Click here for Student Software Software for personally-owned computers.
Free for Students Several software packages are free for student use:
Purchase Software for Student and Home Computers
Bay Tree Bookstore, 459-2082 stocks
or can order software for student computers or faculty/staff
personally-owned computers at educational discounts.
The Bay Tree Bookstore participates in discount licensing programs
Adobe Student Option and Microsoft Student Select. These discount programs are open to UCSC students, faculty and staff.
Current campus ID is required for purchase.
Click here for Faculty and Staff Software Purchase software for university-owned computers
ITS makes software available to you through educational or volume discounts by facilitating
campus wide agreements with software vendors. We also coordinate site license and volume
purchase agreements of software in association with UC Office of the President. This
service helps you save money by pooling our resources.
ITS provides varying levels of support for installation, troubleshooting, and use of software based on regularly updated standards. Compliance with these standards ensures your computers and software will be supported by the ITS Support Center.
Support for non-standard equipment and software will be referred to your
Divisional Liaison or local IT specialist.
New versions of standard software are frequently released for Windows and Mac computers. ITS Software Release allows
for planning and testing of updated software.
