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Apple's Volume Purchasing Program (VPP) for iOS apps enables participating Departments, Labs, and Centers (DLCs) to purchase iOS apps tax-free. There is a 50% discount for bulk orders of 20 or more copies of a single app. They are distributed via Apple Deployment Programs.

In order to participate in the Apple VPP, DLCs must designate an individual Program Administrator to place orders and distribute redemption codes to end users within the DLC.  

How to obtain

Faculty and staff

  • Request apps from your department’s VPP Program Administrator, listed below.
    • Your Program Administrator will receive one-time-use redemption codes for the requested apps and a purchase receipt from Apple to give to you.
  • If your DLC does not have an Adminstrator, send a request to join the Apple VPP (below).

VPP Program Administrator emails for requesting apps

Department
 Email address
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab jpal-global-it@mit.edu
Aeronautics and Astronautics aa-licenses@mit.edu
Alumni aatech-admin@mit.edu
Dean for Student Life techcash-systems@mit.edu
Department of Urban Studies and Planning cronapplevpp@mit.edu
Disability and Access Services atic-staff@mit.edu
Economics econ-support@mit.edu
Facilities dof-apps@mit.edu
Foreign Languages and Literatures fll-vpp@mit.edu
Information Systems & Technology ist-vpp@mit.edu
Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space mki-vpp@mit.edu
Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research ki-it@mit.edu
Lab for Nuclear Science applevpp@lns.mit.edu
Libraries apps-lib@mit.edu
Lincoln Laboratory clientsoftware@ll.mit.edu
Media Lab apple-vpp@media.mit.edu
MITIMCo mitimcovpp@mit.edu
Museum mtech@mit.edu
Resource Development rd-ios-apps@mit.edu

Join the Apple VPP

If your DLC does not have an Administrator listed above, you may request that your DLC join in the Apple VPP by contacting Software Distribution with the following information:

  • Your name
  • Your MIT email address
  • Your DLC name

Once submitted, your request will be sent for review to your DLC's Administrative Officer.

We recommend that Program Administrators use an email list to request VPP iOS apps, rather than their own personal MIT email address.  
Note: You cannot use an email address that is already associated with an existing Apple ID.

Contact Software Distribution with any questions.