Site Licenses
The University, College, and Department maintains licenses on various software:
University
Software available through the UCSB site license program is available here: ftp://ftp.ucsb.edu/ucsb/software-depot/site_licenses/
College
Matlab - For more information on Matlab, please read the ECE Department's Matlab page (webpage restricted to on-campus computers).
Department
MSDN-AA: Microsoft Software Developer Network - Academic Alliance. Computer Science faculty/lecturers and students majoring in Computer Science are eligible. Covers most Microsoft products, except Office, for educational or research purposes. See our FAQ or the MSDN-AA FAQ for more information. Or go directly to the MSDN-AA Software site now.
MCCA: Microsoft Consolidated Campus Agreement. Covers Microsoft Office for faculty, lecturers, and staff for both home and work computers. See our FAQ for more information.
Free Software
A simple list of free, open-source software for Windows can be found here.
Buy Software
The Software Depot is UCSB's central source for software available to the campus community at educational or volume discounts. They coordinate and implement volume software license agreements in support of UCSB's educational and research activities. We recommend that you check with Software Depot first when thinking about buying software. NOTE: The Software Depot does not sell software to students. Students can purchase software from the UCSB Bookstore.
