The software required for you to study your mathematics and statistics courses is available on the computers that are provided for you in the School of Mathematics and Statistics.
Depending on the software that you require it may also be able to be accessed remotely. Go to www.myaccess.unsw.edu.au, opens in a new window to remotely access commonly used applications such as Maple, Matlab and Mathematica. If you have any questions about remote access please refer to the documentation for your course.
If you also wish to install software on your own computer then the following links should help you.
- An extensive collection of software including MS Office is available free or at reduced price to students of UNSW. Details of the software available is listed on the Student Software, opens in a new window page of the IT@UNSW, opens in a new window web site.
- R is free statistical software and is available from the R-project web site, opens in a new window.
- Maple - If a student wishes to obtain a copy of Maple then they should purchase a copy of the student edition. The student edition is available from multiple sources including (from cheapest to most expensive as of January 2013) from their Australian distributer (ASES), opens in a new window, Maplesoft, opens in a new window and the UNSW Bookshop, opens in a new window.
- Matlab
UNSW has a Matlab site license that allows currently enrolled UNSW students to download and install Matlab on their own laptop or home PC. Further details see the UNSW IT software for students pages: https://www.myit.unsw.edu.au/user/login?destination=/software-student, opens in a new window - TeX/LaTeX is a high quality mathematical typesetting system freely available from http://www.latex-project.org, opens in a new window (see Getting LaTeX).