Get software
IT Services enables departments, colleges and individual members to obtain a variety of software products
For the full software list consult the table below or scroll down for more information.
Software full list catalogue
The list below shows the general availability for each software product. Your personal entitlement will depend on the status shown on your University Card (this will be verified when purchased via the IT Services Shop). This list is intended to show all software generally available throughout the University. If you are aware of software that should be included on this list please contact us at Software Licensing.
Note: Download link may be restricted access. ITSS indicates link is only for registered IT Staff
Software and validity | Additional details | Obtain from | License terms | Download |
University units |
Staff/Students |
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Adobe CLPAgreement(Perpetual) |
Adobe CLP Agreement includes this software with perpetual licensing:
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IT Services On Line Shop | Adobe CLP Terms | Yes |
Site-licensed available on any departmental or personal device. No students
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Adobe VIP Agreement (Subscription) Named User Only Device see ITSS Wiki for local admin |
Adobe VIP Agreement includes this software with subscription licensing:
(Note: More than 2 apps are the same cost as All Apps) |
IT Services On Line Shop | Adobe VIP Terms |
onthehub.com for staff/students |
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ArcGIS
renewed to 31/07/2023 |
Windows |
ESRI Terms |
ArcGIS Pro |
Yes | Yes for staff and students | |
BadCopy Pro (JuSoft) 4.1.0 build 125 |
File recovery software | ITSS Wiki (IT Staff only) |
IT Staff Only | ITSS | Yes |
No for students |
CasaXPS | Analysis techniques for both spectral and imaging data | Local IT | ITSS | Yes | ||
PerkinElmer 08/2020 |
Database Integration, a Faster Interface & More Color Capabilities. |
http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/software/chemoffice.html Contact: Karl Harrison |
Yes site-licensed for all staff on depart. machines |
Yes site-licensed for all staff personal devices only |
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Corel Academic Site Licence site licensed until 31/08/21 | Corel Painter, Paintshop Pro, CorelDraw Graphics Suite, PDF Fusion, VideoStudio Pro, Website Creator |
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CLL Terms | ITSS | ITSS | |
0101/Crystalmaker Suite (CrystalMaker, CrystalDiffract, SingleCrystal) | Visualization and analysis of crystal and molecular structures | Chemistry website | Annual site licence | Yes | Yes | Yes for staff and students |
EndNote (Perpetual) Renewal until 31/07/21 |
Dept/College owned Windows and macOS |
Download from Self-Registration Page
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Site Terms | ITSS | ITSS | Free for University machines via ITSS for both staff and students |
EndNote (for personal use - same as above) |
EndNote for personal use is free of charge and can be downloaded from the Self-Registration page, available for Windows or macOS. | Download from Self-Registration Page | Personal Terms | Self-Registration Page | Self-Registration Page | Self-Registration Page for staff and students |
ENVI 01.10.2020 |
Image Processing and Analysis | Geography David Ford |
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ERDAS IMAGINE | Windows and Unix |
Earth Sciences |
Yes | |||
File System Factory (Condrey) annual 31.10.21 |
Software Licensing | Yes | ||||
Imagine ( Will change to Azure Dev Tools for Teaching) | Formerly DreamSpark | Contact our supplier Bytes at oxforduni@bytes.co.uk to set up a local agreement | Yes | Yes for staff and students | ||
Intel C/C++ for Linux Compiler | ARC | Free | ||||
Intel Fortran for Linux Compiler | ARC | Free | ||||
JRB Utils Managing Micro Focus Perpetual with annual maintenance 30/06/21 |
Formerly Novell | IT Services On Line Shop | JRB Terms | ITSS | Free | |
RB Utils for Active Directory Perpetual with annual maintenance 30/06/18 | IT Services On Line Shop | JRB Terms | ITSS | Free | ||
