Find what IT resources, support and help are available to MIT students
Mathematica provides a single integrated, continually expanding system that covers the breadth and depth of technical computing—and with Mathematica Online, it is seamlessly available in the cloud through any web browser, as well as natively on all modern desktop systems.
Licensing
Mathematica is licensed for use by MIT students, faculty, and staff on MIT-owned and personal machines.
Autodesk is 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software used for manufacturing, building and construction, and media/entertainment.
Design and fabricate in a single cloud-based tool, connect with your team with easy, built-in collaboration, and work online or offline.
Licensing
Autodesk has made this software available for free to MIT faculty, staff, and students to use in class instruction or for academic research.
MIT Kerberos Extras for Mac is an application that installs tickets on a computer in order to grant access to essential MIT services. The application provides customizations for some MIT applications requiring Kerberos authentication, enabling you to gain secure access to SAPgui and connect to Athena via SSH. Learn more.
MATLAB (MATrix LABoratory) is a programming and numeric computing platform used to analyze data, develop algorithms, and create models. MATLAB allows matrix manipulations, plotting of functions and data, implementation of algorithms, creation of user interfaces, and interfacing with programs written in other languages. MIT's license covers the majority of the available MATLAB toolboxes.
Licensing
Tecplot 360 is numerical simulation and CFD visualization software that combines vital engineering plotting with advanced data visualization.
Licensing
Maple combines a powerful math engine with an interface that makes it easy to analyze, explore, visualize, and solve mathematical problems. Learn more.
Licensing
Maple is licensed for use by current MIT faculty, staff, and students only for educational and academic research on either MIT-owned or on personally-owned computers.
Note: Licenses are not available to Lincoln Lab under MIT's contract with Maplesoft.
Fetch is a Mac application used to transfer files across a network using FTP (File Transfer Protocol) and/or SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol). Fetch allows you to drag-and-drop files and folders between two servers or a server and your Mac and ensures that edits of any kind of file are automatically saved back to the server. Learn more.
Licensing
Fetch 5.8 is available for use on Macs by MIT faculty, staff, and students.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux speeds application delivery across physical, virtual, and cloud environments using lightweight, portable containers. It provides the flexibility to quickly adapt to business demands on a stable foundation known for its mission-critical reliability and military-grade security.
Licensing
Please note: Requests for 2025 will be accepted through December 21, 2025. Loaner requests submitted after this date will not be reviewed or processed over the MIT special holiday closing.
The MIT Hardware Service Center is now open at its new location in 56-129. A partnership with ComputerCare, the center is available to all MIT students, faculty, and staff.
