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Software for your device

We have a variety of software that you can use on your own laptop or PC to help with your studies.

Go to the University’s Work at Home site where you can find instructions and download the software.

Includes:

       Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook   IBM SPSS and AMOS  Zoom          Minitab 19

         Microsoft Office 365           IBM SPSS and AMOS                    Zoom                             Minitab 19

To access Microsoft 365 log in on the University portal homepage (portal.plymouth.ac.uk). Alternatively you can log into https://www.office.com directly to access your Microsoft 365 account and download the full desktop version on up to 5 of your devices.

SPSS for Mac

Please note that the latest Mac operating system 'Sonoma' is not compatible with SPSS. However, we have 2 workarounds for you:

1. You can use Sassafras to use the software by remotely logging into one of the University's remote access PCs. Please note, you will need to have the Forticlient VPN installed and running to click the link for Sassafras. 

OR

2. You can click on the Word file below to access the instructions to apply a fix to make Sonoma compatible with SPSS 28.  This should enable you to run the application on your Mac.

Power BI

Power BI

Click here and sign in with your UoP email address and password to get started with Power BI

MAXSURF

MAXSURF is free to use for academic purposes. 

You will need to create an account with Bentley, and log in with Bentley each time you use the software. 

Bentley automatically opens on start up on any student open access PC.

Software on Campus A-Z 2024-25

Title

Software Version

Locations

3DS Max

2025

All BGB, All Library (Excluding Kiosks & Laptop Lockers), All EMD, All RLB, Sassafras

Acrobat

24.1

All student PCs (excluding Sassafras PCs and Library Long-term loan laptops)

Aeroqual S500

6.5

DVY LabPlus, SMB104, SM203

After Effects

24.4.1

All RLB, All Library exc. Laptop lockers, All SCB Lecterns, LNK107, BGB004C, BGB004F, BGB004G

Anaconda

3.10.9

All ROL, All BGB, All SMB, All LNK, All EMB, All Main Campus Open Access

Android Studio IDE

2022.3

SM104, SM108, RLB209, RLB205a, RLB210

Animate

24.0.3

All RLB, All Library exc. Laptop lockers, All SCB Lecterns, LNK107, BGB004C, BGB004F, BGB004G

ANSYS Granta Edupack

2024 R2

All library, All BGB, All SMB, Sassafras, SCB lecterns, RLB lecterns, EMD007, EMD211, EMD Lecterns

ANSYS Workbench

2024 R2

All library, All BGB, All SMB, Sassafras, SCB lecterns, RLB lecterns, EMD007, EMD211, EMD Lecterns

ArcGIS Pro

3.1

All library, Sassafras, SCB lecterns, ROL lecterns, RLB lecterns, All BGB, All SMB, EMD007, EMD211, EMD Lecterns

ArchiCAD 26

26

RLB009, RLB201, RLB502

Arduino IDE

2.3.2

All student PCs

Arlequin

3.5.22

SMB104, SM105, All BGB, EMD007, EMD010, EMD011, EMD211

Audacity 3.6.4 EMD211, Davy701, Main campus open access

Audition

24.4.1

All RLB, All Library exc. Laptop lockers, All SCB Lecterns, LNK107, BGB004C, BGB004F, BGB004G

AutoCAD

2025

All BGB, All Library (Excluding Kiosks & Laptop Lockers), All EMD, All RLB, Sassafras

AutoCAD Architecture

2025

All BGB, All Library (Excluding Kiosks & Laptop Lockers), All EMD, All RLB, Sassafras

Autograph

5

All ROL

Axure RP

10

All SMB

BaseCamp

4.7.0

DVY LabPlus

Binocular Vision Analyser 2.9 ICP301

Bioedit

7.7.1.0

All student PCs

Biovia Draw

2024

All Main Campus PCs

Blender

4.1.1

BGB004F, EMD211, RLB009, RLB201, RLB205a, RLB209, RLB210, RLB Lecterns, ROL202, ROL302, ROL304, ROL Lecterns, SMB107a, SMB108, UC: Blender

