Topics Map > •Applications & Software > *Discounted/Free Software
Software Available for Faculty and Staff
Software installation is identified for Rice-owned or personally-owned (personal) computers as noted.
| Applications | How to Obtain | Notes |
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Absolute Home & Office StandardFeatures: Locate/Lock/Delete/Recover |
Purchase required.Faculty and Staff may purchase standard or premium for personal devices only. https://homeoffice.absolute.com * For Rice-owned devices, contact OIT. Absolute Home & Office Standard For more information, visit the vendor website: Absolute |
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Absolute Home & Office PremiumFeatures: Locate/Lock/Delete/Recover/Service Guarantee |
Purchase required.Faculty and Staff may purchase standard or premium for personal devices only. https://homeoffice.absolute.com * For Rice-owned devices, contact OIT. Absolute Home & Office Premium For more information, visit the vendor website: Absolute |
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| Adobe Creative Cloud |
OIT Ticket | For installation on a University-owned computer. Open an OIT Help Desk ticket for an Adobe account to be provisioned. For more information: Adobe Creative Cloud License Request |
| ArcGIS Pro (ESRI) (For Rice-owned or Personal Computers) |
Download OIT Ticket |
No purchase is required. For installation on a Rice-owned computer, download the software and instructions at the link provided. Submit an OIT ticket if you need assistance with software installation on a Rice-owned computer. For installation on a personally-owned computer, download the software and instructions at the link provided. |
| AspenOne (COVID-19) |
Download | No purchase is required. Installation is available for personal computers. The download link provides instructions for installation. |
| Azure Dev Tools for Teaching (or Microsoft Imagine Standard) Effective: February 13, 2019 |
Download | With Azure Dev Tools for Teaching, you’ll continue to enjoy the same tools you’ve been using as part of Imagine. Plus, you’ll be able to:
·Manage and access the software through a centralized online location that eliminates the need to maintain a web store or an internal site. ·Provide your academic users with access to software and the Azure cloud platform through one online portal. Verified students can also get free access to Azure without a credit card, plus USD100 in credit. ·Give your academic users one-stop access to additional training and learning materials via Microsoft Learn. |
| ChemDraw Professional (Windows or Mac)
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OIT Ticket | No purchase is required. Installation on University-owned computer. |
ChemDraw Professional (Personal) (Windows or Mac)
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No purchase is necessary. With the release of version 19.1, our desktop product line has moved to an online fulfillment and entitlement system. All site licenses for v19.1 and beyond will be administered through Flexnet Operations. Users will be asked to register as a member in this new system in addition to their existing user account on our website. The new system will provide access to download the software and activation codes. |
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| Cisco VPN | VPN Download | Rice VPN (Virtual Private Network Software Agreement and Download) For more information: VPN Help Articles |
| COMSOL | OIT Ticket |
Purchase required. Faculty & Staff. To purchase for your Rice-owned computer, submit an OIT ticket and provide the information: Full Name, NetID, Email, Funding string, Billing Contact. |
| CrashPlan | OIT Ticket Provide the following:
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Purchase required. (Current Rice faculty and staff only) New Annual Subscription Licenses: Cost: $82 per license | Prorated based on the date of purchase. For more information: Crashplan |
| EndNote for Business (Windows or Mac) |
OIT Ticket Provide the following:
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Purchase required.
