An Overview of the Electronic Systems for Students of Justus Liebig University Giessen
Software for students
Students enrolled at JLU may use some software for free or at low charge for their studies, e.g.:
- MS Office 365 ProPlus (Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc., see red box below)
- reference management Citavi (free)
- SPSS statistical software for certain courses and theses (discounted licence contingents)
For some software products the university holds licences for members of certain departments. Please see the website listed on the right for more information.
Some software companies offer special prices for students. The list includes, among others:
- selected products of Adobe (e.g. Acrobat Pro, Photoshop Elements etc.)
- selected products of Corel (e.g. Corel Draw Graphics Suite)
As an alternative to commercial offers there are also useful and good freeware programs, e.g.:
- Libre Office (free office package,comparable to MS Office)
- GIMP (image editing)
- KeePass (password management)
For subject-specific software that the department provides to its students, a subject-specific ending may be required for the e-mail address. In this case, you can have a so-called alias address set up (see links).
For Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc.) there is a campus license at JLU since the beginning of 2022, i.e. you can use the programs for free and install them on up to 5 devices as long as you are enrolled. To get the license, you have to log in to Microsoft's office.com portal according to a certain scheme. Please read the information concerning the registration carefully to avoid any technical problems (see Links).
Links
- Software licences for students: https://setup.uni-giessen.de/110
- Registration to Microsoft office.com portal: https://setup.uni-giessen.de/1101
- Set up a subject-related alias address: https://setup.uni-giessen.de/11b
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