Bowdoin supports a variety of software for students, faculty and staff.
Some of this software is provided free of charge to current faculty, staff and students as allowed by our licensing agreements.
Students will receive access to most software licensed by the college on their laptops or iPads provided through the Digital Excellence Commitment.
We have more than 500 software titles in use across campus. The following is a list of the most commonly used software programs at Bowdoin. You can also see a listing of all software provided in our computer labs (MacOS and Windows Virtual Environments).
Most Bowdoin licensed software is easily accessed through Company Portal and Self-Service. Please see Related Articles on this page.
General Software
|
| Software title |
Type of license |
Faculty & Staff Home Use? |
Student Use? |
|
| Adobe Acrobat Writer |
Site |
Yes |
Yes |
Acrobat DC Professional is now available to all faculty, full-time staff and students for campus and home computer use and for iPadOS. |
| Adobe Creative Suite |
Site |
Yes |
Yes |
The complete Adobe CS Suite is now available to all faculty, full-time staff and students for campus and home computer use and for iPadOS. |
| Apple Mac Operating System |
Site |
Yes |
Yes |
Free upgrade from Apple |
| Endnote |
Site |
Yes |
Yes |
Available from Self Service for MacOS. Windows users may click the link and complete the form to request download. |
| Hypersnap |
Site |
No |
No |
The new Snipping tool in Windows 10 may take the place of most of Hypersnap's features |
| Microsoft Office |
Site |
yes |
yes |
Also available: Office 365 to all current faculty, staff and students |
| Microsoft Windows Operating System |
Site |
yes |
yes* |
Windows 10 is provided through OnTheHub. Registration and eligibility required. You must use your Bowdoin email address to register. |
| Microsoft Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection |
Site |
yes |
yes |
Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection is for Windows and macOS operating systems. It is included with all running versions of Windows 10 and installed automatically on all Bowdoin-issued Macs. In addition, all faculty, staff and students running Windows 10 on their personal machines have access to Defender by default. |
Academic Software
|
| Software title |
Type of license |
Faculty & Staff Home Use? |
Student Use? |
|
| Chemdraw |
Site |
yes |
yes |
|
| eViews |
concurrent use |
no |
no |
|
| Finale |
concurrent use |
no |
yes |
|
| Matlab |
concurrent use |
yes |
yes |
|
| Mathematica |
Site |
yes |
yes |
|
| MathType |
departmental |
yes |
no |
|
| Prism |
Class Use |
yes |
no |
|
| SPSS |
Site |
no |
yes |
|
| Stata |
Concurrent use |
no |
yes |
|
Information Technology recommends that all students stay up-to-date and current with all operating system updates, security patches and application updates. Many of these are available through specific OS and application update engines. (Ex: Apple updates come through the Mac App store, Windows updates come through the Windows Update application). Many apps also have their own update technologies such as Microsoft Office.