UBC IT provides a variety of software programs to the University community. Leveraging volume purchases, IT is able to provide discounts to the UBC community. Over one thousand UBC faculty and staff buy statistical products, Microsoft software and UBC administrative system software through IT, taking advantage of low prices and the convenience of being able to install software across the network onto their hard drives in a matter of minutes.

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.

Eligibility for some products may be restricted based on your affiliation with the university, e.g., student, staff, or faculty.

Products by Vendors:

• Adobe Products (Staff and Faculty only)
  • Various Adobe productivity software including: Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc
• Antivirus Products
  • Sophos Anti-Virus
• Microsoft Products (Staff and Faculty only)
  • Office Applications, Operating Systems, Server Options
• Mathematical and Statistical Software
  • Matlab , SAS , S-Plus , SPSS , Mathematica, Maple, Other
• Oracle
  • Oracle Enterprise Edition Database
• Other

Announcements

Microsoft Products - Students

The UBC Bookstore offers academic pricing to students for many software packages including Microsoft Office 2010 and Windows 7 Operating Systems. Please visit the Bookstore to see their wide selection of products.

Connecting to Saturn:

Instructions on how to connect to the Saturn Download server can be found here .

Software Policies

By purchasing a software license, you are only purchasing the right to use the software. You do not own the software and cannot redistribute it to friends or family. Some other important policies surrounding our Software Licensing Service include:

• Once software has been purchased, it CANNOT be returned . Thus, compatibility between your computer and the software should be thoroughly researched before a purchase is made.
• Licenses are purchased per machine, so a single license cannot be used for multiple machines. NOTE: Depending on the software, Departments with at least ten machines in their lab may have the opportunity to purchase a Lab License.
• Most licenses are based around a yearly maintenance fee.
• The IT Service Centre offers very limited technical support for this software, so we suggest that you check the manual or the vendor's website before contacting us.