Software Purchasing

Students, Faculty & Staff

VCU provides current versions of Microsoft Windows and Office to students at no cost; and a minimal cost to faculty and staff for personal use. See Microsoft Office or Operating Systems on the Software Center webpage for more information. 

Purchasing programs are available to provide software discounts to students, faculty, and staff for personal and professional purchases. 

For access to Adobe Creative Cloud, please visit https://adobe.vcu.edu for more information. Students may purchase a subscription for access to Adobe Creative Cloud on a per-semester basis. Faculty/staff may request an Adobe software license by contacting their their Adobe Unit Liaison: https://go.vcu.edu/adobe/liaisons

Statistical software such as JMP, Maple, Mathematica, SAS, SPSS,is currently available free to faculty, staff, and students for instructional and/or research use on the Software Center page. Software licensing is subject to change at any time without notice. 

VCU Schools & Departments

VCU provides current versions of Microsoft Windows and Office at no cost for all departments and classrooms within VCU (excluding VCU Medical Center).

Departments should visit VCU Procurement & Payment for software contact information from Microsoft.  Apple provides discounts for departmental purchases as well.