Access Software
If your course requires specialized software, you'll automatically be given access based on your course enrollment and requests from your instructor or department.
Depending on the software required for your course, you may see one or more of the following desktop options:
- Access: Includes the standard software available to all students.
- Standard Apps: Includes software that does not require enhanced graphics processing.
- Performance Apps: Includes software that requires enhanced graphics processing.
If you believe you should have access to software or a desktop that isn't available to you, please contact the ITSS Help Desk by emailing [email protected] or calling (218) 726-8847.
Available Software
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Access Desktop
- 7-Zip
- Chrome
- Firefox
- Edge
- Office
- Read&Write
- ZoomText
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Standard Apps Desktop
| Title | Version |
|---|---|
| 7-Zip | 26 |
| Anaconda Python Navigator | 2.1.1 (contains other program "channels") |
| Analytics Solver for Excel | 10.73 |
| ArcGIS Pro | 3.4, 3.5 |
| ArcGIS Survey123 Connect | v3.18.124 |
| Aspen One (Aspen+ and HYSYS) | v14.2 |
| BAKFAA | 2.0.0 |
| Bambu Studio | 2.3.1.51 |
| OpenFlows Hydraulic Toolset (includes Bentley CulvertMaster) | 3.03.00.04 |
| COMSOL Multiphysics | 6.3 |
| DIANA FEA | 10.1 |
| DNRGPS | 6.1.06 |
| EES | 10.836 |
| EPANET | 2.2 |
| GIMP | 2.10.38 |
| Git and Git-bash | 2.50-0 |
| GNU Octave | 10.2.0.0 |
| Google Earth Pro | 7.3.3.7786 |
| Granta | 2025R2 |
| HEC-RAS | 6.3.1 |
| HEC-HMS | 4.1 Build 1628 |
| Hy-8 Culvert Hydraulic | 7.70.2 |
| Hydraulic Toolbox | 5.1.4 |
| HydroCAD | 10.00-24 |
| Inkscape (vector graphics editor) | 1.4.2 |
| IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition | 2024.3.1.1 |
| JKSimMet | 6.3D Build 364 |
| JMP Pro | 17.2 |
| Kenpave | N/A |
| logic.ly | 1.14.1 |
| Map GIS Drives 2025 | \\ad.umn.edu\D\Home\HomeGIS |
| Mathcad Prime | 7 |
| Mathematica | 12.2 |
| MATLAB | 2025a |
| Microsoft Office Suite | 2024 |
| Microsoft Visual Studio | CE 2022 |
| Minitab | 22.3.1.0 |
| MNPave | 6.405 |
| MyFiles Mapped as M Drive | |
| OpenLCA | 2.0.3 |
| ProModel | 10.12.224 |
| PyCharm Community Edition | 2025.2.1 |
| QGIS | 3.32.1 |
| Rocscience | Suite 1.104 (contains various individual versioned programs) |
| Read & Write | 12 |
| RStudio | (Free version) 2025.05.1-513 |
| SAP2000 | 26.3.0.0 |
| SMART Notebook | 24-0 |
| SPSS | 30 |
| TesterPro Client | 8.3.4.2136 |
| VisualAnalysis Edu | v23 |
| Visual Studio Code | 1.96.2 |
| WolframAlpha | Most Current |
| ZoomText | 2022 |
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Performance Apps Desktop
| Title | Version |
|---|---|
| 7-Zip | 26 |
| Anaconda Python Navigator | 2.1.1 (contains other program "channels") |
| Analytics Solver for Excel | 10.73 |
| Ansys - Research w/Moving Heat ext, Ansys - Teaching | 2025R2 |
| ArcGIS Pro | 3.4, 3.5 |
| ArcGIS Survey123 Connect | v3.18.124 |
| Aspen One (Aspen+ and HYSYS) | v14.2 |
| AutoCAD Architecture | 2025 |
| AutoCAD Autodesk | 2025-1 |
| AutoCAD Autodesk Civil 3D | 2024 |
| AutoCAD Autodesk Civil 3D w/WisDOT application | 2022 only |
| AutoCAD Autodesk Civil 3D w/WisDOT and Vehicle Tracking | Civil3D 2025 with Vehicle Tracking 2025 |
| Autodesk 3DS Max | 2025 |
| Autodesk Revit | 2025 |
| BAKFAA | 2.0.0 |
| Bambu Studio | 2.3.1.51 |
| Bentley: OpenFlows Hydraulic Toolset (includes Bentley CulvertMaster) | 3.03.00.04 |
| COMSOL Multiphysics | 6.3 |
| DIANA FEA | 10.1 |
| EES | 10.836 |
| EPANET | 2.2 |
| EPA SWMM | |
| GNU Octave | 10.2.0.0 |
| Granta | 2025R2 |
| HEC-RAS | 6.3.1 |
| HEC-HMS | 4.1 Build 1628 |
| Hy-8 Culvert Hydraulic | 7.70.2 |
| Hydraulic Toolbox | 5.1.4 |
| HydroCAD | 10.00-24 |
| JKSimMet | 6.3D Build 364 |
| Kenpave | N/A |
| Map GIS Drives 2025 | \\ad.umn.edu\D\Home\HomeGIS |
| Mathcad Prime | 7 |
| Mathematica | 12.2 |
| Microsoft Office Suite | 2024 |
| Minitab | 22.3.1.0 |
| MyFiles Mapped as M Drive | |
| OpenLCA | 2.0.3 |
| ProModel | 10.12.224 |
| Rocscience | Suite 1.104 (Contains various individual versioned programs) |
| Read & Write | 12 |
| SAP2000 | 26.3.0.0 |
| Solidworks (with CAM) | 2025 SP3 |
| TesterPro Client | 8.3.4.2136 |
| VisualAnalysis Edu | v23 |
| ZoomText | 2022 |
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Software Available in the Mac Labs
- Adobe Creative Cloud (Kirby Plaza 143 and 173 only)
- Apple iWork
- Google Chrome
- GIMP
- Mathematica
- Microsoft Office
- Read&Write
- VLC
Requesting Software
Faculty can request software installed for their lab classes via the software request form. Software installation is dependent on the answers to questions such as:
- Will the software's license agreement allow it?
- Is it compatible with our licensing metering software?
- Is it compatible with the other software we currently have on the server?
If you have questions about software available in the labs, please email [email protected].