For use by faculty, staff, researchers, and students on personal computers and university-owned machines use or support of instruction and academic research.

Mathematica is funded by the majority using departments.

Campus Machine Use

Faculty and staff in the College of Engineering and the College of Liberal Arts: Please contact your local IT support person to obtain access to your college network tool. 

For all other users: Licensing Access (Single Machine)

  • Visit the Wolfram website 
  • Type in your University of Iowa email address and click Continue
  • Click the link to download Mathematica for your operating system
  • When prompted to activate through your organization (SSO), sign in with your University of Iowa login (find log in instructions)
  • (Note: The first time that you sign in using your school login, you will be prompted to link it to your Wolfram ID)

Home Use

For home use, Mathematica is available through Virtual Desktop.

If you obtain a campus license, you can also get a home use copy at no cost. You must have a licensed copy on campus to obtain a home use install. One copy per person. You will get information about this once you request your campus copy.

For home use, Mathematica is available to all students through Virtual Desktop.

Engineering students should use the Engineering Virtual Desktop to access Mathematica.

For all other users: Licensing Access (Single Machine)

  • Visit the Wolfram website 
  • Type in your University of Iowa email address and click Continue
  • Click the link to download Mathematica for your operating system
  • When prompted to activate through your organization (SSO), sign in with your University of Iowa login (find log in instructions)
  • (Note: The first time that you sign in using your school login, you will be prompted to link it to your Wolfram ID)
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