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If you don't see the software you are looking for, please ask ITS Software

IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT STUDENT SOFTWARE:

Software is available to active students only. Graduates and students on leave will lose access to the software items on this page. Any work saved in these programs may not be recoverable. Backup all files to a personally-owned computer before leaving the university.

Free for Students

Adobe Creative Cloud

Creative Cloud

UCSC provides Adobe Creative Cloud to all active faculty, staff and enrolled students.

Software includes Acrobat Pro, Lightroom, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere and much more.

Please visit our Adobe Creative Cloud Service Page for more information.

ArcGIS by ESRI

ArcGIS software

ArcGIS Desktop is an integrated collections GIS & Mapping software products available free for UCSC students. ArcGIS installs on Windows OS only.

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ArcGIS Online

Requesting New Access:
  1. Go to SlugHub: https://slughub.ucsc.edu/its
  2. Click Get Help and fill out the form.
  3. In the Optional field, type "New ArcGIS user"
  4. Click on the Submit button to create a ServiceNow ticket.

Once you have received email confirmation that you account has been created, you may login and begin accessing ArcGIS Online immediately.

Logging into you MyESRI/ArcGIS Account (for desktop accounts):

  1.  Go to UCSC's GIS Portal: esri.com/en-us/my-esri-login
  2. At the top-right of the page, click Sign In.
  3. Click the blue University of California Santa Cruz button.
  4. Enter your CruzID and Gold password.
  5. Enter your Multi-Factor authentication.

ArcGIS Pro (Desktop)

To install the Windows desktop version of ArcGIS, first create an account as described above and then continue with the following steps. ESRI does not support non-Windows operating systems at this time.

NOTE: The product called ArcGIS Desktop (also formerly known as ArcMap) has been replaced by ArcGIS Pro.

System Requirements

Minimum Recommended
OS Windows 10 (64 bit) Windows 11
CPU 2 cores with multi-threading 4 cores with multi-threading
Storage 32 GB of free space 32 GB of free space on a solid-state drive (SSD)
RAM 8 GB 32 GB
Graphics Integrated GPU Dedicated card with 4 GB VRAM
Resolution 1024x768 1920x1080 (1080p) or higher

Downloading ArcGIS Pro

  1. Open a web browser and go to UCSC's GIS Portal: https://ucsc.maps.arcgis.com
  2. At the top-right of the page, click "Sign In."
  3. Click the "Univeristy of California Santa Cruz" button.
  4. Enter your CruzID, Gold password and MFA verification.
  5. At the top-right, click your profile icon.
  6. Click "MyESRI" to be redirected to your MyESRI Overview page.
  7. At the top of the page, go to the Downloads tab and click "All Products and Versions." NOTE: If there is no Downloads tab, it means your account is not authorized to download software. See Requesting access to Downloads below.
  8. Under Core Products, click "ArcGIS Pro."
  9. Click to accept the Terms and Conditions.
  10. On the Download tile, confirm that your Language setting is correct.
  11. In the list of product components, in the Action column next to ArcGIS Pro, click "Download" to get the core installer.

Installing ArcGIS Pro

  1. Run the ArcGIS Pro core installer.
  2. Browse to a destination folder for archive extraction. The default location is: "C:\Users\username\Documents\ArcGIS Pro 3.2"
  3. After extraction is complete, navigate to the extraction folder. Run ArcGISPro .exe and follow the prompts.
  4. For Installation Context, select "Anyone who uses this computer (all users)" and click Next.
  5. Leave the default installation directory as "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro" and click Next.
  6. Accept the Terms and Conditions and click Next.
  7. Choose whether you would like to participate in the optional Esri User Experience program and click Install.
  8. If Windows User Account Control asks for permission to proceed, click Yes
  9. Click the Finish button to exit when installation is complete

NOTE:You may now safely delete the folder used for archive extraction in Step 2.

Configuring a New License

  1. Launch ArcGIS Pro from the Start Menu.
  2. At the bottom of the login window, click "Configure Licensing."
  3. For License Type, select "Single Use License" from the dropdown menu.
  4. At the bottom of the window, click the "Authorize" button.
  5. Input the authorization code.

Requesting Access to Downloads

  1. Go to the Overview tab and click "Request Additional Permissions."
  2. Click "Contact MyESRI administrator" to submit a message. Please specify which additional permissions you require. You will be notified when the permission has been granted.

Additional information

  • Try to run ArcGIS on a Mac? Please see this page 
  • Permitted Academic use: Teaching, Learning, Scholarly Research – Personal or sponsored research in which no particular outcome is specified in advance. The student, educator, or society is the primary beneficiary of scholarly research.
  • Not Permitted use: Commercial or profit-generating activities, Consulting – Research or other work carried out and funded by an external entity and involves contracts in which the external entity has identified deliverables in advance. The external entity is the primary beneficiary of Consulting.
  • UCSC Center for Integrated Spatial Research
  • http://www.esri.com/

 

AutoDesk

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AUTODESK provides free software access for enrolled students. Get AUTOCAD, 3DS MAX, INVENTOR, REVIT, MAYA, TINKERCAD and more to use the same creativity tools in use by industry leaders worldwide.

