Student Discount

Student Discount on Jewelry: How Ours Works and What to Buy

20 Sept 2026 · 3 min read

Student budgets and jewelry have a bad relationship. The affordable option is plated brass, plated brass turns your finger green within a term, and you end up buying it twice — which is how something cheap becomes expensive.

We give students 15% off. This is how it works, and what we would actually spend it on.

How to get it

Fill in the form on the student discount page with your institution and the email address your school gave you. That address is the verification — we don’t want a photo of your student card, and we don’t store one.

The code arrives at your school address within a minute — receiving it there is the check. It is yours alone, single use, valid for a year, and you can have one per school address each year.

What it applies to, honestly

Everything in the catalogue, including pieces already reduced. What it does not do is stack: promotions can’t be combined, so if you already have a code worth more, that one applies instead. You always get whichever is the bigger discount, never both.

It is not a launch offer that disappears. It applies to orders from €40, before shipping.

What actually survives a student year

A student year is a hard test for jewelry, and it is not the obvious things that break it. It is the shower every morning, the gym, the sink at a shared flat, sleeping in it, and a swimming pool or a sea at some point between May and September.

Anything that has to come off for those gets left somewhere and lost. That is the real argument for steel over plated brass at this age, more than the tarnishing: a piece you never remove is a piece you don’t misplace.

Small hoops or studs. The highest-exposure piece anyone owns — hair, shampoo, sweat, sleep, every day. If you buy one steel thing, buy this.
One chain at a wearable length. 45cm sits at the collarbone and works under everything, including a hoodie.
A ring you can stack later. Buy one you like on its own, and add to it at birthdays rather than starting again.

Why 316L and not "stainless steel"

"Stainless steel" covers over a hundred alloys and says almost nothing on its own. 316L is the implant grade: it contains molybdenum, which is what resists the chlorides in sweat and sea water, and it releases no free nickel, which is what causes the reaction most people blame on "cheap metal".

It is also why a steel piece has no plating to wear through. On gold pieces the colour is PVD — vapour-deposited and bonded into the surface — rather than a coat sitting on top of brass waiting to rub off at the edges.

FAQ

How do I get a student discount on NOVS jewelry?

Submit the form on our student discount page with your institution and your school email address. Your personal code is emailed to that address within a minute.

How much is the NOVS student discount?

15% off one order from €40, valid for a year, on everything in the catalogue including reduced pieces. It cannot be combined with another promotion — whichever discount is larger applies on its own.

Do I need a student card to verify?

No. Your school email address is the verification, which means there is no card photo to send and nothing for us to store or delete afterwards.

What jewelry is worth buying on a student budget?

Whatever you would never take off — small hoops or a chain at a wearable length. Those take the most exposure, so they are the pieces where 316L steel pays for itself against plated brass that has to be replaced.

Cheap twice costs more than good once. That is the entire argument, and it is the reason the discount exists.