Upgrading from CS3 Design Premium to Illustrator CS6 standalone

Greetings,
I have Adobe CS3 Design Premium (I think-- it's one of the complete suites that includes Illustrator CS3). My license is an Education license. I also own Photoshop CS6 (standalone) with an Education license.
I'm wondering if i can purchase an upgrade to the standalone (not Creative Cloud) version of Illustrator CS6, at the Education price? If so what would the price be and how would I purchase it?
Thanks.

NorthOEK,
I am afraid the educational license of any kind is (still) outside any upgrade system.
You may try your luck on the download pages, or ask somewhere over there:
http://forums.adobe.com/community/download_install_setup

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