Hardware & Software
There are many options available to students, faculty, and staff for purchasing discounted hardware and software, installing software, and repairing devices.
Hardware Discounts
Shop UC Bookstores locations online or in-person for discounted hardware (laptops, tablets, etc.).
Hardware Support
UC Bookstores Technology Center is a licensed AppleCare and Dell in-warranty repair center that also offers Apple and PC non-warranty repairs for a small fee.
Available Software
It is sometimes advantageous for the University of Cincinnati to purchase a site or bulk license for certain commercial software and make licenses available to the UC community at no additional charge or at a reduced rate.
Some site-licensed software is publicly available in the Langsam computer lab and the MyDesk Student Desktops (Virtual). Please visit the DTS Computer Labs webpage to see what products are available for immediate use.
Digital Technology Solutions (DTS) negotiates the terms, purchases the licenses, and distributes each application appropriately. Use the following list to view information about contract negotiated and site-licensed vendor software.
Adobe Acrobat Professional: Create and edit PDF files.
Creative Cloud Suite: Graphic design, video editing, web development, and photography creative software. Includes Adobe Acrobat Professional.
- Category: Design
- Audience: Faculty & Staff
- Pricing: Discount for UC employees.
- How to Order: Purchase through GetIT
Create maps, apps, and analytics. Read more about ArcGIS at the University of Cincinnati.
- Category: Design
- Audience: Students, Faculty, & Staff
- Pricing: Discount for UC community.
- How to Order:
- Use your UC username and password to access ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Pro.
- Submit a request for additional ArcGIS support.
Dynamically link statistics with graphics and explore data interactively.
- Category: Mathematical
- Audience: Students, Faculty, & Staff
- Pricing: Discount for UC community.
- How to Order:
- Students: Purchase through TouchNet
- Faculty/Staff: Purchase through GetIT
Integrate numeric and symbolic computations with graphics, programming and documentation.
- Category: Mathematical
- Audience: Students, Faculty, & Staff
- Pricing: Discount for UC community.
- How to Order:
- Students: Purchase through TouchNet
- Faculty/Staff: Purchase through GetIT
MATLAB (technical computing), Simulink (model-based design), and over 100 additional industry-standard software tools.
- Category: Mathematical
- Audience: Students, Faculty, & Staff
- Pricing: Campus-Wide License provides anywhere access to MATLAB software, support, and technical assistance in a centralized, UC MATLAB Portal.
- How to Order:
- Sign into the UC MATLAB Portal with your UC email (username@mail.uc.edu).
Build surveys, distribute to participants, monitor responses, and analyze the results.
- Category: Survey software
- Audience: Students, Faculty, & Staff
- Pricing: University-wide license provides access to Qualtrics software, support, and technical assistance.
- How to Order:
- Sign into UC Qualtrics with your UC username and password.
Information delivery, data access, data management, data analysis and data presentation.
- Category: Mathematical
- Audience: Students, Faculty, & Staff
- Pricing: Discount for UC community.
- How to Order:
- Students: Purchase through TouchNet
- Faculty/Staff: Purchase through GetIT
Easily access data from Microsoft Excel spreadsheets and present high-quality graphs in Microsoft PowerPoint.
- Category: Mathematical
- Audience: Students, Faculty, & Staff
- Pricing: Discount for UC community.
- How to Order:
- Students: Purchase through TouchNet
- Faculty/Staff: Purchase through GetIT
Advanced statistical analysis, machine-learning algorithms, text analysis and more. Available products include SPSS Statistics, SPSS AMOS, and SPSS Modeler.
- Category: Mathematical
- Audience: Students, Faculty, & Staff
- Pricing: Discount for UC community.
- How to Order:
- Students: Purchase through TouchNet
- Faculty/Staff: Purchase through GetIT
Software Support
University-Owned Devices
University-owned devices require local IT support to assist with site-licensed software installation and licensing. If you do not know who supports your device, please contact the IT Service Desk at 513-556-4357 or submit a ticket.
Personal Devices
Digital Technology Solutions (DTS) provides software support for personal devices (Microsoft Windows & macOS).
We provide the following support at no charge:
- Installation and removal of university-provided or personally owned software
- Malware/virus removal
- Wireless and wired Internet connectivity