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UMass Amherst Information Technology helps students, faculty, and staff obtain free and low-cost software, and provides support for a wide range of software.

Free & Discounted Software

Microsoft

  • Database management
  • Desktop publishing
  • Email & calendaring
  • Operating systems
  • Presentations
  • Spreadsheets
  • Word processing

Examples: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Windows

Program(s) Audience/Eligibility Savings

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Microsoft Office 365 Education Faculty, staff & all students Free
Azure Dev Tools for Teaching All Students taking STEM courses* & faculty in STEM departments* Free

Adobe Creative Cloud

  • Photo & desktop publishing
  • Video production
  • Web design & development

Examples: Acrobat, Photoshop, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Premiere Pro

Program(s) Audience/Eligibility Savings

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Adobe Campus Agreement Faculty, staff & individuals with an active GEO-eligible appointment Free for two computers
Undergraduate students, non-GEO graduate students, faculty, staff.  Discounted through Adobe's Students and Teachers Program

PDF Editing

Program(s) Audience/Eligibility Savings

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Foxit PDF Editor Faculty, staff & UMass Amherst faculty & staff Free

Science, Statistics & Mathematics

  • Data Manipulation
  • Management & analysis
  • Forecasting
  • Graphics & visualization
  • Simulation
  • Surveying
  • Technical computing
Program(s) Audience/Eligibility Savings

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Mathematica Faculty, Staff & Students Discounted
MATLAB Faculty, research staff & all students Discounted - Available at no cost to faculty & staff
Minitab Faculty, staff & all students Discounted for university-owned computers only - Available at no cost to faculty & staff
OriginPro Faculty, staff & all students Free
Qualtrics Faculty, staff & all students Discounted
SAS** Faculty, staff & all students Discounted
SPSS** Faculty, staff & graduate students Discounted - Available at no cost to faculty & staff
Stata Faculty & staff Discounted for university-owned computers only - Available at no cost to faculty & staff
JMP Pro Faculty, staff & all students Free - Available at no cost to faculty & staff

Qualitative & mixed-methods research
Collect, organize & analyze content from interviews, focus group discussions, surveys, audio, social media, and the web.

Program(s) Audience/Eligibility Savings

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NVivo Faculty, research staff & students Discounted - Available at no cost to faculty & staff
  Qualtrics Faculty, staff & all students Discounted - Available at no cost to faculty & staff

CAD & Modeling

Computer Assisted Drafting, molecular modeling

Program(s) Audience/Eligibility Savings
Schrödinger Faculty, staff & students Discounted - Available at no cost to faculty & staff

Antivirus

Protect your programs, files, and email from malicious software such as malware and viruses.

Note: Suggested antivirus options for personally owned computers available at  umass.edu/it/antivirus

Program(s) Audience/Eligibility Savings
Microsoft Defender (Mac OS) Pre-configured on university-owned computers used by Faculty, and Staff Free
Microsoft Defender (Windows) Pre-configured on university-owned computers used by Faculty, and Staff Free

 

*Microsoft Defined Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) courses

** Classroom/Lab discounts are available for SAS & SPSS licenses. Call 413-545-TECH or email software@umass.edu for eligibility.