Kofax Power PDF Advanced (Perpetual with annual maintenance) 20/03/22 | Kofax bought PDF Converter from Nuance in Feb 2019. | ITSS | Free | |||
LabVIEW | Not a site licence, apply to the Physics Department | Dept. of Physics Terms | Apply to Physics | Apply to Physics both staff and students | ||
MapInfo Pro (Rental until 05/2017) | includes Mapbasic via download | Software Licensing | ITSS | Yes | ||
MAPLE (3 yr Rental until 21/12/20) will not be renewed as site-licence. Maths will buy singles contact their IT |
Windows, Mac and Linux | Software Licensing | Maple Terms | ITSS | Yes | |
Mathematica (Site Licence - annual renewal on 01/11/21) | Windows, Mac and Linux. | Mathematica Terms | Free | Free for both staff and students | ||
Matlab Campus Licence (Annual site licence - renews on 31/07/21) |
Windows, Mac and Linux. Additional toolboxes included | University, Staff & Student owned computers | ITSS | Free | Free for both staff and students | |
Microsoft Campus Renewed for 3 years to 31/08/23 |
OS upgrades, Office, Sharepoint Designer and Core CAL's |
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Campus Terms | ITSS | Free | |
Work at Home for Windows 10 Parallels for Mac |
On The Hub | Campus WAH Terms | Yes for both staff and students | |||
Microsoft Select(Perpetual) | All Microsoft Academic Products, including: Windows Server Project Visio Visual Studio SCCM Suite Client Manager |
Purchase from Bytes via Oracle Punchout Bytes Portal or Contact Bytes at oxforduni@bytes.co.uk |
Select Terms | ITSS | Yes | No |
Microsoft Office365 (via Nexus365) |
Office365 apps are available to students and staff as part of Nexus365 which is Microsoft's Office365 subscription for The University. It is based on your University card status and can be downloaded to 5 different devices including home as well as University devices. (Visual Studio, Project, Visio and other products are not included in Nexus365 and require a separate purchase from Bytes: oxforduni@bytes.co.uk |
To download Office365 apps through Nexus365 go to the Nexus365 Help Pages 5 Device max - personal or University computer/device Replaces the previous Work from Home |
With Nexus365 email. | 5 Devices | Current staff only | Current staff and students only |
NAG (Annual renewal) | Serial Libraries, Data Mining Components, NAG Toolbox for MATLAB and FORTRAN Compiler | On Line / Local IT | Unlimited | Yes | Yes and Free (UG) | |
Micro Focus (formerly Novell - Perpetual, annual maintenance required) 31/07/21 |
Available for use as:
OES on SLES or for SLES only when used in support of an OES installation |
IT Services On Line Shop | Novell Terms | Yes | ||
Nexus365 (see Microsoft OFFICE365 above) | University version of Office365 | 5 Device max - personal or University computer/device | ||||
NVivo (Rental until 04/04/21) | Windows | NVivo Terms | ITSS | Free | Free for staff and students | |
OpenText Software (formerly Exceed & Hummingbird) (Rental until 31/07/21) |
Exceed and OpenText Secure Shell | CSS TermsGeneral Terms | ITSS | Free | Free for staff and students | |
Origin (renewed to 2022) | Windows | On Line / Local IT | ITSS | Yes | Yes for staff and Yes for the home version for students | |
OxMetrics (Annual Licence) |
Windows, Mac and Linux. | Software Server | Information within Download | Yes | Yes for staff and students | |
Oxygen XML Editor Maintenance, annual 18/05/21 |
Windows, Mac and Linux. | Free | Free for staff and students | |||
Parallels for Mac |
Virtual Machine for Mac |
Personal copies are perpetual Available ox.ac.onthehub.com Dept/College is subscription based 12 months via Bytes Oracle Punchout |
Dept/College or workstation Bytes | Personal copy onthehub for staff and students | ||
PCounter (Perpetual - no renewal as of 09/16) | Windows and Netware servers. | No longer renewed | PCounter Terms | Yes | ||
Portland C /C++ for Linux Compiler | Linux | ARC | Free | |||
Portland Fortran for Linux Compiler | Linux | ARC | Free | |||
SAS |
No longer Site Licensed Departmental licence (only in Medical Sciences & Said Business School) |
For single licence contact SAS and ask for educational pricing | SAS Terms |
