Purchase Software for Personal Computers
PSU students, faculty, and staff can purchase selected software for their personal computers at a discount. Some software is free, and some is available from external vendors at an academic price.
Reference the following table for specific software information.
Software | Cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|
ArcGIS | Free | Can be installed for faculty, staff, and students working on research projects with faculty. Students must be sponsored by a faculty member (who should fill out the Software install request form on their behalf). |
Atlas.ti | Free / Vendor charge | Students and faculty can access PSU’s pool of Atlas.ti licenses for free. Visit Access Atlas.ti at PSU for details. Alternatively, students may purchase directly from the vendor on the Atlas.ti Student Licenses page. |
AutoCAD | Free | Students can download and install this software themselves through the Autodesk site. |
ChemDraw | Vendor charge | Students can download and install this software themselves through the CambridgeSoft site. |
Maple | Vendor charge | Student discounts available from MapleSoft. |
Matlab | Vendor charge | Purchase from vender. In limited cases it ca be installed for faculty, staff, and students working on research projects with faculty. Student must be sponsored by faculty. Students must be sponsored by faculty member (who should fill out the Software install request form on their behalf). |
MathCAD | Free in the VLAB | MathCAD is not currently available for purchase through the OIT Helpdesk, but is available for use in the Virtual Computer Lab (VLAB). |
SAS | Free | Students can download and install the University version of SAS through the SAS website. |
SPSS | Vendor charge | Students may purchase directly from OnTheHub or an authorized student and faculty license distributor. |