Software for Students + Faculty
The table below includes commonly used software available to students and faculty for download and/or purchase.
UVA-wide licensed software:
Faculty, Staff, and Students - please check here for availability of software to use for teaching and research. UVA already licenses many tools for a wide variety of things.
LearningTech - UVA's digital toolkit. Licensed tools for teaching and learning, including many integrated tools into UVA Canvas as well as independent web-based tools for productivity, media, communication, and more.
UVA Software Gateway - licensed and contracted desktop software for GIS, statistics, data analysis, assistive technologies, video, communication, and connectivity.
School of Architecture software:
| Software Title | Where to get it |
| UVA site-licensed software -- Free -- Virus protection, UVa Anywhere VPN, etc. |
UVA Software Gateway |
| Microsoft Office (Windows and Macintosh) -- Free for students -- available to all students and faculty for personal use under the university Campus Agreement. |
Microsoft Products at UVA |
| Microsoft Windows -- Free for students -- available to all students and faculty for personal use under the university Campus Agreement. use as an upgrade from a previous version of Windows, or to run Windows on Mac. |
Microsoft Products at UVA |
| Adobe Creative Cloud (Mac and Windows) -- $159 / yr -- The full Adobe Creative Suite, latest versions, cloud subscription (** required for all students, contract price specific to UVA) Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat Pro, Premiere, After Effects, and many more |
Cavalier Computers |
| ArcGIS - Geographic Information Systems -- Free -- Cloud login through the UVA Library |
UVA Software Gateway Also needs the Microsoft .NET 6 installer. Choose Windows x64 |
| Autodesk - AutoCAD, Revit, Maya, and much more... Mac and Windows versions. -- Free -- individual student and faculty license, requires verification of ID. |
Autodesk Education Community |
| Rhino - 3D CAD modeling. Mac and Windows. -- $95 -- individual student license (faculty please talk to IT) |
Cavalier Computers |
| SketchUp - 3D CAD modeling. Mac and Windows. -- Free -- SketchUp (web only) -- $55/yr -- SketchUp Studio , student or instructor license |
SketchUp.com (free version) Sketchup for Higher Ed (student and instructor) |
| V-Ray - photo-realistic rendering -- $149 per year -- V-Ray Education Collection |
Purchase through V-Ray Online Store (must use username@virginia.edu) |
| Enscape - Quick 3D rendering and VR -- $149 per year subscription (or $12.42/mo) -- 14-day free trial available |
Enscape for Students 14-day free trial Free for Educators (instructors) |
| Climate Studio - Site Analysis, Daylight, Energy modeling -- Free (through UVA SARC license) |
Contact Eric Field for license. |
| VMware Horizon - connect to the A-School Virtual Workstations and research computing clusters. -- Free |
A-School Virtual Workstations |