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 - licensed and contracted desktop software for GIS, statistics, data analysis, assistive technologies, video, communication, and connectivity.
AI Tools - licensed, contracted, and protected AI tools for use in UVA work and research, as different from free and individually purchased licenses which are NOT protected and should not be used for university work or that contain university data. Please see the Guidelines and Terms of Use for AI tools at UVA.
School of Architecture software:
| Software Title | Where to get it |
| UVA site-licensed software -- Free -- Virus protection, UVa Anywhere VPN, etc. |
UVA Software |
| Microsoft Office 365 (Windows, Macintosh, and Web) -- 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) -- $119 / 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 |
NOTE: when leaving UVA, transfer your content |
| ArcGIS - Geographic Information Systems -- Free -- Cloud login through the UVA Library |
UVA Software Also needs the Microsoft .NET 8 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 |
Cavalier Computers (faculty please talk to IT) |
| 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) |
| Twinmotion - Quick 3D rendering and VR -- free |
Twinmotion website |
| Climate Studio - Site Analysis, Climate, Daylight, Energy -- 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 |