Student Versions Available
There are a number of software programs available for home use. Some are student versions that are free but may have limitations compared to the software installed on the DOE lab computers. In most cases you use your Carleton cmail email address to sign up for the software.
| Name | Type | Cost | Limits | Link |
| MSOffice 365 | all Carleton students | free | MS Office 365 Free for Carleton Students | |
| Microsoft Visio | for DoE students | free | Imagine Website | |
| Microsoft Project | for DoE students | free | Imagine Website | |
| Microsoft Azure Tools for Teaching | all Carleton students | free | Imagine Website | |
| AutoDesk Fusion360 | all Carleton students | free | AutoDesk Education | |
| ANSYS Student version | all Carleton students | free | 512k solver node limit | Ansys Free Student Products |
| Maple | all Carleton students | license from ITS | Contact Scott Bruce | |
| Matlab | all Carleton students | code from ITS | Matlab for Students | |
| OrCAD | Any student | free | OrCAD Academic Program | |
| Intel Development Tools, C++, Fortran | all Carleton students | free | Intel Free Tools |
Note: Due to Covid, ANSYS has provided a license code for our students to run full educational license version, not the node limited student version. If you need this license code contact scott.bruce@carleton.ca
Carleton Univeristy Software for Students
Listed are some software that you will need and instructions on how to install it.
Carleton University offers Microsoft software free of charge to all students:
- OneDrive (file storage and backups)
- Windows 10 Education is available for free to all computer science students via Azure Dev Tools for Teaching
- MS Office available to students free of charge
Carleton ITS offers some site-licensed software to students:
Anti-virus
Carleton university does not offer anti-virus to students. However there are options.
- Every Windows 10 O/S comes with a built in anti-virus called Windows Defender.
- If your internet provider is Bell or Rogers they offer free anti-virus to their customers