Software available for home-use by City students

Office 365 provides you with online access to software including, Word, Excel and OneNote from any web browser.

You can install Office software to our own device.

1. Visit https://www.office.com
2. Log in with your email address and password
3. Select ‘Install Office Apps’

For further guidance see below link.

• Installation guidance link.

MATLAB Campus-Wide License

City St George's, University of London offers a campus-wide license for MATLAB, Simulink , and add-on products, on and off campus, on any device. These applications are a common set of essential tools for algorithm development, data analysis, modelling, and visualisation and readily available for all students, educators, and researchers. The license includes access to MathWorks learning resources and self-paced online trainings to quickly develop your MATLAB and Simulink skills.

MATLAB and Simulink

MATLAB, the language of technical computing, is a programming environment for algorithm development, data analysis, visualization, and numeric computation.

Simulink is a graphical environment for simulation and Model-Based Design of multi-domain dynamic and embedded systems.

MathWorks produces nearly 100 additional products for specialized tasks such as data analysis, image processing, computational finance, AI, and much more.

These applications find use in engineering and science, business and economics, and computational finance, amongst others.

License installation

For instructions on downloading the software and other resources, go to City’s MATLAB Portal . To install and activate MATLAB on your device select “Sign in to get started” and proceed with the required steps using your university email address.

For detailed instructions to make use of the license, you can click on the link Contact Matlab Support, and “Need Installation Help?” or watch a video  to create your account.

Don’t forget, you can also access MATLAB Online : run MATLAB and Simulink on a web browser (ideal back-up solution in case you do not have with you your laptop with MATLAB installed on). Do not use this feature in combination with privacy-sensitive information.

Online training

After activating your account, you’re good to go start using MATLAB. If you are new to the tool, learn the basics at the Getting started with MATLAB  page. The Oline Training Suite  is now available for integration with your LMS, so do reach out should you be interested in have this new feature for teaching and learning at City!

Under the section “Learn to Use MATLAB and Simulink”, the portal also provides access to a wide range of interactive online courses  and tutorials  on MATLAB, Simulink, deep learning, machine learning, computational math, and more. At the end of each course, you can download and print a certificate of completion.

Additional resources

• Quick Start Guide to Teaching with MATLAB : Six steps for bringing resources to your course to catalyse critical thinking and student engagement whether online or in the classroom.
• Resources for Online MATLAB and Simulink : Creating interactive and engaging course materials
• MATLAB Live Editor : Create scripts that combine code, output, and formatted text in an executable notebook
• MATLAB Grader : Automatically grade MATLAB code in any Learning Environment; create an interactive class with MATLAB-based problems. Watch the MATLAB Grader Overview video .
• MATLAB Courseware : Downloadable Course Materials Created by Educators from several universities.
• MATLAB Parallel Server : Perform MATLAB and Simulink computations on clusters and clouds

NVivo

NVivo is a qualitative data analysis package for use by qualitative researchers working with text-based and/or multi-media information. It supports a range of data formats including audio files, videos, digital photos, Word, PDF, spreadsheets, rich text, plain text, and web and social media data. Information can be interchanged with other applications. City St George's University of London now provides site licences for both Windows and macOS. It can be installed on personal laptops and desktops, even if they are located off-site. Members of staff who wish to use NVivo at home are able to do so under an agreement between QSR International and City, University of London.

To use NVivo

1. Raise a service request ticket with the IT Service Desk by selecting 'Log an IT Service Request'. Locate the 'Software Requests' category and then select 'Student/Home use software request'.
2. Once you have submitted your request, you will receive an email to confirm further instructions.
3. The authorisation code will be sent to your mailbox. Login into your City St George's email to check and obtain the code.
4. You are required to download the software after receiving the code. The installation links are provided in the first email. Alternatively, click on the relevant installation link below.

Installation files

1. NVivo 14 – Windows Installer
2. NVivo 14 – macOS Installer

Installation guides

1. Installation guide for Windows
2. Installation guide for macOS

OxMetrics

OxMetrics is a family of software packages for the econometric and financial analysis of time series, forecasting, econometric model selection and for the statistical analysis of cross-sectional data and panel data. It can be installed on personal laptops and desktops, even if they are located off-site. Members of staff who wish to use OxMetrics at home are able to do so under an agreement between Timberlake and City, University of London.

