors

ASTQB and AT*SQA are non-profit organizations. That's why we offer extra career benefits like AT*Work™ for testers who need jobs, and AT*College™ to support college professors and students who want to build their software testing credentials. We invest your exam fees in helping you build a better career!

If your college or university offers a course that prepares its students for the ISTQB certification exams, its students and professors may be eligible for significant discounts. In addition, the college could get free publicity.

• ASTQB offers a 25-50% discount on ISTQB exam fees to accredited colleges and universities offering courses that prepare students for an ISTQB exam. Courses may focus on the ISTQB Foundation Level or other ISTQB specialist or advanced level certifications. Requests must originate from a professor with proof of employment. See the important details.
   
• Colleges and universities can also get free publicity through the new AT*College™ directory of colleges and universities that include ISTQB as part of their curriculum and offer ISTQB exams. To be listed, contact the AT*SQA support team.

• Instructors with proof of employment by the accredited college or university may also be eligible for a deeply discounted certification exam for their personal use, at the discretion of the ASTQB or AT*SQA staff. Please contact us for more information or see the AT*College ISTQB student discounts page.
   
• AT*SQA also offers student discounts on AT*SQA software testing micro-credentials.

4 Reasons Students Should Consider Becoming a Software Tester

Summer is upon us, and some of us have a little more break time right now. Maybe you have recently graduated and you are thinking about what's next or you may be looking at what other opportunities are out there for a career. When you were asked what do you want to be as a child, you probably didn’t answer, “I want to be a software tester!” But for many people, it’s the perfect career choice.

By starting now, by mid-summer you very well could be ISTQB certified. The opportunity is there to do something productive with your free time this summer. There are different reasons someone should look at software testing:

• You want to make a career path change
• You are a recent graduate and want to start a career
• You are close to graduation and want a little more than a diploma

If you are a student trying to decide on a profession or someone interested in a career change, read our free white paper that has four reasons they should consider becoming a software tester.