| Product | For teachers/researchers | For students |
|---|---|---|
| Data analysis, statistics, etc. | ||
| SPSS | subject to a fee |
subject to a fee |
| Matlab | financed by the FB | financed by the FB |
| Mathematica | subject to a fee | |
| Origin Pro | subject to a fee | partly free of charge |
| NAG Library | free of charge | free of charge |
| Finite-element-analysis, etc. | ||
| ANSYS | subject to a fee | Students' version |
| Dassault Abaqus | subject to a fee | Students' version |
|
MSC Adams, Nastran |
free of charge | |
| CAD/CAM/CAE | ||
| PLM NX | free of charge | free of charge |
| PLM Solidedge | Students' version | |
| Mathworks Roadrunner | free of charge | free of charge |
| CorelCAD | free of charge | |
| System development | ||
| LabVIEW | subject to a fee | free of charge |
| Literature administration | ||
| Citavi | free of charge | |
| Product | For employees | For students |
| Antivirus | ||
| Sophos |
centrally financed (opens in new tab) (for business use) free of charge (for private use) |
free of charge |
| Office packages | ||
| Microsoft Office | centrally financed | centrally financed |
| PDF software | ||
| PDF-XChange Pro | centrally financed | |
| Adobe Acrobat Pro (Document Cloud) | subject to a fee | |
| Graphics / video processing | ||
| Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator etc.) | subject to a fee | |
| CorelDRAW, Paint Shop Pro, Painter… | centrally financed | |
| VideoStudio | centrally financed | |
| Panopto | centrally financed (opens in new tab) | |
| Camtasia | Licence pool | |
| Task management/Kanban-Board | ||
| MeisterTask | subject to a fee | free of charge |
| Mindmapping | ||
| MindMeister | subject to a fee | free of charge |
| Video conferencing | ||
| Zoom | centrally financed | free of charge |
| BigBlueButton (BBB) | free of charge | free of charge |
| Machine translations and AI writing assistant | ||
| DeepL Pro Translator + DeepL Write Pro | subject to a fee | |
|
The university joined the federal agreement for “Microsoft Enrollment for Education Solutions (EES)”. Details can be found here
. Employees can purchase additional Microsoft products via the Select Plus framework contract for research and teaching . |
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| Microsoft desktop products | For employees | For students |
| Windows 10/11 Edu (Upgrade licence) | centrally financed | free of charge |
| Office 365 (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, Access, Publisher) | ||
| Microsoft server products | ||
| Windows Server, SQL Server |
with costs (purchase)
with costs (rent) |
|
| Exchange Server, Sharepoint Server | centrally financed | |
| CALs for Windows Server | centrally financed |
with costs (purchase)
with costs (rent) |
The following campus contract was concluded: “Red Hat Enterprise Linux Academic Site Subscription”.
This includes:
- Access to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Academic Client and Server editions
- Unlimited access to the Smart Management Modules
- The managed use of Red Hat Linux systems is permitted in unlimited numbers for devices of the Technical University of Darmstadt
- Private devices are excluded from this
For more information, please send an e-mail to software@hrz.tu-….
A list of freely available software (open source, freeware, etc.) can be found here .
For workplaces managed by workplace support (e.g. in central administration), please also see this page .
Software is subject to the reproduction prohibition of copyright law.
Making copies contradicts the copyright regulations and the license agreements concluded by TU Darmstadt. Passing on software to third parties in any form “loan, sale, rental” is not permitted. The right to distribute software remains with the author. Passing on programs constitutes unlawful processing. The absence of copy protection does not entitle the user to copy software for distribution or resale. The installation of so-called pirate copies on the computers and servers at and belonging to TU Darmstadt is prohibited.
Licensing agreements for the use of products in teaching and research have been concluded for almost all programs. Use of programs for other purposes must be approved by a respective licensor. This may also apply to projects financed by third parties and in case of cooperation with private enterprises. Please ask the licensor in time if you are allowed to use the program after the expiration of the according license.
Please read the following user regulations and guidelines: Benutzungsordnung für IT-Systeme der TU Darmstadt (opens in new tab) as well as the guideline on ethical and legal questions of software use . Violation of applicable law is punishable by law.