The Center for Academic Technology provides a range of academic software, and troubleshooting services.
The NYU site license for Adobe Creative Cloud applications are available in the listed bundles below only. Installation is restricted to university owned machines only and requesters will be required to provide the NYUAD asset tag number located on their computer when requesting these applications. Faculty and staff may request installation on the NYUAD intranet.
NYU ITS has arranged an Adobe agreement that includes a Home Use option. The Home Use option permits NYU faculty and staff to purchase Adobe's Creative Cloud through a third-party vendor at a much reduced price.
You may be asked to log in with your NYUHome credentials (NetID and password). From there you can purchase a one-year license of Creative Cloud for $9.75.
Please note the following:
ArcGIS is a suite of Geographical Information System (GIS) tools.
The world's repository of experimentally determined organic and metal-organic crystal structures.
EndNote is a tool for publishing and managing bibliographies, citations, and references.
JMP is a tool for expert data analysis, design of experiments, and Six Sigma implementation.
LabView is a graphical programming platform that helps engineers scale from design to test, and from small to large systems.
All NYUAD students, faculty, staff, and researchers are eligible for accounts with lynda.com, an online library of high-quality instructional videos on the latest software tools and skills, such as the Adobe Creative Suite, Final Cut Pro and Microsoft Office. Visit the student portal or intranet to create a lynda.com account and access the tutorials (NetID and password required).
Maple is mathematical and analytical software.
A programming environment designed for mathematical computations.
A programming environment designed for mathematical computations.
Minitab is statistical software for quality and process improvement.
Qualtrics is a tool for creating and administering web-based surveys for research, teaching, and administrative needs. Qualtrics is available to NYU faculty, staff, students and researchers as part of a university-wide license that is managed and supported by NYU Data Services in New York, a joint ITS and Libraries service.
Qualtrics makes it easy to create surveys ranging from simple to complex, and includes features such as question mapping based on response type, the ability to export response data to statistical software such as SPSS and a collaboration feature for working with others.
You can access Qualtrics using your netID and password, or searching for ‘Qualtrics’ in the Library’s Databases A-Z tab. For more information, please visit the NYU Qualtrics Help Guide, visit Qualtrics University for tutorials and FAQs, or email the Academic Technology team.
Reason combines the synths, samplers, and drum machines of Reason with Record's audio recording and mixing features Record.
Rosetta Stone is interactive software for language learning. Our students are eligible to learn one language at a time and can choose from 22 different languages, including Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish, Italian, Hindi, and Tagalog. Note that Rosetta Stone is best for beginners. Advanced learners will be better served by SCOLA. To apply, students should come to the NYUAD Library Information Desk, or email nyuad.library@nyu.edu if they are studying away.
Complete software for writing, playing, printing, and publishing music notation.
Solidworks is a 3D mechanical CAD (computer-aided design) program.
SPSS is a statistical analysis package.
A statistical analysis package.
Stata statistical software is a complete, integrated statistical software package that provides everything you need for data analysis, data management, and graphics.
Visual Studio is a Microsoft developer tool.
We provide support for the procurement, licensing, installation and troubleshooting of academic software supporting either the curriculum or research. A variety of academic software is available through site or network licenses. If the software you require is not listed below, email us at nyuad.academictech@nyu.edu with the name of the software, anticipated usage (curriculum or research), and any other relevant information.
Installation of software on computers not located at the Library, is normally provided by utilizing TeamViewer, which provides secure remote support for license distribution. You may be asked to download the TeamViewer client and provide the secure code to perform this task.
Funding for software that is used for research purposes will be billed to either the faculty research budget or to the relevant department if a previous agreement has been reached.
A variety of software packages are also available for faculty, researchers, staff, and students to use on public use computers across the NYUAD campus. See our list of NYUAD Software on Public Computers.
The following software is available for installation on your personal computers. To request installation, please send an email to nyuad.academictech@nyu.edu with your first and last name, netID, major (area of study), and operating system.
ArcGIS is a suite of Geographical Information System (GIS) tools.
The world's repository of experimentally determined organic and metal-organic crystal structures.
EndNote is a tool for publishing and managing bibliographies, citations, and references.
JMP is a tool for expert data analysis, design of experiments, and Six Sigma implementation.
Maple is mathematical and analytical software.
A programming environment designed for mathematical computations.
Minitab is statistical software for quality and process improvement.
Qualtrics is a tool for creating and administering web-based surveys for research, teaching, and administrative needs. Qualtrics is available to NYU faculty, staff, students and researchers as part of a university-wide license that is managed and supported by NYU Data Services in New York, a joint ITS and Libraries service.
Qualtrics makes it easy to create surveys ranging from simple to complex, and includes features such as question mapping based on response type, the ability to export response data to statistical software such as SPSS and a collaboration feature for working with others.
You can access Qualtrics using your netID and password, or searching for ‘Qualtrics’ in the Library’s Databases A-Z tab. For more information, please visit the NYU Qualtrics Help Guide, visit Qualtrics University for tutorials and FAQs, or email the Academic Technology team.
Reason combines the synths, samplers, and drum machines of Reason with Record's audio recording and mixing features Record.
Rosetta Stone is interactive software for language learning. Our students are eligible to learn one language at a time and can choose from 22 different languages, including Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish, Italian, Hindi, and Tagalog. Note that Rosetta Stone is best for beginners. Advanced learners will be better served by SCOLA. To apply, come to the NYUAD Library Information Desk. If you are studying away, email nyuad.library@nyu.edu.
Complete software for writing, playing, printing, and publishing music notation.
Solidworks is a 3D mechanical CAD (computer-aided design) program.
Stata statistical software is a complete, integrated statistical software package that provides everything you need for data analysis, data management, and graphics.
Visual Studio is a Microsoft developer tool.
The Center for Academic Technology (CAT) is the one-stop shop where NYU Abu Dhabi students, faculty, and staff can receive help with their academic technology needs.
The team supports students, faculty, and staff in using technology, software, and equipment for their teaching and research. This team also supports classroom technology services and audio-visual services on campus. They are located in the NYUAD Library.