The VMware Academic Program (VMAP) was a comprehensive usage program designed specifically for the academic community. It has now been changed to a free offering via Broadcom.
It includes licenses for the following products:
In addition to free licenses for instruction and research, VMware also provides academic institutions and affiliated organizations special discounts on VMware software and support when deployed as a part of their IT infrastructure.
For more information about VMware, visit the Grok article VMware: LSU Overview.
Students can install this software on their personal computers as part of their coursework or research projects; faculty and staff can use VMware software under specific program usage guidelines free of charge for academic research and classroom instruction.
NOTE: The VMWare client is different from VLab, the virtual desktop offered to all members of LSU which allows access to Computer Lab software remotely. You may install VLab virtual desktop with the following instructions: Virtual Lab (VLab): LSU Overview & Download. If you are having issues accessing software on VLab such as SPSS, please reach out to servicedesk@lsu.edu for assistance.
To download VMware client, you can simply download from the new VMWare Broadcom portal after creating a Broadcom account: Broadcom - Download VMWare
For help accessing VMWare via the Broadcom portal, please see this guide: https://www.mikeroysoft.com/post/download-fusion-ws/
Please note that VMWare's license model has changed to free for personal/academic use and our previous academic license will be discontinued. You will no longer need to request licenses and can simply download from the new VMWare Broadcom portal after creating a Broadcom account: Broadcom - Download VMWare
VMware by Broadcom announced that Workstation PRO 17 and Fusion PRO 13 and higher have become freely available for personal use.
Students, teachers, instructors, and lab administrators may use the free for personal use version on their personal machines, as well as in educational lab and research environments.
This version does not require a license key if used for these purposes.
A commercial license will be required only if the Workstation or Fusion software is running in critical and/or production environments, and/or if software support is required.
LSU students have access to free virtually hosted computer lab software from anywhere in the world using VLAB through VMWare Horizon.
For instructions on how to access VLab and for a list of included software, please see this GROK article: Virtual Lab (VLab): LSU Overview.
If you are accessing VLAB off campus, you will also need to download the LSU VPN. To download it, please see this article: VPN / Virtual Private Network: LSU Overview.
If you are having issues logging in or accessing software on VLab, please reach out to servicedesk@lsu.edu for assistance.
MATLAB is a numerical computing environment and programming language. Created by The MathWorks, MATLAB allows easy matrix manipulation, plotting of functions and data, implementation of algorithms, creation of user interfaces, and interfacing with programs in other languages. Although it specializes in numerical computing, an optional toolbox interfaces with the Maple symbolic engine, allowing it to be part of a full computer algebra system.
Students can use the software via VLAB and can download directly via the MatLab website using the following instructions: MatLab: Create a New Account or Sign In
Faculty, Staff, and Students can also access the software in on-campus Public Access Computer labs, in the LSU Library.
For additional information and how to access, see: MatLab: LSU Overview.
SPSS is a modular, tightly integrated, full-featured product line for the analytical process-planning, data collecting, data access, data management and preparation, data analysis, reporting, and deployment. The SPSS software is made available under the Louisiana State University license agreement with SPSS.
For additional information, please see: SPSS Statistics: LSU Overview.
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The IBM SPSS Statistics 28 desktop software is not supported on Linux operating systems. For more information, see Supported Platforms for IBM SPSS Statistics 28.0 and the latest SPSS Statistics Subscription.