Software downloads

The University recommends that you use Windows Defender which comes pre-installed on Windows devices.

Microsoft Defender is an anti-malware component of Microsoft Windows

NVIVO  is qualitative data analysis software designed to aid users in managing, organising and supporting research in qualitative data analysis projects. 

With purpose built tools for classifying, sorting and arranging information,  NVivo can assist with analysing different types of data such as interview transcripts, field notes, case notes and articles.

Maple is an algebraic and numerical mathematics package used for solving mathematical problems and creating interactive technical applications.

Read&Write Gold is designed to provide help to computer users with reading and writing difficulties. Among its many features are the ability to read text aloud and help construct words and sentences. It also has advanced spell checking, document scanning and internet tools.

As of the 1st of January, 2019,  Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching Standard and Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching Premium replaced the names of Imagine Standard and Imagine Premium.

Minitab is a powerful statistical software package that provides a wide range of data analysis capabilites.

Minitab allows the user to create, manipulate and restructure data, produce a variety of graphs from simple charts to detailed diagrams and perform comprehensive statistical analysis.

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Autodesk offers a range of products through their portal. 

EndNote is a tool to search online bibliographic databases and to retrieve the references directly into Endnote. Endnote is also a reference and image database for searching for bibliographic references in your private reference library.

Amos provides you with powerful and easy-to-use structural equation modeling (SEM) software. Create more realistic models than if you used standard multivariate statistics or multiple regression models alone. Using Amos, you specify, estimate, assess, and present your model in an intuitive path diagram to show hypothesized relationships among variables.

As of the 1st of January, 2019,  Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching  Standard and Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching Premium will replace the names of Imagine Standard and Imagine Premium.

Turnitin, an online plagiarism prevention package helps educators take advantage of the Internet's educational potential. Papers submitted are compared against billions of Internet documents, an archived copy of the Internet, databases of submitted student papers, and journal and monograph databases. Any matching text is detailed in an Originality Report and sent to the user.

CrossOver Office Professional allows you to install your favourite Windows office applications in Linux.

Maple is an algebraic and numerical mathematics package used for solving mathematical problems and creating interactive technical applications.

Autodesk Revit is building information modelling software for architects, landscape architects, structural engineers, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (mep) engineers, designers and contractors.

Amos provides you with powerful and easy-to-use structural equation modeling (SEM) software. Create more realistic models than if you used standard multivariate statistics or multiple regression models alone. Using Amos, you specify, estimate, assess, and present your model in an intuitive path diagram to show hypothesized relationships among variables.

Password Safe is a free and open-source password manager program for use with Microsoft Windows.  The software allows you to safely create a secured and encrypted user name/password list. With Password Safe all you have to do is create and remember a single "Master Password" of your choice in order to unlock and access your entire user name/password list.

EndNote is a tool to search online bibliographic databases and to retrieve the references directly into Endnote. Endnote is also a reference and image database for searching for bibliographic references in your private reference library.

Heimdal FREE helps avoid confusing, risky websites, spyware, adware and tool bars when looking for new apps to install.  The software closes critical security vulnerabilities in your software and keeps key applications such as browses, Java and Adobe up to date automatically.

Maple is an algebraic and numerical mathematics package used for solving mathematical problems and creating interactive technical applications.

Maple is an algebraic and numerical mathematics package used for solving mathematical problems and creating interactive technical applications.

SPSS provides you with a broad range of capabilities for the entire analytical process. 

Microsoft Office Project gives you project management tools with usability, power, and flexibility, so you can manage projects more efficiently and effectively. You can control project work, schedules, and finances, keep project teams aligned, and be more productive through integration with Microsoft Office system programs, powerful reporting, guided planning, and flexible tools.

Autodesk Inventor is a computer-aided design application for 3D mechanical design, simulation, visualization, and documentation developed by Autodesk.

Origin Pro provides a data analysis and graphing workspace for scientists and engineers. 

7-Zip is an open-source file archive manager with a high compression ratio.

All in one software package for the data processing of nmr spectra, mass spectrometry spectra and uv/vis spectra across multiple instrument brand types.researchers can analyse their raw data files and process them into publication ready formats at home or university instead of data processing from single computer connected to instrument.

