Student microscopes include Omano, Motic and Meiji Techno compound microscopes for students and schools that range from Medical Schools to Elementary Schools. Student microscopes need to be sturdy but also have a decent magnification range to provide optimal learning experiences; they also need to be affordable for schools that might not have the most robust budgets. This makes the best microscope for students, one that offers a wide range of capabilities at a price that won’t break the bank, but also one that doesn’t provide features an average student will never use.

For convenient shopping, we have divided our microscopes for students into three broad market segments:

Elementary School Microscopes:
Affordable, entry level microscopes up to 400x magnification that are sturdy enough to withstand being handled by elementary school-aged children, these scopes are designed to help a student learn how to use a microscope as they are for viewing specimens.

Middle-High School Microscopes:
Good quality compound microscopes that include monocular, binocular and trinocular microscopes at varying price levels. Compound and binocular microscopes are most often used in high school settings, especially for fields that require the ability to study samples clearly and distinctly -- a compound microscope with solid magnification is often enough for high school biology, for example.

University-Medical School:
Advanced post-high school students need higher quality microscopes for more sophisticated microscopists, but that are selected to suit both student and school budgets. Naturally, with the pockets of your average university or medical school much deeper than your average high school, these student microscopes are at the high end of the spectrum when it comes to capabilities and cost

All these student microscopes include Lifetime Limited Warranties and we offer FREE post sales service. Ask about our volume discounts on school purchases of student microscopes.