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Gifts for University Students That Are Actually Useful

December 6, 2024

University students deserve extra love, especially after the whirlwind of end-of-year exams and before diving back into the chaos of a new semester. To make sure the studious people in your life feel appreciated this holiday season, explore our curated selection of gifts for university students that they will actually find useful!

Starbucks Gift Card

RRP: Starting from 15, shop here.

Did you know that you can gift someone a coffee voucher? Starbucks offers it in stores, but if you want the ease of purchasing from your phone, the Coffee Club also offers digital options, including online-purchased physical gift cards. You can alter the amount to suit your preferences and have it shipped within a week!

Endota Spa Gift Voucher

RRP: Starting from $25, shop here.

Give the gift of relaxation to the burnt out student in your life with an Endota Spa voucher. Whether it be a rejuvenating massage or a refreshing facial, a treatment at Endota Spa can be just the thing to pick up the student in your life during a mid-sem breakdown.

The Patch Remedy Focus

RRP: $35, shop here.

Does your uni friend struggle to focus? These FOCUS patches are just the thing for an extra boost in any uni student’s mental energy. Containing gingko biloba, acetyl-l-carnitine and bacopa monnieri, it’ll help get that head back in the game. Distractions? Not any more…you got this.

Steph Pase 2025 Daily Planner

RRP: 79.95, shop here.

Keep all those important due dates written down with this fabulously organised 2025 diary. Uber cute and functional, this diary has whole A5 pages for each day, allowing for detailed notes and to-do items throughout the year.

Frank Green The Essentials Travel Set

RRP: $99.95, shop here.

Whether commuting via train or driving into uni, a travel mug can take a bad morning and turn it into a slightly more tolerable one. Bringing coffee or tea everywhere you go makes life just that little bit easier, and now it can be cute too, thanks to this gorgeous Frank Green gift set. Available from Frank Green or David Jones, the set comes in various colours and includes a water bottle too, ensuring hydration as well as a caffeine boost.

Baxter Blue Lane Blue Light Glasses

RRP: $120, shop here.

We have all been there, staring at a screen for hours to finish an assignment worth half of our grade. These glasses help reduce blue light exposure, easing digital eye strain, preventing dry eyes, and lowering the risk of long-term eye damage from extended screen time. A must have for every uni student in our opinion!

Country Road Work Tote

RRP: $199, shop here.

Dependable, classic and absolutely essential, a leather tote bag is a gift that will not go unused. This one from Country Road is so chic, with lots of room for a laptop, drink bottle and diary, allowing for practicality and cuteness.

Sony Noise Canceling Wireless Headphones

RRP: $439, shop here.

A little on the pricier side but so worth it- wireless noise cancelling headphones are very student’s dream. With adaptive sound control to provides a personalised listening experience, touch sensor controls to pause/play/skip tracks and up to 30-hour battery life with quick charging, all nighters to finish an assignment has never been easier.

Read more of our Gift Guides and articles from our 12 Days of Christmas series below.

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Alisha Diacono

Meet Alisha, a writer for The Modern Muse Magazine. When she isn’t writing, she loves trying new restaurants, visiting bookstores and thrift shopping. Alisha loves daydreaming by the seaside and works as a librarian when she isn’t out with friends or reading. Alisha is currently undertaking a Bachelor of Communications & Literature and can talk about novels, films, music and fashion for hours.

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