Maple is an algebraic and numerical mathematics package used for solving mathematical problems and creating interactive technical applications.

Autodesk3DS Max is a professional 3D computer graphics program for making 3D animations, models, games and images..

Forticlient uses ssl and ipsec vpn to provide secure, reliable access to corporate networks and applications from virtually any internet-connected remote location. forticlient simplifies remote user experience with built-in auto-connect and always-up vpn features.

Qualtrics is a user friendly, web-based, interface for creating and distributing online, self-completion questionnaire surveys, monitoring participants’ responses, and downloading data into numerous software packages, including those statistical analysis packages that we use as standard in both our teaching and research (e.g. Excel, SPSS/PASW).

Labview is a program for signal acquisition, measurement analysis, and data presentation, offering the flexibility of a programming language without the complexity of traditional development tools.

Windows 10 is the current release of the Windows operating system, produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, tablets, and home theater PCs.

NVIVO  is qualitative data analysis software designed to aid users in managing, organising and supporting research in qualitative data analysis projects. 

With purpose built tools for classifying, sorting and arranging information,  NVivo can assist with analysing different types of data such as interview transcripts, field notes, case notes and articles.

Gpg4win is an email and file encryption package for most versions of Microsoft Windows, which uses GnuPG public-key cryptography for data encryption and digital signatures.

MATLAB is a high-level technical computing language and interactive environment for algorithm development, data visualization, data analysis, and numerical computation. Using MATLAB, you can solve technical computing problems faster than with traditional programming languages, such as C, C++, and Fortran.

Gaussian 09 is the latest in the Gaussian series of programs. It provides state-of-the-art capabilities for electronic structure modeling. Gaussian 09 is licensed for a wide variety of computer systems. All versions of Gaussian 09 contain every scientific/modeling feature, and none imposes any artificial limitations on calculations other than your computing resources and patience.

ArcGIS Pro is the market leader for commercial GIS software.

Gaussian 09 is the latest in the Gaussian series of programs. It provides state-of-the-art capabilities for electronic structure modeling. Gaussian 09 is licensed for a wide variety of computer systems. All versions of Gaussian 09 contain every scientific/modeling feature, and none imposes any artificial limitations on calculations other than your computing resources and patience.

Office 2019 includes many of the features previously published via office 365, along with improved inking features, new animation features in powerpoint including the morph and zoom features, and new formulae and charts in excel for data analysis.

The ChemBioDraw® Ultra suite provides scientists with an up-to-date collection of scientifically intelligent applications for chemical structure drawing and analysis combined with biological pathway drawing.

Ansys is a general purpose finite element modeling package for numerically solving a wide variety of mechanical problems, used widely in industry to simulate the response of a physical system to structural loading, and thermal and electromagnetic effects. Ansys uses the finite-element method to solve the underlying governing equations and the associated problem-specific boundary conditions.

MindGenius is a mind mapping program offering the flexibility to draw a variety of concept maps and then export them to various applications.

The Autodesk Campus Agreement enables usage of a mix of all Autodesk software titles.  In addition, a pool of licenses is available on a first-come-first-served basis, for staff to run Autocad 2007. The license granted from this pool is a temporary license and lasts only as long as the Autocad session does. Thereafter the license is returned to the pool for re-allocation.

MATLAB is a high-level technical computing language and interactive environment for algorithm development, data visualization, data analysis, and numerical computation. Using MATLAB, you can solve technical computing problems faster than with traditional programming languages, such as C, C++, and Fortran.

Office for Mac is the essential software suite that enables you to quickly and easily create great-looking documents, spreadsheets and presentations.

Read&Write Gold is designed to provide help to computer users with reading and writing difficulties. Among its many features are the ability to read text aloud and help construct words and sentences. It also has advanced spell checking, document scanning and internet tools.

The ChemBioDraw Ultra suite provides scientists with an up-to-date collection of scientifically intelligent applications for chemical structure drawing and analysis combined with biological pathway drawing.

Office365 ProPlus is a service available to registered students with an Office365 email account enabling them to use the latest full version of Microsoft Office.

