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.
