How do I obtain software at the University of Iowa?
What Software is Available?
There are several models of software acquisition at the University of Iowa depending on the volume and best acquisition/distribution model made available to us.
ITS Campus Software Arranged Licenses for Departments
(At times vendors will allow home use for faculty and staff: Faculty and Staff Home Use titles.)
ITS Campus Software Arranged Licenses for Students
Other campus resources for software, Software Central.
What about Software Not Available Currently?
Departments
Please complete the Software Request Form and return it to the ITS Campus Software Program, 2800 University Capitol Centre #2860-19 or e-mail tracey-schmidt@uiowa.edu so that we may find the best price and license situation available for your needs.
All software purchases over $2000.00 to an outside vendor must be submitted on a PReq to the Purchasing Department. Bids will be obtained by Purchasing for all software acquisitions over $10,000 unless acceptable sole source documentation is provided. Software purchases under $2000.00 can be made with a University of Iowa procurement card.
Purchasing and the Office of the General Counsel would like software purchases to go through the Software Acquisition Process (Software Request Form) to ensure best prices and licensing. For a list of titles already reviewed through this process, view the Software Licenses Already Evaluated site.
Students
Please make a recommendation to its-software@uiowa.edu. We will do our best to find the best purchase price for you. If you have an instructor that is recommending a title, please have that instructor contact us so that we can make it available to the entire class.