Bridge

14.1.0

All RLB, All Library exc. Laptop lockers, All SCB Lecterns, LNK107, BGB004C, BGB004F, BGB004G

Carestream 8

3.10.0.3

Devonport DEF, Derriford DEF, Exeter DEF, Truro DEF

Carestream R4 Tutor

8.4.1

All student PCs

Character Animator

24.2

All RLB, All Library exc. Laptop lockers, All SCB Lecterns, LNK107, BGB004C, BGB004F, BGB004G

Chem4Word

3.3.5

All student PCs (Excluding PDSE)

Chitubox

2.1.0

All BGB, All library (Excluding kiosks & laptop lockers) All EMD,All RLB, sassafras

Chromas lite

2.6.6

All main campus PCs

Cinema4D

2024.4.1

RLB009, RLB209, RLB210

Clear Pronunciation 2

6.0.9

All Student PCs

CloudCompare

2.12.4

MB111, Sassafras

CostX

7.2

RLB 502

Creative Cloud

6.2.0

All student PCs (excluding Sassafras PCs and Library Long-term loan laptops)

Crumble

1.4.13

ROL302, ROL304, ROL Lecterns

Delft 3D 4.03.00 All BGB, All Library, All SMB

DESeq2 (Bioconductor R package)

1.38.3

All BGB, All EMD, All,Library (excluding Kiosk, Quick Use), All CKY, All ROL, All PSQ (Exc. LSRC), All RLB (Exc. RLB 209, RLB 210), All LNK (Exc. LNK LabPlus)

Design Builder

7

CKY Refectory, Coxside Lecterns, All library (Excluding Kiosks & Laptop Lockers), All EMD, PSQB103, RLB501, RLB502, ROL202, ROL302, ROL304, ROL Lecterns, SMB100, SMB108

Design Builder Results Viewer

3.1

CKY Refectory, Coxside Lecterns, All library (Exc. Kiosks & Laptop Lockers), All EMD, PSQB103, RLB501, RLB502, ROL202, ROL302, ROL304, ROL Lecterns, SMB100, SMB108

Dimension

3.4.11

All RLB, All Library exc. Laptop lockers, All SCB Lecterns, LNK107, BGB004C, BGB004F, BGB004G

DnaSP

6.12.03

All BGB, EMD007, EMD010, EMD011, EMD211, SMB104, SMB105

DNV Bladed

4.11

Library 008, ROL302, FTZ304, ROL202, Kirkby Terrace 2

Dreamweaver

21.4

All RLB, All Library exc. Laptop lockers, All SCB Lecterns, LNK107, BGB004C, BGB004F, BGB004G

Endnote

21

All Student PCs (Exc. Library Kiosk & Quick Use, DVY21, DVY LabPlus, JBB CSRC laptops Kspa Kiosk, LNK LabPlus, PSQ LSRC, Radiology)

Enscape (compatable with Vray)

3.5.3.117852

BGB004F, All Library, RLB 201, RLB212, RLB502

FaultKin

8.1.2

SMB104, SMB105, DVY701

Figma

124.1.11

All RLB and ALL SMB

FileOpen Plugin  

Main Campus Open Access (BGB 201, CKY 108, CKY 239, CKY 417, All Library PCs, EMD 010, EMD 011, RLB FS1, RLB FS2, SU Open Access)

FinchTV

1.4.0

All BGB, DVY701, DVY LabPlus, EMD007, EMD101, EMD011, EMD211, EMD Lecterns, LNK106, LNK Lecterns, SMB100, SMB104, SMB105, SMB Lecterns

Flood Modeller

7.1.1

All Library (Exc. Kiosks & Laptop Lockers), All SMB, All BGB, EMD211, PSQB103 and Sassafras.

