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Academic Use Software

Academic use software is for teaching and learning.

  • Students, Faculty and Staff can: 

    1. Access/Download specific titles and launch Virtual Computer Lab apps from the Cal Poly Software Hub,

    2. Purchase discount-priced software for personal use at Kivuto OnTheHub.

    3. There are also a host of additional software services and apps available by visiting the vendor sites listed. 

  • Faculty and Staff: If you have a Cal Poly-owned computer, you can use the preinstalled self-support tools on your computer to install software.

  • Affiliate (guest account) access to software is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary per licensing agreement.

Software Title

Available to

Notes

Software Title

Available to

Notes

Access

Student, Faculty, Staff

 

Adams

Student, Faculty, Staff

 

Adobe Creative Cloud 

Faculty, Staff, Student

 

Advanced Design System

Student, Faculty, Staff

 

Alteryx Designer

Student, Faculty, Staff

Via the Altreyx SparkED Program, Cal Poly students and faculty can apply for a 1-year renewable license to Alteryx Designer to install on a personal computer (Windows Only).

Anaconda

Affiliate, Auxiliary Staff, Emeritus, Faculty, Staff, Student

 

Ansys Fluent

Student, Faculty, Staff

 

Ansys ICEM CFD

Student, Faculty, Staff

 

ArcGIS Pro

Student, Faculty, Staff

 

ArcMap

Student, Faculty, Staff

 

ArtiosCAD

Student, Faculty, Staff

 

AutoCAD

Student, Faculty, Staff

 

Autodesk Education Community

Affiliate, Auxiliary Staff, Faculty, Staff, Student

Autodesk offers free software to eligible students, educators, and institutions. Be prepared to provide proof of enrollment or employment at a Qualified Educational Institution.

To register for Autodesk software access, go to the Autodesk website and click the Get Started button. 

Canvas

Student, Faculty, Staff

 

Civil 3D

Student, Faculty, Staff

 

EAGLE

Student, Faculty, Staff

 

EndNote Premium - Online Version

Affiliate, Auxiliary Staff, Emeritus, Faculty, Staff, Student

Register for EndNote Online and Install Citation Tools

ESRI - Education Community Titles

Affiliate, Auxiliary Staff, Faculty, Staff

 

ETABS

Student, Faculty, Staff

 

ETAP

Student, Faculty, Staff

 

FeatureCAM

Student, Faculty, Staff

 

FlamMap

Student, Faculty, Staff

 

Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS)

Student, Faculty, Staff

 

GlobalProtect
Virtual Private Network (VPN)

Student, Faculty, Staff

 

Google Earth Pro

Student, Faculty, Staff

 

HEC- HMS
(Hydrologic Modeling System)

Student, Faculty, Staff

 

HEC- RAS
(River Analysis System)

Student, Faculty, Staff

 

JMP Pro

Affiliate, Auxiliary Staff, Faculty, Staff, Student

 

LabVIEW

Affiliate, Auxiliary Staff, Faculty, Staff, Students

 

LastPass

Faculty, Staff, Students

 

Latexit

Affiliate, ASI Staff, Auxiliary Staff, Faculty, Staff, Student

 

Linkedin Learning

Affiliate, Auxiliary Staff, Faculty, Staff

 

Maple

Affiliate, Auxiliary Staff, Faculty, Staff

Via the Cal Poly Maple Elite Maintenance Program (EMP) license, students can purchase a discounted copy from maplesoft.com. More at Maple Adoption Program for Students.

Mathematica

Affiliate, Auxiliary Staff, Faculty, Staff

 

MATLAB Cloud

Auxiliary Staff, Faculty, Staff, Student

Cal Poly Mathworks Portal

MATLAB and Simulink Training

MATLAB

Auxiliary Staff, Faculty, Staff, Student

 

Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching

Faculty, Staff, Student

Install Software from Microsoft Azure Dev Tools
Log in to view a complete list of titles.

 

Office 365 Suite - Personal Use/Work at Home 

Affiliate, ASI Staff, Auxiliary Staff, Faculty, Staff, Student

In 2020, Microsoft changed Office 365 licenses for higher education customers, which limits the features available to some Cal Poly community members. All faculty and staff will still have full access to the web-based Office 365 applications, but emeritus and CSU bargaining units 5, 6 and 11 will no longer be eligible to download the desktop Microsoft Office software suite.

NexusNS

Student, Faculty, Staff

 

NVDA Screen Reader

Affiliate, Auxiliary Staff, Faculty, Staff, Student

NVAccess

OneDrive

Student, Faculty, Staff

Learn more about OneDrive

openLCA

Student, Faculty, Staff

 

P6 Professional

Student, Faculty, Staff

 

Power BI

Student, Faculty, Staff

 

Project

Student, Faculty, Staff

This software is also available to download via Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching. Learn more

R

Student, Faculty, Staff

 

REVIT

Student, Faculty, Staff

 

Revu

Student, Faculty, Staff

 

Rhino

Student, Faculty, Staff

 

RStudio

Student, Faculty, Staff

 

SAP

Student, Faculty, Staff

 

SAS

Student, Faculty, Staff

 

SPSS Statistics

Affiliate, Auxiliary Staff, Faculty, Staff

Students and faculty can install SPSS on personal computers - physical and virtual.

Solidworks

Affiliate, Auxiliary Staff, Faculty, Staff, Student

 

Sophos Central Endpoint Protection

Faculty, Staff

Faculty and staff should contact theITS Service Desk to install and configure Sophos Central Endpoint Protection on their campus computer.

Sophos Home

Auxiliary Staff, Faculty, Staff, Student

Sophos

SmallStata

Student, Faculty, Staff

 

SQL Server

Student, Faculty, Staff

 

TexShop

Faculty, Staff, Student

This software is open source. Visit the vendor's website to download.

Visio

Student, Faculty, Staff

This software is also available to download via Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching. Learn more

Vivado

Student

 

Windows 10 Enterprise (64 bit)

Auxiliary Staff, Faculty, Staff

Install Microsoft Azure Dev Tools

Windows 10, 11

Student, Faculty, Staff

Install Microsoft Azure Dev Tools

Zoom

Faculty, Staff, Student

 

7-Zip

Student, Faculty, Staff

This software is open source and can also be downloaded from the vendor's website.

 


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