Licensed software tools and platforms for academic use
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Free Notion Plus — unlimited pages, file uploads, website publishing, and 100 guest collaborators. Sign in with NYU email, upgrades automatically. AI add-on is half off.
Free Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and 1TB of OneDrive cloud storage. Install on up to 5 devices. Sign in at office.com with your NYU email — that's it.
Free GitHub Pro, Copilot AI, JetBrains IDEs, $200 DigitalOcean credit, $100 Azure credit, free domains, and 50+ more dev tools. Verify with your .edu email. Worth thousands.
Free Canva Pro — thousands of templates, stock photos, background remover, Magic Resize, and brand kits. Sign up with NYU email through Canva for Campus.
Free Figma Pro — unlimited files, version history, prototyping, Dev Mode, and FigJam whiteboarding. Verify with your .edu email.
Record your screen and camera to make quick video explainers. Share with a link — no downloads needed. Perfect for group projects and async updates.
The stats software economists and social scientists actually use. Regressions, panel data, econometrics — if your professor mentions Stata, this is it. Free in NYU computer labs.
Free AutoCAD, Revit, Maya, Fusion, 3ds Max, and Inventor — the industry-standard tools for architecture, engineering, 3D modeling, and animation. Renew every year while enrolled.
Run Python, R, and Julia notebooks on NYU's supercomputer — no local setup. Pre-loaded with NumPy, Pandas, TensorFlow, PyTorch. Just log in and start coding.
Free MATLAB and Simulink — the math and engineering software used in every STEM department. Install on your own devices with NYU's campus license.
Online collection of computer technology ebooks and videos from respected IT publishers including MIT Press, Microsoft Press, and Wiley. Covers everything from beginner tutorials to advanced programming languages.
Free ArcGIS license through NYU for geographic information system mapping, spatial analysis, and data visualization. Create professional maps, analyze geographic patterns, and process satellite imagery. Essential for urban planning, environmental science, public health, and social science research.
Free Wolfram Mathematica through NYU — the gold standard for symbolic computation, mathematical modeling, and technical computing. Covers algebra, calculus, statistics, machine learning, image processing, and 6,000+ built-in functions. Essential for math and physics courses.
Professional video editing software from Apple available through NYU. Industry-standard for film, TV, and YouTube production. Magnetic timeline, multicam editing, HDR support, motion graphics, and advanced color grading. Free with qualifying Apple Education purchase.
EViews econometric software for time series analysis, forecasting, and statistical estimation. Used extensively in economics and finance courses at NYU. Handles regression, ARIMA, VAR, cointegration, and other econometric methods.
Industry-standard screenwriting software available through NYU. Write screenplays, teleplays, and stage plays with automatic formatting, real-time collaboration, and industry-standard pagination. Used by professional Hollywood screenwriters. Available on campus computers.
Graphing and data analysis software for scientists and engineers. Create publication-quality graphs and perform advanced data analysis.
Professional survey platform free through NYU. Build surveys with branching logic, randomization, and advanced question types. Export and analyze data. The tool real researchers use.
Free Malwarebytes Premium anti-malware software for your personal computer. Protects against viruses, ransomware, phishing, and other threats. Available for both PC and Mac. Install with your NYU email at the Malwarebytes NYU portal.
Free access to SAS OnDemand for Academics — cloud-based SAS environment for statistical analysis, data mining, and predictive modeling. Used in business analytics, epidemiology, and social science research. No installation required; runs in your browser.
Minitab statistical software for quality improvement, data analysis, and process optimization. User-friendly interface for hypothesis testing, regression, control charts, and DOE. Used in engineering, business, and healthcare quality programs.
Free JMP statistical software for NYU students. Visual analytics platform from SAS for interactive data exploration, statistical modeling, and design of experiments. Drag-and-drop interface makes complex statistics visual and intuitive.
IBM SPSS Statistics available at student pricing through NYU. Industry-standard software for statistical analysis used in social sciences, psychology, business, and health research. Point-and-click interface makes complex statistics accessible without programming.
MPlus statistical software for structural equation modeling, multilevel modeling, and mixture models. Widely used in psychology, education, and social science research for analyzing complex data structures and latent variables.
Database containing detailed reports on IT, security, and communications technology trends and analysis. Useful for computer science and business technology research.
Atlas.ti qualitative data analysis software for coding, annotating, and analyzing text, images, audio, and video data. Essential for qualitative research in social sciences, humanities, and health. Available through NYU.