Student access to Mathematica

Mathematica on Students' Personal Devices

Computers (desktop and laptop), some tablets

The University of Minnesota has an agreement with Wolfram (the company that makes Mathematica) which allows students access to free student licenses of the program for devices running Windows, MacOS, or Linux. This includes computers (desktops and laptops), and Microsoft Surface tablets.

You should be able to download Mathematica and request the activation key by creating an account on the wolfram portal using your UMM email address at this link:
You will need to set up a Wolfram account with Wolfram ID using your UMM email address, so they know you are connected to the University, which has a site license for Mathematica. If you use another email account, it won't work.
Ignore the SSO option -- that will not work.

Mathematica on Campus Computers

Mathematica is available on all the computers on campus (link to computer labs). If you need to use Mathematica for a class, you can always access it on one of the computers in any of the computer labs on campus. 

Can You Use Mathematica After Graduation?

You can obtain Mathematica if you are a recent college graduate by signing up for the Wolfram Early Professionals Program Links to an external site.. The skills you develop using Mathematica allow you to use other CAS more easily, so you may find your new workplace uses Maple or MATLAB, or you can try out the open-source SageMath.

Why Is Mathematica Important?

Experience with a computer algebra system (CAS) such as Mathematica, Maple, MATLAB, or SageMath is increasingly important for anyone majoring in math or a closely related area like physics where computation and algebraic calculations are extensively used.

Mathematica is deeply integrated in the mathematics program at Morris, and is a core part of Calculus I and Calculus II but also is used in more advanced courses like Differential Equations, Calculus III, Linear Algebra, and Numerical Methods. The skills you develop using Mathematica allow you to use other CAS more easily.