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Software for Faculty, Staff, and Students


Available software: image of a laptop and keyboard

UT maintains contracts with many software providers to provide faculty, staff, and students access to these school, work, and academic research applications. The software is made available through various methods depending on your primary campus affiliation and role within the University. 

Visit the OIT Knowledge Base for a comprehensive list of available software, Software: Available Software and Applications Offered by OIT.

Software is available through the following methods:

OIT Software Distribution Website
Faculty, staff, and students can download and install software directly on their computers.
Launch the OIT Software Distribution site and log in with your UT NetID and password.

Apps@UTK
UTK faculty, staff, and students can run the software as if it were installed on their computer. Open and save files on your computer for printing. Use Apps@UTK from any Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, or Android device.
Launch Apps@UTK and log in with your UT NetID and password.

Cloud-Based Software
Some software applications are accessed directly from the vendor or through a web browser. Cloud-based applications include ESRI ArcGIS, Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus, Adobe Creative Cloud, Akinidi, Qualtrics, and LinkedIn Learning.

UT Verse AI Assistant
UT Verse AI Assistant is a chat-based, AI-powered platform specific to the University of Tennessee faculty, staff, and students. With UT’s generative AI chat, you can have protected AI conversations where UT data is protected and not shared with the public AI model. Use UT Verse to chat about topics geared toward the university community, instruction, business, and research.
Learn more about UT Verse

Research Software for Academic Use
A list of software that links to a software description, where you can run it, how you can learn it, and where you can get support.
Research Software

High-Performance Computing—ISAAC Environments
ISAAC has an extensive library of software available for the UT research community. 

Additional Resources

Visit OIT’s Available Software and Software Download webpage.