A VIP Agreement has been arranged with Academia to allow the University to gain the highest level of discount when purchasing Adobe products.

SPSS provides you with a broad range of capabilities for the entire analytical process. 

QGIS is a free and open-source cross-platform desktop geographic information system application that supports viewing, editing, printing, and analysis of geospatial data

Maple is an algebraic and numerical mathematics package used for solving mathematical problems and creating interactive technical applications.

Virex is anti-virus software for detecting, removing, and preventing computer viruses on MacOS X computers.

A VIP Agreement has been arranged with Academia to allow the University to gain the highest level of discount when purchasing Adobe products.

MindGenius is a mind mapping program offering the flexibility to draw a variety of concept maps and then export them to various applications.

Office 2021 includes many of the features previously published via office 365, along with improved inking features, new animation features in powerpoint including the morph and zoom features, and new formulae and charts in excel for data analysis.

Maple is an algebraic and numerical mathematics package used for solving mathematical problems and creating interactive technical applications.

The PGI Accelerator Server Compiler Suite allows users to use a C, C++ or FORTRAN compiler on any campus machine running Linux. The Accelerator features include support for GPU’s and multi-core CPU’s via CUDA-FORTRAN and CUDA-x86. See http://www.pgroup.com/products/pgiserver.htm for more details.

Mathcad is the industry standard for applying mathematics. The Mathcad product family allows you to calculate, graph, and communicate technical ideas. Mathcad delivers all the solving capabilities, functionality and robustness needed for calculation, data manipulation and engineering design work.

MATLAB is a high-level technical computing language and interactive environment for algorithm development, data visualization, data analysis, and numerical computation. Using MATLAB, you can solve technical computing problems faster than with traditional programming languages, such as C, C++, and Fortran.

Visual Studio Professional Edition is a comprehensive set of tools that accelerates the process of turning the developer's vision into reality.

ProCite is a powerful Windows tool for researchers, librarians, writers, and students.

All in one software package for the data processing of nmr spectra, mass spectrometry spectra and uv/vis spectra across multiple instrument brand types.researchers can analyse their raw data files and process them into publication ready formats at home or university instead of data processing from single computer connected to instrument.

MobaXterm is a toolbox for remote computing. In a single Windows application, it provides loads of functions that are tailored for programmers, webmasters, IT administrators and pretty much all users who need to handle their remote jobs in a more simple fashion.

Maple is an algebraic and numerical mathematics package used for solving mathematical problems and creating interactive technical applications.

Maple is an algebraic and numerical mathematics package used for solving mathematical problems and creating interactive technical applications.

Office365 ProPlus is a service available to registered students with an Office365 email account enabling them to use the latest full version of Microsoft Office.

AutoCAD is an industry leading 2D and 3D universal CAD design, drafting, modeling, architectural drawing and engineering software.

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• Designer
• Photo
• Publisher

Easyplot is a tool for viewing, analysing and plotting scientific or technical data.

SPSS provides you with a broad range of capabilities for the entire analytical process. 

EndNote Web is a Web-based bibliographic service for students and researchers that organises personal reference collections and saves time retyping references for course work and publication.

Microsoft Visio is a diagramming and vector graphics application and is part of the Microsoft Office suite.

Origin Pro provides a data analysis and graphing workspace for scientists and engineers. 

Minitab is a powerful statistical software package that provides a wide range of data analysis capabilites.

Minitab allows the user to create, manipulate and restructure data, produce a variety of graphs from simple charts to detailed diagrams and perform comprehensive statistical analysis.

Microsoft Teams is software that enables you and your team to work together remotely by giving you a collaboration platform to work within.

Mathcad is the industry standard for applying mathematics. The Mathcad product family allows you to calculate, graph, and communicate technical ideas. Mathcad delivers all the solving capabilities, functionality and robustness needed for calculation, data manipulation and engineering design work.

ArcGIS Desktop is used to compile, use, and manage geographic information. It includes a comprehensive set of professional GIS applications that support a number of GIS tasks, including: mapping, data compilation, analysis, geodatabase management, and geographic information sharing.