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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 Administrators

Department
VPP Program Administrator 
 Email address
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab J-Pal IT Support Team jpal-global-it@mit.edu
Aeronautics and Astronautics Quentin Alexander aa-licenses@mit.edu
Alumni Hong Li aatech-admin@mit.edu
Dean for Student Life Mark J. Reagan techcash-systems@mit.edu
Department of Urban Studies and Planning Antonio Celona cronapplevpp@mit.edu
Disability and Access Services Kathy Cahill atic-staff@mit.edu
Economics Andrew Dorner econ-support@mit.edu
Facilities Lisa Berard Carpenter dof-apps@mit.edu
Foreign Languages and Literatures Joe Borkowski fll-vpp@mit.edu
Information Systems & Technology Software Distribution ist-vpp@mit.edu
Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Paul Hsi mki-vpp@mit.edu
Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research Michael N. Moran ki-it@mit.edu
Lab for Nuclear Science Paul Acosta applevpp@lns.mit.edu
Libraries Olimpia Estela Caceres-Brown apps-lib@mit.edu
Lincoln Laboratory Amy Miles Dion clientsoftware@ll.mit.edu
Media Lab Will Glesnes apple-vpp@media.mit.edu
MITIMCo Dat Lin mitimcovpp@mit.edu
Museum Allan Doyle mtech@mit.edu
Resource Development Gina D'Allesandro 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.