Site Licenses
The University, College, and Department maintains licenses on various software:
Campus
Software available through the UCSB site license program is available here: ftp://ftp.ucsb.edu/ucsb/software-depot/site_licenses/
College of Engineering
Matlab - For more information on Matlab, please read the ECI's FAQ
MSDN-AA: Microsoft Software Developer Network - Academic Alliance. College of Engineernig faculty/lecturers and students taking at least one for-credit College of Engineering course are eligible. Covers most Microsoft products, except Office, for educational or research purposes. See ECI's FAQ or the MSDN-AA FAQ for more information. Or go directly to the MSDN-AA Software site now.
MCCA: Microsoft Consolidated Campus Agreement. Covers Microsoft Office for faculty, lecturers, and staff for both home and work computers. See ECI's FAQ for more information.
Free Software
A simple list of free, open-source software for Windows can be found here.
Buy Software
The UCSB Procurement Gateway is UCSB's central source for software available to the campus community at educational or volume discounts. They coordinate and implement volume software license agreements in support of UCSB's educational and research activities. NOTE: Gateway does not sell software to students. Students can purchase software from the UCSB Bookstore.
