For a limited time only!
Flexible. Affordable. This’ll be the one and only time to get our student broadband deals this year, so be ready – and be quick.

All the rewards on Priority from O2
The UK’s only student WiFi with Priority included. Access 48-hour ticket presales and fast-track queues to thousands of gigs and events nationwide, as well as exclusive rewards and experiences!

What is student broadband?
Our 2025 deals will offer broadband on a 12-month contract, giving you plenty of power for the full academic year. You’ll also get a choice of rolling 30-day broadband packages for students – easy to leave, with no early cancellation fees. Better yet, as a student you won’t pay the usual rolling contract fee of £45, it’s on us.
M125 Student Broadband
- Plenty for two housemates
- Connects 5 to 9 of your devices at the same time
- Average speeds: 132Mbps download, 20Mbps upload
M250 Student Broadband
- Ideal for four
- Connects 10+ devices at the same time
- Average speeds: 264Mbps download, 25Mbps upload
M350 Student Broadband
- Supports six of you
- For online gaming, one of our best student broadband deals
- Average speeds: 362Mbps download, 36Mbps upload
M500 Student Broadband
- One of our best student broadband deals for large households
- Supports several gamers and streaming
- Average speeds: 516Mbps, 52Mbps upload
Gig1 Student Broadband
- Fastest! Our top student broadband speed
- For the biggest, busiest student households
- Average speeds: 1,130Mbps download, 104Mbps upload
What you get with our student broadband deals
All our deals come with an Intelligent WiFi Hub which has many features that work side-by-side to bring faster speeds and our best student WiFi experience to more areas of your accommodation.
As you’d expect, consistent speeds are important for smooth streaming, clear video calls and contribute to having a fun online gaming experience, if that’s what you’re into during your down time.
Staying at uni over summer? Our 12-month broadband deals for students can keep you connected mid-June to September, and onwards for the full academic year.
Alternatively, you could take a rolling 30-day deal and avoid broadband bills while you’re home from uni over the summer – this type of contract is super flexible and easy to cancel when you no longer need our student WiFi.
It’ll be easy to compare our student broadband deals by monthly cost and, more usefully, the price per person, just by using the filter at the top of this page. You’d be surprised how fast you can go on a budget. Even our faster student WiFi speeds, the M500 or Gig1 packages, feel more affordable than you’d expect when you’re splitting the cost with another person or a group.
Jump into a world of exclusive rewards, unique experiences, daily treats and more on Priority – just for having our broadband. Your rewards will be updated every month based on the things you love (with a few surprises thrown in too).
Fancy an unforgettable night out? Grab Priority Tickets for thousands of gigs and events across the UK, up to 48 hours before general sale, on the app and have the time of your life at university.
Student broadband FAQs
From June! So, watch this space and check back later. This will be the one and only time our student broadband deals are on sale this year, so don’t miss out – get student WiFi while you can.
Speed
The fastest student WiFi speeds we offer, usually M500 or Gig1, may be our best option for you or perhaps you’ll need a package better suited to small or medium-sized households. Explore our speeds for help choosing the right broadband for you.
Reliability
An Intelligent WiFi Hub will be provided with all our broadband deals for students. Designed to automatically fix WiFi issues and bring you better coverage, the Hub has an Airtime Fairness smart feature built-in which helps to share the WiFi evenly across all your connected devices.
Monthly cost
Did you know? Our longer broadband packages for students may work out cheaper. This June, see if you can pay a lower monthly cost for our broadband on a 12-month contract compared to our rolling 30-day deals.
Setup cost
Our kit comes included at no extra cost. There’s a £0 setup fee. And a £0 rolling contract fee applies to our flexible 30-day student WiFi deals.
Run a quick speed test for an accurate reading of your upload and download speeds, in just a few moments. You can compare your results to our student-friendly broadband deals in June and this’ll help you to decide our best speeds for you, based on your current experience.
Student discount broadband isn’t something we’ll be able to offer as we can’t accept student discount cards, like TOTUM or UniDAYS. But here’s the good news – you’ll get access to all the rewards and perks on Priority, something uniquely special that no other UK student WiFi deals can promise.
We do also offer rolling contract deals for non-students which offer the same flexibility and variety of speeds. But yes – the deals you’ll soon see at the top of this page will only be available to students with an ‘ac.uk’ email address.
Our 30-day student broadband deals can keep you connected for nine months, or however long you need. Come back in June and select your package, then let it roll over automatically each month – easy! When you’re ready, you can cancel with just 30-days’ notice.
Yes! At checkout, it’ll be easy to add TV to our student broadband. For just £5 a month, on a rolling 30-day contract, Flex offers 150+ free-to-air channels and catch-up players like iPlayer on our Ultra HD TV box. The cherry on top? This TV deal gives you 10% credit back when you add your favourite entertainment subscriptions, like Netflix, TNT Sports or Sky Cinema, to your package. Simply turn these subscriptions on or off each month, you’re in control of any extra spending.
Always unlimited! All our broadband packages, including any for students, will have no broadband data allowance for you to worry about, freeing you up to concentrate on what’s really important – your learning, streaming and connecting with loved ones online.
Be ready for our deals to come in June. This means using our postcode checker to make sure you can get our broadband in your area and discussing your student WiFi needs as a household to agree the type of deal to get.
Ultimately, you should try to place your order at least two weeks before you need an internet connection. If your uni accommodation hasn’t had a Virgin Media connection before, this is how long it sometimes takes to get our broadband deals installed for students.
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No setup fee
This promotion means you won’t pay the usual setup fee of £35. No setup fee is available on all bundles, broadband & phone, and broadband only packages. If you can set up using a QuickStart self-install pack, but choose to use an engineer for the installation, you’ll still be charged £30 for this service.
These prices are for new customers only.
Virgin Media services are only available in eligible Virgin Media network areas. Home phone is not available in new network expansion areas.
All of the products on this page are subject to survey, network capacity and a credit check.
Each service has a minimum contract length that’s shown in your basket.
If you take a bundle with both Virgin Media and O2, you’ll have separate contracts and bills – one for Virgin Media, and another for O2.
- Offers are subject to eligibility and availability.
- Read the terms on the Priority app or at o2.co.uk/terms
Get fast, reliable WiFi gliding through every room or money back
WiFi Guarantee available with M50 broadband or faster. £8p/m extra or included with Gig1, Gig2 or Volt. At least 30Mbps download speeds in every room or £100 one-off credit. Up to 3 WiFi Pods if needed. Exclusions & legal stuff apply.
†To verify, see: https://www.virginmedia.com/legal/awards Best Broadband Experience Award: GWS network award based on national tests Dec ’23-May ’24 comparing major UK providers’ average scores in respect of speed, reliability, latency, packet loss & video streaming. User speed depends on broadband package choice. Virgin Fibre areas only. Best Combined Connectivity Experience: based on GWS test results Dec '23-May '24 comparing data connectivity performance of major UK mobile operators and their associated ISP partners to form a combined score across both mobile network and WiFi experience. Best in Test: based on umlaut Fixed Broadband Benchmark 2023 comparing major UK ISPs on download speed, upload speed, latency and stability. Uswitch Most Popular Broadband Provider: based on Uswitch consumer research Dec 2022 - Jan 2023 conducted by Opinium comparing broadband sales volumes and overall customer satisfaction of major UK ISP operators, split equally to form a combined score.