List of Software Available

Adobe Products

Name Price Description Requirements How to order
Acrobat Pro DC Free Create, edit, and sign PDF documents Available for UBC staff and faculty Getting Started
Adobe Creative Cloud Free The collection of 20+ apps including Acrobat Pro DC, Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom, and InDesign. Available for UBC faculty and staff Getting Started

*For more information about Adobe Software Licensing, including FAQ and ordering information, visit the Adobe Products software licensing page.

 

Anti-Virus Software

Name Price Description Requirements How to order
Sophos Anti-Virus Free Protects against viruses, spyware and adware, rootkits and suspicious files and behavior Available for all students, staff, and faculty Software download site
Sophos Endpoint Protection Suite Free Anti-virus protection with Intrusion Prevention, Live Web Protection, Device Control Available at a departmental level Departmental request
Sophos Pure Message Free Protects against spam, reduces phishing Available at a departmental level Departmental request

* For more information about Anti-Virus software available from UBC IT, please visit the Sophos Anti-Virus webpage for support details, FAQ, and download instructions.

 

Course Software

Name Price Description Requirements How to order
iClicker Free Clickers are wireless handheld devices that allow students to respond individually to in-class polls and quizzes, sending instant responses from the whole class to the instructor's computer. Clickers are known as a type of Classroom Response System (CRS) Available for all faculty, staff, and researchers Getting Started
Respondus StudyMate Free Respondus StudyMate is a desktop software instructors can download and use to create simple animation-based activities and games using custom course content. Available for all faculty, staff, and students Getting Started
Respondus Quiz Free Respondus Quiz is an assessment software for quickly creating and managing exams or quizzes that can either be printed and distributed as paper copies or imported to a Canvas course. Available for all faculty, staff, and researchers Getting Started

 

Data Analysis Software

Name Price Description Requirements How to Install
NVivo Software
Free Used for qualitative data analysis by researchers, evaluators, educators, and students. Enables users to collect, organize and analyze content from qualitative data sources. Available for staff and faculty on UBC-owned computers Further Information
Tableau
Free A modern, easy-to-use data analysis and reporting tool that allows effective data visualization from departmental data sets. Available for students and instructors Further Information

 

Mathematical, Statistical Software, and Scientific Software

Name Price Description Requirements How to order
MATLAB Free A language for technical computing that combines numeric computation, advanced graphics and visualization, and a high-level programming language Available for all faculty, staff, and researchers for non-commercial Teaching & Research Purposes Full details for MATLAB
SAS Free A software suite of products for business intelligence, business analytics, data warehousing, and data mining used to gather, manage, and analyze large amounts of information. SAS must only be used by UBC staff, faculty, employees, and students and only for non-commercial Teaching and Research and/or Administrative purposes for UBC. Full details for SAS
SPSS Free An advanced statistical package for the Social Sciences Only available for installation on UBC-owned computers Full details for SPSS
Maple Free A powerful mathematical problem-solving and visualization system used worldwide in education, research, and industry. UBC owned computers: computer labs, computers purchased under grants, departmental laptops, etc. Faculty owned computers: personal or office computers. Full details for Maple
SOLIDWORKS Free A 3D CAD Design and analysis software, and a solid modeler that utilizes a parametric feature based approach to create models and assemblies. The software is available in most engineering computer labs and Student Engineering Kits (SEK) are available via our license agreement for your personal device. SOLIDWORKS Student Engineering Kit (SEK) is available to all Vancouver campus' Faculty of Applied Science students.

SOLIDWORKS Education edition is available to Faculty of Applied Science staff and faculty.
SOLIDWORKS SEK for students

SOLIDWORKS Education Edition for faculty and staff

* Other software licenses are available not offered directly by UBC IT. Click here to view the other software.

Microsoft Products

UBC has a campus agreement for commonly used Microsoft products, including: Windows OS Upgrade Version, Microsoft Office, Visio, and Project.

For full details on Microsoft Products, please visit the Microsoft Products and Price Listing page.

 

Oracle

The software and full Oracle support is available at no charge to UBC administrative and academic departments for administrative, research, and community service use. 

For full details on Oracle Software, please visit the Oracle Software licensing page.

For more information or to purchase software for the Vancouver campus, please contact IT Software Licensing. Okanagan campus staff and faculty should contact the Instructional Computing Centre in the Okanagan.

 

Screen Capture Software

Name Price Description Requirements How to order
Snagit Free Snagit allows you to capture, modify, and share screenshots and basic desktop video captures.
  • Must have an active CWL account
  • Must be an active UBC staff, faculty or student
  • Windows 7 or greater, or OSX 10.8 or greater
Getting Started
Camtasia Free Camtasia complements the functionality of Snagit to include comprehensive video and audio recording of your screen, along with a powerful but simple timeline-based editor.
  • Must have an active CWL account
  • Must be an active UBC staff, faculty or student
  • Windows 7 or greater, or OSX 10.8 or greater
  • Getting Started
    VideoScribe Free VideoScribe is an animation software that allows instructors to create animation videos on a virtual whiteboard. Instructors can choose from an extensive library of shapes, images and text fonts, customize the animations, and add voiceovers and soundtracks.
  • Please use the same as Camtasia & Snagit
  • Getting Started

    *For more information, including FAQ and ordering information, visit the Screen Capture software licensing page