Software Licensing Student Resources

BCIT has several software packages available to students under a number of different software licensing agreements. The information in the matrix below includes information provided by program heads. It is not 100% complete. If you require a specific software package for your studies or project and do not find it listed here, contact your Program Assistant for more information.

Student licensing matrix

The following matrix provides a list of available products, the agreement they are available under and how to get the software.

Software Package	Agreement	Source
Adobe Acrobat Reader	Free download	Adobe website
Adobe Acrobat Professional	Not covered	Adobe Student Option
Adobe Creative Cloud	Not covered	Adobe Student Option
Autodesk	Free Download	Autodesk product information
Mathworks Matlab	Total Student Headcount license	Install Matlab
Microsoft Office	Office 365	Get Office 365
Microsoft Project	Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching only	See department office for availability through Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching
Microsoft SQL Server	Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching only	See department office for availability through Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching
Microsoft Visio	Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching only	See department office for availability through Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching
Microsoft Windows Server	Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching only	See department office for availability through Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching
Microsoft Visual Studio	Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching only	See department office for availability through Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching
Solidworks Educational	Educational version, only available to registered BCIT students	Install Solidworks