FormIT Pro

2024

All BGB, All Library (Excluding Kiosks & Laptop Lockers), All EMD, All RLB, Sassafras

Fusion 360

Current

All BGB, All Library (Excluding Kiosks & Laptop Lockers), All EMD, All RLB, Sassafras

Geodetic Resources

3.1

All MB

Geoid Model EGM2008`

3.0.0

All MB

GitHub Desktop

3.2.4

EMD007, EMD211, EMD Lecterns, RLB 110, RLB111, RLB201, RLB 209, RLB Lecterns, All SMB, Main Campus Open Access

Google Earth pro

7.3.3

All Student PCs

GPS Pathfinder Office

5.9

FTZ310, FTZ302, FTZ Lecterns, DVY LabPlus, DVY FieldTrip

GridInquest 2

1.0.1e

MB111, MB Lecterns

Helix PV4

2023

RLB201, RLB205a, RLB209, RLB210

Hess Screen Test Chart 2.9 ICP 301

IES Virtual Enrironment 2021

21.2.0.0

RLB501, RLB502

IHS Kingdom

2023

SMB104, SMB203, UC: IHS Kingdom

Illustrator

28.5

All RLB, All Library exc. Laptop lockers, All SCB Lecterns, LNK107, BGB004C, BGB004F, BGB004G, Davy Field Trip Laptops

ImageJ

Current

CKY513, CKY514, CKY515, FTZ302, SMB100

ImageJ Fiji

Current

CKY513, CKY514, CKY515, FTZ302, SMB100

InCopy

19.4

All RLB, All Library exc. Laptop lockers, All SCB Lecterns, LNK107, BGB004C, BGB004F, BGB004G

InDesign

19.4

All RLB, All Library exc. Laptop lockers, All SCB Lecterns, LNK107, BGB004C, BGB004F, BGB004G

Infinity Analyze

6.5.6

DVY LabPlus

Intel Quartus II

20.1

EM007, EM010, SM011, EM211, All Library (Exc. Kiosks), SMB100, SMB011, SMB211

IntelliJ IDEA 2023

2023.2

SMB107, SMB108

JAGS

4.3.1

All Student PCs (Exc. Library Kiosks & Quick Use, PDSE, Kspa Kiosk, LNK LabPlus, Radiology, PSQ LSRC, RLB209, RLB210, DVY 217)

Jamovi

2.3.28.0

All Library (Excluding Kiosks), All SMB, CKY108, CKY235, CKY236, CKY237, CKY239, CKY417, CKY512, CKY513, CKY514, CKY515, CKY517, CKY519, CKY Lecterns, CKY Refectory, EMD007, EMD010, EMD011, EMD211, EMD Lecterns, PSQA104, PSQ Lecterns, Sassafras

Keil uVision

5.38

Main Campus Open Access

Kestrel Communicator

2.1.1

DVY LabPlus, SMB104, SMB203

Kestrel Link

1.04.04

All Student PCs

Krita

5.2.2

RLB201, RLB209, RLB210

Lego WeDo 1

1.2.3

ROL302, ROL304, ROL Lecterns

Lego WeDo 2

2.0.1.9.385

ROL302, ROL304, ROL Lecterns

Lightroom Classic

13.3.1

All student PCs (excluding Sassafras PCs and Library Long-term loan laptops)

Loadmaster Stability Programme

5.23

ROL302, MB111, MB Lecterns, EMD211

LUSAS

20

Library Level 0-3, SMB100, SMB104, SMB105, SMB107A, SMB108, LIB003, EMD007, EMD010, EMD011, EMD211

Maple

2024.1

All Student PCs (Exc. Dental)

MasterSeries

2022

MB111, MB Lecterns, All BGB, All SMB, All Library (Exc. Kiosk & Laptop Lockers)

MATLAB + Plugins

R2024a

All Student PCs (Excluding Dental), MB Laptops.

