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What software site licenses are available?
By Ross Madden
Published on March 20, 2012 1:35 pm MT Updated on February 18, 2026 10:10 am MT Posted in Knowledge Base, Software
Special departmental software licensing varies across CNSIT departments. Please refer to your department when assessing software availability. The following licenses are available for university owned equipment only, unless otherwise noted.
Biology
- Adobe Acrobat (Faculty and Staff users only)
- Microsoft Office (https://portal.office.com)
- Matlab (See below)
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Adobe Acrobat (Faculty and Staff users only)
- Microsoft Office (https://portal.office.com)
- Matlab (See below)
Chemistry
- Adobe Acrobat (Faculty and Staff users only)
- Microsoft Office (https://portal.office.com)
- Signals ChemDraw (https://cnsit.colostate.edu/kb/chemdraw-licensing-changes)
- Gaussian 16 (MacOS, Windows and Linux binaries) & GaussView6 (MacOS and Windows binaries)
- SciFinder Scholar is now available through web interface. Follow the instructions from the CSU Libraries page at https://libguides.colostate.edu/scifinder to create an account.
- Matlab (See below)
- MestreNova (https://cnsit.colostate.edu/kb/mestrelab-campus-license)
Matlab
Available to all CSU faculty, staff, and students (some affiliations such as “Guest Associate” do not qualify under this license). Individual users can download and install MATLAB by visiting the MathWork’s self-service portal, clicking “Get started today” under “Download MATLAB”, and signing in with their NetID. A MathWorks account will be required for activation. When installing the software, choose “Total Academic Headcount” for the license type.
Microsoft Office
As of mid-summer 2014, the university has signed an agreement with Microsoft to utilize Microsoft’s M365 Education web-based services. Please view the following information on how to get Microsoft Office on your personally owned computers and devices: https://cnsit.colostate.edu/kb/office-365-now-available
From DoIT: https://it.colostate.edu/m365-apps-and-csu-software
Qualtrics
Survey Software available to all university faculty, staff, and students. To access, visit the following URL and log in with your CSU NetID and NetID password.
https://colostate.qualtrics.com
Other Software Licenses
Anything not listed here is most likely available from CSU’s Enterprise Software group. Their website along with a price list can be found here: https://csusystem.freshservice.com/support/solutions/articles/23000177545-Enterprise-Software-Administration-Overview