To use OxMetrics

1. Raise a service request ticket with the IT Service Desk by selecting 'Log an IT Service Request'. Locate the 'Software Requests' category and then select 'Student/Home use software request'.
2. Follow the important instructions and download the relevant installation files, alternatively you can click on the installation file links below.

Installation files

1. OxMetrics 9 – Windows Installer  
2. OxMetrics 9 – macOS Installer 
3. OxMetrics 9 – Linux Installer (64-bit, .rmp) 
4. OxMetrics 9 – Linux Installer (amd-64, .deb) 

Installation guides

Installation guide for OxMetrics 7

SPSS Statistics and AMOS

What is it?

SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) is one of the most popular statistical packages which can perform highly complex data manipulation and analysis. Members of staff and students can use SPSS at home and it is available for installation on personal laptops and desktops.

How to use it?

To install SPSS on your personal machine (Mac/Linux/Windows):

1. Raise a service request ticket with the IT Service Desk by selecting 'Log an IT Service Request'. Locate the 'Software Requests' category and then select 'Student/Home use software request'.
2. Once you have submitted your request, you will receive an email to confirm further instructions.
3. The software key will be sent to your mailbox. Login into your City email to check and obtain the software key.
4. You are required to download the software after receiving the key. The installation links are provided in the first email. Alternatively, click on the relevant installation link below.

Please note, it is necessary to renew your SPSS authorisation code annually around August each year.

Installation files

• SPSS Statistics Version 29 Windows

  Download steps:

  1. Select Windows
  2. IBM SPSS Statistic
  3. Version 29
  4. Software
  5. SPSS Statistics Version 29 Windows
• SPSS Statistics Version 29 for Mac - if you are on Sonoma OS you will need to download the 'Fix pack' and a 'patch file'. Please contact IT Service Desk.

• SPSS Statistics 28 - Windows Installer 
• SPSS Statistics 28 – macOS Installer 
• SPSS Statistics 27 – Linux Installer 
• SPSS AMOS 27 - Windows Installer

Installation Guide - SPSS Statistics

Installation Guide - SPSS AMOS

Minitab

Minitab is a popular statistical analysis package used for scientific applications, in particular for design and analysis of experiments, time series, charts and plots.

How to install using the enterprise license file:

Creating a Minitab account

1. Go to https://www.minitab.com/en-us/support/downloads

2. Select 'download your license copy'

3. Select your operating system

4. Download the files

5. Create a Minitab account when promoted using the following details (if you have not already).

• Your City St George's email address
• Your organisation as City St George'University of London
• The country as the United Kingdom
• The Address and Postcode should be the City St George University of London address and Postcode.

6. Click the link in your account activation email sent to your City email address

7.Create your password and sign in to your Minitab account

Downloading the software

1. Go to https://www.minitab.com/en-us/support/downloads
2. Go to downloads
3. Select 'download your license copy'
4. Select your operating system
5. Download the installer (Minitab_WIN_18.1.0.0setup.exe) and the license file (minitab_18_licence.lic) to your PC. Double-click the Minitab installer. Select your language and agree to the terms of use.
6. When the installer asks for your licence type, choose Multi-User licence with a licence server or file.
7. When asked to enter the name of the licence server, type in CUL

How to replace the enterprise license file

1. Launch Minitab.
2. A window titled “Minitab Multi-User License Utility” will appear.
3. Select “Specify the License File”.
4. Browse to and select the file you downloaded earlier, “minitab_18_licence.lic”.
5. Click “Okay” to launch Minitab.
6. Register using your City St George's email address.

It is important that you keep the licence file in the same location, as the software will look for it every time you launch it. If you move it, the next time you launch it the License Utility will open again for you to browse to the new location.

For more advanced installation methods or to deploy to multiple computers, please see the Minitab Express Install Guide online at the Minitab documentation site.