Maxsurf

24.0.0.722

All BGB, All SMB, All Library (Exc. Kiosks & Laptop Lockers)

Maya

2025

All BGB, All Library (Excluding Kiosks & Laptop Lockers), All EMD, All RLB, Sassafras

Mbed Studio

1.4.5

EMD007, EMD211, EMD Lecterns, RLB110, RLB111, RLB201, RLB209, RLB Lecterns, All SMB, RLB 210, Main Campus Open Access

Media Encoder

24.4.1

All RLB, All Library exc. Laptop lockers, All SCB Lecterns, LNK107, BGB004C, BGB004F, BGB004G

Mega 11

11.0.13

All student PCs

Meshlab

2023.12

RLB 201, 209 and 210

MeshMixer

3.5

All BGB, All Library (Excluding Kiosks & Laptop Lockers), All EMD, All RLB, Sassafras

Meshroom

2023.3.0

RLB 201, 209 and 210

Microsoft Office 365

16.0.16731.20600

All Student PCs

Microsoft Project

2021

All Student PCs, Sassafras

Microsoft Teams

1.5.00.8070

All Student PCs

MikTeX

24.1

All Student PCs (Exc. Library Kiosks & Quick Use, PDSE, Kspa Kiosk, LNK LabPlus, Radiology, PSQ LSRC, RLB209, RLB210, DVY 217)

Minitab

19.1

All Student PCs (Exc. Library Kiosks & Quick Use, DVY LabPlus, JBB CSRC, Kspa Kiosks, PSQ LSRC, Radiology)

MOVE Suite

2022

SMB104, SMB203

MRIcroGL

1.2.20220720

LNK106, PSQB103

MudBox

2024

All BGB, All Library (Excluding Kiosks & Laptop Lockers), All EMD, All RLB, Sassafras

Node JS + Vue CLI

18.17.1

RLB209, RLB210

Notion Desktop

2.0.45

RLB210, RLB209, RLB201

NVivo

14.233.3.61

All BGB, All Plymouth Open Access (Excluding Kiosks & Laptop Lockers), All EMD, All RLB, All CKY, All ROL, PSQ Lecterns, All LNK, Sassafras, MB111

OBS Studio

29.1.3

RLB Gaming Labs

Observing Children Moving

1.0

Thomas Pitts, ROL202, ROL302, ROL Lecterns

OpenSesame

3.3.14

All Library (Exc. Kiosks & Laptop Lockers), EMD007, EMD010, EMD011, EMD211, LNK All, ROL202, ROL302, ROL304

Optix

6.7.7.0

CEE Clinic

Oxford Medical Simulation

MB7.023664

Main Campus Open Access

Panopto Local recorder

12.0.3.4

All Lecterns nd Projector PCs, CEE Clinic

Photoshop

25.9

All student PCs (excluding Sassafras PCs and Library Long-term loan laptops)

PMx

1.8

ROL304, FTZ302, FTZ304, FTZ309, FTZ310, FTZ304-Specialist, DVY LabPlus, EMD007, EMD010, EMD011,EMD211, Kirkby Terrace 2, DVY701, All Library (Excluding Kiosks & Laptop Lockers), Rolle 304, Sassafras

Prelude

22.6.1

All RLB, All Library exc. Laptop lockers, All SCB Lecterns, LNK107, BGB004C, BGB004F, BGB004G

Premiere Pro

24.4.1

All RLB, All Library exc. Laptop lockers, All SCB Lecterns, LNK107, BGB004C, BGB004F, BGB004G

Premiere Rush

2.10

All RLB, All Library exc. Laptop lockers, All SCB Lecterns, LNK107, BGB004C, BGB004F, BGB004G

Proteus VSM

8.14

SMB100, SMB105, SMB Lecterns

PureRef

1.11.1

RLB201, RLB209, RLB210

PuTTY

0.78

EMD007, EMD211, EMD Lecterns, RLB 110, RLB111, RLB201, RLB 209, RLB Lecterns, All SMB, Main Campus Open Access

QGIS

3.34.8

All Student PCs (Exc. Dental), UC: QGIS

QINSy

9.5.6

All MB

Qt

6.6.0

SMB107, SMB108

QUARC

2023 SP1

SMB105

Quarto

1.5.54

All Student PCs (Exc. Library Kiosks & Quick Use, PDSE, Kspa Kiosk, LNK LabPlus, Radiology, PSQ LSRC, RLB209, RLB210, DVY 217)

QuizOne

1.0.0

All Student PCs

R

4.3.1

All student PCs (Excluding Library Kiosk, Library Quick Use, KSPA Kiosks, All PDSE, LNK LabPlus, Radiology, PSQ LSRC, RLB Gaming Labs, DVY217, Optometry, JBB CSRC Laptops)