Medical Sciences and Said Business School only |
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Scientific Word (Annual Maintenance Required) 07/02/21 |
Windows and Mac. |
Courtesy of Soc. Sciences |
Sci Word Terms | ITSS | Free &Instructions | Free &Instructions for staff and studens |
SigmaPlot (Annual renewal 31/08/21) | By contribution see ITSS Wiki | On Line / Local IT | ITSS | Yes | ||
Sophos Central (Rental to 11/9/21) Managed by InfoSec |
Windows and Mac. | Software server | Sophos Terms | Free | Free for staff and students | |
SpinRite v6.0(Version Site Licence) | Local IT | ITSS | Free | |||
SPSS, AMOS, Text Analytics for Surveys and Data Collection and Survey Visualization (Rental until 01/12/21) | Windows and Mac. | SPSS Terms | ITSS | Free | Free for staff and students | |
STATA |
Windows Mac Linux Solaris |
The University does not have site licence for STATA. Some departments maintain a licence for their users please ask your Course Admin or contact your local IT in your dept. Individuals not covered by local licence may obtain academic pricing from Timberlake click 'Education' |
see website | |||
Symantec Asset & Client Management Suite | Enables an accurate picture of assets throughout their lifecycle. | Software Licensing | Yes | |||
Symantec Ghost Solution Suite v3.3 | Disk imaging software. | IT Services On Line Shop | Yes | Yes for staff only | ||
VMWare | Virtualisation software. | Central Purchasing (Oxford only) | Yes | |||
VPN Client | For Windows, Mac and Unix | Software server | Free | Free for staff and students | ||
ZenworksConfiguration Manager (previously Zenworks for Desktops) (Perpetual with Maintenance) 31/07/18 |
Desktop OS Management |
IT Services On Line Shop | Zen Terms | Yes |
Agreement details: Each software item is covered by a different software agreement. The column "Licence Terms" in the table above links additional details on who can use and install the software. Availability is shown for University Units, Staff and Students. Where software is centrally funded it is noted as "free". If a fee is required it is noted as "Yes". A blank cell means that we are unable to supply this software. Please note that "free" refers only to the software licence, media cost will apply where required.
The following software is available on ARC systems:
Domain of Application | Software |
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Structural Mechanics | abaqus |
Computational Chemistry | abinit , adf, castep, dalton, gaussian03, gaussian09, gamess, gromacs, namd |
Computational Genomics | abyss, beast, impute, mrbayes, orca, velvet |
General Computing | mathematica , matlab, python |
Performance Compilers | Intel, PGI |
Performance Libraries | MKL, ACML, GSL, PETSc |
Medical imaging | FSL |
Statistics | R, stata |
Software Development Tools | DDT, Intel Debugger, valgrind |
Purchasing Software
The majority of software licences and associated media is distributed via the IT Services Shop. The column "obtain From" in the table above shows any exceptions. To obtain software for use on a computer that is owned by yourself, you must present your University Card. Users buying software on behalf of a department or college should bring a departmental or college order and their software card number.
Some software is obtained by individual departments of the University, not in IT Services. Full details of those agreements can be seen on the Oxford IT Staff wiki (only visible to Oxford IT Staff).
Software Licensing Agreements
IT Services manage a variety of software agreements, available to the various parts of the University depending on the type of agreement and funding model. Some additional software agreements have been taken out by individual departments with usage rights for the whole University. The list above shows the general availability for each software product and is intended to show all software generally available throughout the University. Your personal entitlement will depend on the status shown on your University Card which will be verified when software is purchased via the IT Services Shop.
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