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Avast Antivirus - Free Anti Virus Software

Avast Free Antivirus

Avast Antivirus is free Mac OS anti-virus software available for personally owned computers. Anti-virus software is required when connecting to the campus ResNet.  Click for ResNet Safe Connect info.
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Avira Antivirus - Free Anti Virus Software

Avira Free Antivirus

Avira Antivirus is free Mac OS anti-virus software available for personally owned computers. Anti-virus software is required when connecting to the campus ResNet.  Click for ResNet Safe Connect info.
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ClamAV - Free Anti Virus Software

CLamAV Free Antivirus

ClamAV is free Mac OS anti-virus software available for personally owned computers. Anti-virus software is required when connecting to the campus ResNet.  Click for ResNet Safe Connect info.
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JMP

JMP software

JMP dynamically links statistics with graphics. JMP is provided free to UCSC students but each user must request authorization from ITS Software. 
For download & support information for JMP software, click here to [show]

LabVIEW

LabVIEW

NI LabVIEW is available free to students under a campus license. LabVIEW is used to develop sophisticated measurement, test, and control systems using intuitive graphical icons and wires that resemble a flowchart.  Click here to download the Student Software Suite.

 

MATLAB

Matlab

MathWorks MATLAB

Now available free to all students as a site license, all Mathworks products, toolboxes and training modules are available. Visit: MATLAB support page for links and information on access.

A leading developer of mathematical computing software. Engineers and scientists worldwide rely on its products to accelerate the pace of discovery, innovation, and development. [show]

Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching

Azure Dev Tools

Formally Imagine.... Azure Dev Tools for Teaching is a Microsoft Program that supports technical education by providing access to Microsoft software for learning, teaching and research purposes. For access info, click here to  [show]

  • Students, faculty and staff can access Azure Dev Tools for Teaching Standard software free to teach, develop, support, conduct, or take courses, labs, or programs offered at UCSC. Use must be non-commercial.
  • Go to Azure Dev Tools for Teaching to register and validate your UCSC affiliation.
  • Baskin School of Engineering Students can register for Azure Dev Tools for Teaching Premium here

Microsoft Software, Office 365

MicrosoftOffice 365

Free Office 365 is available for UCSC students. Log in and download and install the current versions of Office and Office for Mac on up to 5 computers, 5 phones & 5 tablets.
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R - Statistics

R

R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics
For download information, click here to [show]

SAS

SAS software

SAS tools provide traditional statistical analysis of variance and predictive modeling to exact methods and statistical visualization techniques
For free student access and support information, click here to [show]

SFTP - Secure File Transfer

SFTP

SFTP clients are free and used to provide network file access, file transfer, and file management functionality over any reliable data stream
For download and support information, click here to [show]

SPSS Software

SPSS Software

SPSS is a statistical analysis software program. SPSS is used to generate tabulated reports, charts, and plots of distributions and trends, descriptive statistics, and complex statistical analysis. UCSC has a site license for SPSS and it is available to all. Students access information here
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SSH Telnet

SSH

Telnet is a network protocol used on the UCSC area networks to provide a terminal connection
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  • Download free Windows PuTTY client
  • Mac use Terminal Server found in your Utilities folder
  • Software installation support is provided. Contact ITS Software

Virtual Box VM

Virtual Box

Oracle VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. It is a professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version. For Windows, Mac, Linux, Solaris
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Educational Discount Software

Apple

Apple Computer

Apple computers arrive with built-in apps including iMovie, GarageBand, Pages, Numbers, Keynote.
For purchase information, click here to [show]

EndNote

EndNote

EndNote is bibliography management software that integrates with word processors.
For purchase information, click here to [show]

FileMaker

FileMaker

FileMaker is easy database development for Mac and Windows.
For purchase information, click here to [show]

LabVIEW

LabVIEW

NI LabVIEW Community Edition has the same functionality as the LabVIEW Professional editions. LabVIEW is used to develop sophisticated measurement, test, and control systems using intuitive graphical icons and wires that resemble a flowchart. 

Maple

Maple software

Maple is general-purpose commercial computer algebra software
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Mathematica

Mathematica software

Mathematica is a computational software program used in scientific, engineering, and mathematical fields and other areas of technical computing. Two week trials are available.
For purchase information, click here to [show]

Parallels Desktop for Mac

Paralleles Desktop for Mac

Software providing hardware virtualization for Mac computers with Intel processors
For purchase information, click here to [show]

Red Hat Linux

RedHat Linux

Red Hat is a Linux Operating System with upgrade and patch support
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VMware

VMware software

Run multiple operating systems at the same time on a single computer using virtualization. Fusion for Mac or Workstation for Windows
For purchase information, click here to [show]