RACK 2

2.3.0

RLB201, RLB209, RLB210

RAxMLGui

2.0.10

All Student PC's excluding dental

Reality Capture

1.4.0

RLB 201, 209, 210

Revit

2025

All BGB, All Library (Excluding Kiosks & Laptop Lockers), All EMD, All RLB, Sassafras

RhinoCam

2023

RLB502, RLB009, BGB004F

Rhinoceros 3D

7.31

BGB004F, All Library (Exc. Kiosks, quck use and laptops), RLB009, RLB201, RLB209, RLB212, RLB213, RLB407, RLB502 Sassafras, SM108

Road to IELTS

6.1.1

All student PCs (Exc. Dental)

Rockworks20

20.11.30

All Library (Excluding Kiosks & Laptop Lockers), DVY LabPlus, FZB302, FZB310, FZB Lecterns, SM104, SM203

RStudio

2024.04.2

All Student PCs (Exc. Library Kiosks & Quick Use, PDSE, Kspa Kiosk, LNK LabPlus, Radiology, PSQ LSRC, RLB Gaming Labs, RLB209, RLB210, DVY 217, Optometry, JBB CSRC Laptops)

RT0x0

19.2.4.4

Steam Lab Laptops

Rtools

4.3

All Student PCs (Exc. Library Kiosks & Quick Use, PDSE, Kspa Kiosk, LNK LabPlus, Radiology, PSQ LSRC, RLB209, RLB210, DVY 217)

Safe Exam Browser (SEB)

3.5.0.544

All Student PCs

Scratch

3.29.1

RLB110, RLB111

SigmaPlot

14.5

CKY514, CKY519, CKY, 513, CKY515, All Library (Exc. Kiosks, Quick Use and Laptops)

SIMUL8

2023

All Student PCs (Exc. PDSE)

Sketchbook

8.7.1.0

All BGB, All Library (Excluding Kiosks & Laptop Lockers), All EMD, All RLB, Sassafras

Slicer for Fusion 360

1.0.0.0

All BGB, All Library (Excluding Kiosks & Laptop Lockers), All EMD, All RLB, Sassafras

SMART Lumio

23.1

All Rolle lecterns with boards

SNAP (Sentinel Application Platform)

9.0.0

CKY513, CKY514, CKY515, CKY Lecterns, LNK 106, LNK 107, All MB, All BGB, All Rolle, All PSQ

Snort

2.9.20.1

SMB108

SolidCam

2022

BGB106, RLB009, SMB108

SolidWorks

2024 SP03.1

All BGB, All EMD, All SMB, RLB009, RLB212, RLB213, RLB502, CSH Library level 0-3 and Hi-Spec, Sassafras

Sonarwiz

7.11.00

MB111

Spectrus Processor

2023.2.4

CKY513, CKY514, CKY515, DVY701, DVY LabPlus, DVY Lecterns, EMD007, EMD211, EMD Lecterns, LNK106, LNK107, LNK Lecterns, ROL202, ROL302, ROL304, ROL Lecterns, SM104, SM203

SPM12

SPM12

EMD211, All Library (Exc. Kiosks)

SPSS AMOS

28

All Library (Exc. Kiosks), All SMB, CKY108, CKY235, CKY236, CKY237, CKY239, CKY417, CKY512, CKY513, CKY514, CKY515, CKY517, CKY519, CKY Lecterns, CKY Refectory, EMD007, EMD010, EMD011, EMD211, EMD Lecterns, PSQA104, PSQ Lecterns, Sassafras

SPSS Modeler

18.2.2

All Library (Exc. Kiosks), All SMB, CKY108, CKY235, CKY236, CKY237, CKY239, CKY417, CKY512, CKY513, CKY514, CKY515, CKY517, CKY519, CKY Lecterns, CKY Refectory, EMD007, EMD010, EMD011, EMD211, EMD Lecterns, PSQA104, PSQ Lecterns, Sassafras

