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ArcGIS Education Edition
UC Berkeley students, staff, and faculty may obtain a one-year education edition of ArcGIS Desktop and Pro free of charge.
Eligibility Requirements:
Any UC Berkeley student, faculty, or staff is eligible to receive the software. You must include a valid CalNet ID in your request.
System Requirements:
ArcGIS Desktop and Pro only works on Windows Operating Systems
ESRI's recommended hardware and system requirements are available here:
Obtaining the Software:
Use the following form to request instructions on downloading and installing both Pro and Desktop.
Installation Help:
Installing the software is typically an easy process, and extensive documentation is available on ESRI's website. The GIF is unable to provide extensive software installation assistance. Please see the ArcGIS Desktop quick start guide for more detailed instructions if necessary. When referring to the documentation keep in mind: the Education Edition is a "single use" version; you do not need to install the License Manager software.
Education Edition FAQs:
- What extensions are included?
- What are the limits to my use of the Education Edition software?
- I am currently running ArcGIS 10.0 or an earlier version. Can I install the Education Edition?
- Do I need to register the software before I can use it?
- I have just completed registering software using the e-mail option. Why doesn't the Desktop Administrator reflect the recent change?
- I cannot locate ArcGIS Desktop in my programs menu. What happened?
- What are ArcMap and ArcCatalog?
The ArcGIS Education Edition software includes 3D Analyst, Data Interoperability for Desktop*, Data Reviewer for Desktop*, Geostatistical Analyst, Network Analyst, Publisher, Schematics, Spatial Analyst, Tracking Analyst, and Workflow Manager for Desktop*.
* Downloaded separately
ArcGIS Education Edition software may only be used for educational, research, and academic purposes and not for commercial use or resale. The term of use is until end of June of each year, and the license will need to be renewed then.
No, you must uninstall any previous versions of ArcGIS, ArcView, ArcEditor, or ArcInfo before you install a new version. You do not have to uninstall versions 10.1 and later.
Yes, you need to register the ArcGIS Education Edition and each of the extensions you wish to use with ESRI before you can begin using any of them. You can register via the ESRI Web site, e-mail, fax, or mail.
The Desktop Administrator doesn't refresh until you click OK. Click OK and then restart the Desktop Administrator.
When you install ArcGIS you are installing the applications ArcMap, ArcCatalog, and others. ArcGIS is the name that appears in the Start program menu, not ArcGIS Desktop or ArcMap or ArcCatalog, etc.
ArcGIS consists of two main desktop applications: ArcMap and ArcCatalog. ArcMap provides data display, query, and analysis. ArcCatalog provides data management. When you want to begin using ArcGIS, you need to open each of these applications (Start >Programs >ArcGIS> then choose ArcMap and ArcCatalog).