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Software available via UCLA IT Software Central
🎨 Adobe Creative Suite
Professional creative software in Adobe Creative Cloud, including Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro & more.
Availability: Students, faculty, and staff | Request a license
✨ Canva
Tools for visual document creation, photo and video creation and editing, and more. Features Canva Magic Studio, an AI design generator that creates custom, on-brand designs in seconds. No coding or advanced design skills required.
Availability: Pro Account for all current students; discounted rate for faculty and staff | Request a license
📚 EndNote
Reference management software for scholars and authors to record and utilize bibliographic citations (references).
Availability: All faculty and staff; students only on UCLA-owned equipment | For purchase
🗺️ ESRI ArcGIS
Geographic Information System (GIS) software designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present all types of geographical data.
Availability: All UCLA Faculty, Staff, and Students on UCLA-owned or leased personal equipment for teaching, research, and administrative use | Request a free license
📊 JMP
Statistical program for simple and complex analyses that dynamically links statistics with graphics to interactively explore, understand, and visualize data. Provides comprehensive statistical tools, including Design of Experiments and Statistical Quality Control.
Availability: All UCLA Faculty, Staff, and Students on UCLA-owned or leased and personal equipment for teaching and research only (administrative use not allowed) | For purchase
📝 Microsoft Office 365
Collection of services for collaboration and sharing, including free access to Office Online, OneDrive storage, and full Office Suite applications on up to 5 PCs or Macs, 5 tablets, and 5 mobile devices.
Availability: Registered UCLA students (Alumni, staff, faculty, and retirees not eligible) | Staff/faculty should contact their department’s local IT support
📈 SUDAAN
Statistical software package specifically designed to analyze cluster-correlated data from studies involving recurrent events, longitudinal data, repeated measures, and complex sample designs. Compatible with SPSS and SAS data sets.
Availability: All UCLA Faculty, Staff, and Students on UCLA-owned or leased and personal equipment for teaching, research, and administrative use | For purchase
📋 Survey Monkey
Online survey software that helps create and run professional online surveys. As a leading survey and feedback management solution, it enables users to collect, interpret, and analyze data to drive growth and innovation.
Availability: All UCLA Faculty, Staff, and Students on UCLA-owned or leased and personal equipment for teaching, research, and administrative use | For purchase
📉 Systat
Powerful statistical analysis and graphics software, including licensing for SigmaPlot (graphing software with 80+ 2-D and 3-D technical graph types) and Systat (statistical software with comprehensive procedures from descriptive to advanced statistical methodology).
Availability: All UCLA Faculty, Staff, and Students on UCLA-owned or leased and personal equipment for teaching, research, and administrative use | For purchase
📊 Tableau
Visual analysis software that allows anyone to perform sophisticated education analytics and share findings with online dashboards. Empowers students and teachers to see and understand their data through education dashboards.