Licensed software at CSE
UNSW and CSE have licensing agreements with a number of vendors to make software available to staff and students.
- Microsoft OS and server software
- The Microsoft Azure webstore is available to currently enrolled CSE students.
- Microsoft Office
- Office ProPlus is available for free to current UNSW students.
- Office 365 University is available for AU$119 for 4 years.
- UNSW-owned mac users can install Office through the UNSW Self-service app.
- Adobe products (including Acrobat)
- Adobe Creative Cloud is available to UNSW staff on compatible UNSW-owned and personal computers.
- Download the client (Windows and appleOS only) and log in with your zID@ad.unsw.edu.au and zPass
- We can still install Acrobat Pro for Postgrad students, but only on UNSW-owned computers.
- (Note that most people only need the free Acrobat Reader for most tasks; MS Word can save to PDF natively.)
- VMWare
- VMWare IT Academy licenses are available to currently enrolled CSE students, and to CSE staff.
- To request a license, send a mail to System Support
- Symantec Antivirus
- Symantec AntiVirus is available for free to UNSW students.
- Sophos Antivirus
- Installed by default on UNSW-owned macs, via the self-service app.
- Matlab
- See the Matlab page for details
- Other licensed products
- See the UNSW IT software pages for students and staff.
- Also see UNSW myAccess for remote access to a range of virtual applications.
- Other open-source software
- The mirror has local respositories for Debian, Ubuntu, CPAN, CTAN and more.