SPSS Statistics

28

All Library (Exc. Kiosks), All SMB, CKY108, CKY235, CKY236, CKY237, CKY239, CKY417, CKY512, CKY513, CKY514, CKY515, CKY517, CKY519, CKY Lecterns, CKY Refectory, EMD007, EMD010, EMD011, EMD211, EMD Lecterns, PSQA104, PSQ Lecterns, Sassafras

StepOne and StepOnePlus

2.3

SMB104, SMB105

Stereonet

11.5.1

SMB104, SMB203, DVY701

Storyboard Pro

22

RLB All (Exc. RLB210, RLB209, RLB201)

Strawberry Perl

5.38.2.2

All Student PCs (Exc. Library Kiosks & Quick Use, PDSE, Kspa Kiosk, LNK LabPlus, Radiology, PSQ LSRC, RLB209, RLB210, DVY 217)

Structures

1.5.5

All Steam Lab Laptops

Study Skills Success

5.0.5

All Student PCs

Substance 3D Designer

13.1.2

High Spec machines only
All RLB, All Library exc. Laptop lockers, All SCB Lecterns, LNK107, BGB004C, BGB004F, BGB004G

Substance 3D Modeler

1.10.0

High Spec machines only
All RLB, All Library exc. Laptop lockers, All SCB Lecterns, LNK107, BGB004C, BGB004F, BGB004G

Substance 3D Painter

10.0.0

High Spec machines only
All RLB, All Library exc. Laptop lockers, All SCB Lecterns, LNK107, BGB004C, BGB004F, BGB004G

Substance 3D Sampler

4.4.1

High Spec machines only
All RLB, All Library exc. Laptop lockers, All SCB Lecterns, LNK107, BGB004C, BGB004F, BGB004G

Substance 3D Stager

3.0.2

High Spec machines only
All RLB, All Library exc. Laptop lockers, All SCB Lecterns, LNK107, BGB004C, BGB004F, BGB004G

Tangix TesterPRO Client

8.3.4.2136

BGB 203, BGB 204, BGB 205

Tarsia

3.9

All ROL

Tense Buster

5.0.5

All Student PCs

Thomson Test Chart 2020

1.8.9

ICP302

TM150.20

1.2.2

All Steam Lab Laptops

ToupCam

2.0

All Steam Lab Laptops

ToupView

4.12.26095

All Steam Lab Laptops

Trimble Business Centre

5.0

MB111

Twin Motion 2024.1.1 RLB201, RLB209, RLB210

UGENE

50.0

CKY513, CKY514, CKY515, EMD007, LNK106, LNK107, ROL202

Unit 4 Report Engine

9.6.313

Staff

Unity Editor

2022.3.34f1 LTS

RLB201, RLB203(MAC only), RLB0209, RLB210.

Unity Hub

3.8.0

RLB201, RLB203(MAC only), RLB0209, RLB210.

Unreal Engine

5.2.1

RLB201, RLB0209, RLB210, RLB212, Library High performance PCs

Vensim PLE

9.4.1

CKY513, CKY514, CKY515 All Library (Exc. Kiosks & Laptop Lockers), EMD007, EMD010, EMD011, EMD211, EMD Lecterns, ROL302, SMB100, SMB Lecterns

Visual Studio

2022

SM 104, SM 105, SM 108, SM 107A, RLB 201, RLB 209, RLB 210

Visual Studio Code

1.93.1

All student PCs

Wacom Tablet Driver 6.3.46.1

6.3.46.1

RLB205a, RLB209, RLB210, RLB212, RLB213, RLB407, RLB501, RLBfs2, RLB Lecterns, ROL302, ROL304, ROL Lecterns

Waveform

13.1.2

RLB201, RLB209, RLB210

Wireshark

4.0.7

SMB108

WP3X0

5.18.0

All Steam Lab laptops

WP5X0

3.3.3

All Steam Lab Laptops

ZBrush

2024.0.4

RLB201, RLB205a, RLB209, RLB210

Zoom Desktop Client

5.16.22201

All Student PCs (Exc. PDSE), Staff

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