Faculty & Staff. To purchase for your Rice-owned computer, submit an OIT ticket and provide the information: Full Name, NetID, Email, Funding string, Billing Contact. |
| EndNote (Windows or Mac)
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Purchase | Purchase required. Purchase required for personal computer. The Purchase link points to the EndNote website. |
| FileMaker Pro (Windows or Mac)
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* OIT Ticket |
Purchase required. New Annual subscription purchases: Cost is $108 per license Renewal and Current Users: Open an OIT Ticket for consultation. Upgrading may result in the purchase of a new license. FileMaker Tutorials FileMaker: Overview FileMaker: Essentials FileMaker: Create FileMaker: Integration |
| Gurobi (Windows, Linux, Mac)
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Download |
No purchase is required. Register: Use your NetID@rice.edu account to register for this software. For more information: Quick Start Guides |
| JMP |
Version 17 Version 18
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No purchase is required. Installation is available for personal computers. The download link provides instructions for installation. |
| LabVIEW |
Submit an OIT Ticket |
No purchase is required. Installation is available for personal computers. If you need to install this tool, please submit an OIT ticket. |
| Maple |
Purchase | Purchase required. Install on a University-owned computer. Pricing from Maplesoft, contact: Oonagh Evans Phone: 800-267-6583, ext.522 | Email: oevans@maplesoft.com |
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Mathematica Mathematica Online: Use Mathematica interactive notebooks to work directly in your web browser—with no installation or configuration required—and share resources in the cloud. https://www.wolfram.com/siteinfo/ |
OIT Ticket | No purchase is required. Installation on University-owned computers for faculty, staff, or graduate student by OIT. The workstation must have access to the Rice network for the license server. |
| Mathematica (Personal) (Windows, Mac, or Linux)https://www.wolfram.com/siteinfo/
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Download | No purchase is required. Installation on a personal computer. |
| MATLAB (TAH) | Portal | No purchase is required. Rice University has signed the MATLAB Total Academic Headcount (TAH) agreement with MathWorks to provide all current students, faculty, and staff with campus-wide access to MATLAB and install it on personal computers. You must create a MathWorks account with your @rice.edu email account. MATLAB Online MATLAB Drive MATLAB Mobile MATLAB Grader MATLAB Self-paced courses Teaching with Matlab |
| MATLAB (Current) (Rice-owned Computer) |
OIT Ticket |
Rice-owned computersIf the software is already installed on your computer (network or standalone), you have the opportunity to download new products or continue with the activation of the current product under MATLAB (TAH). If you choose to install a new product, activation will be prompted at the end of running the installer. If you need assistance, please open a Help OIT Ticket. |
| Microsoft | Office 365 (Personal) |
Office 365 Login OIT Ticket |
Go to Office Portal then login with NetID@rice.edu and NetID password For more information: Getting Started with Office 365
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| Microsoft Office (Rice-owned Computer) (Windows or Mac)
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OIT Ticket | For Rice-owned computers only. Submit an OIT Ticket. |
| Overleaf (LaTeX) |
See Fondren Library's page: https://libguides.rice.edu/overleaf |
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| Palisade DecisionTools (Personal) |
OIT Ticket | Installation is available for personal computers. ***Note: Jones Graduate School of Business must submit a request to jgshelp@rice.edu to obtain software.*** |
| Parallels (Business) |
OIT Ticket | Purchase required. Pricing from Softchoice: Maureen Eggeman, Account Manager |
| Parallels (Personal) |
Purchase | Purchase required. Parallels can be purchased from the vendor by current Rice faculty, staff, graduate student, and undergraduate student. |
| Putty (Windows only) |
Download | Download Putty for Windows |
| SAS |
Download |
No purchase is required. Click on the download link and use your @rice.edu account or register to access the software. Access to free e-learning and teaching materials are accessible as well when you register. See SAS Academic Hub for more information. |
| SolidWorks | OIT Ticket |
Purchase required.Pricing from GoEngineer, David Schaller Phone: 877-395-2100 | Email: dschaller@goengineer.com |
| SolidWorks 2024 Student Premium Edition |
Restricted Use. Not intended for research purposes. Rice students and educators can participate in the SolidWorks Student License Program.
https://www.solidworks.com/support/system-requirements |
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| Stata | See purchase information | Purchase required.
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| Vray plug-in for Rhino | Version 5/64-bit Download |
No purchase is required.
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| WolframAlpha Pro (Personal) |
Download | No purchase is required. Installation on a personal computer. |
| Zoom Video Communication | Download | No purchase is required. Getting started with Zoom Zoom for Rice Students Using Zoom in Canvas |
| Zoom Video Communication (China) | Download | Only use this download if you are in China |