About ISIC
ISIC was created in 1953 by students, for students. Join the ISIC community today!
What we stand for
ISIC – International Student Identity Card is the only global student ID in the world. Our mission is to Make student life better. ISIC aims to provide all bona-fide students, regardless of their nationality, ethnic background, gender or religion, with the opportunity to prove their student status in every country worldwide via an official and affordable student ID.
104 Issuing countries
There are 104 countries that issue ISIC student cards and over 130 countries where ISIC is recognized as a valid student ID around the world.
150,000+ benefits, services and discounts
ISIC provides over 150,000 discounts and services for students around the globe - prove your student status with ISIC and start saving today both at home and abroad!
2.600+ Academic partners
Thousands of academic institutions and student organizations partner with ISIC to offer their students and members an international ISIC student card endorsed by UNESCO.
ISIC aims to grant students access to the best travel opportunities, exclusively negotiated student discounts, services and experiences in every area and stage of student life, thus reducing the cost of being a student. We work towards
increasing access to educational opportunities
fostering intercultural understanding and educational exchange
forging stronger relationships between students of all nationalities and the global academic community.
70 years of empowering students
The ISIC card was first created by students for students in 1953 and the Nordic and Dutch student organizations played a key role in forging the foundations of ISIC student card.
From the early beginnings of ISIC, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has been involved in ISIC, leading to official endorsement in 1968 with UNESCO recognizing the ISIC card as the only internationally accepted proof of full-time student status and a unique document encouraging cultural exchange and international understanding.
Today ISIC student card and the ISIC Association are endorsed by hundreds of governments, universities and student organizations such as the EU and ESU – European Student Union.
In the Nordics and the Netherlands, ISIC has since its beginning been represented by KILROY, the largest student travel agency in Northern Europe, along with its predecessors, the Nordic Student Travel agencies originally owned by the national student unions.
