Accredited education institutions worldwide offering 2-, 3- or 4- year programs (or equivalent) are eligible to participate in the program.
The VMware Academic Software Licensing Program supports the use of virtualization applications in teaching and research.
Academic Software Licensing provides software licenses for teaching, research, and gaining hands-on experience with VMware products. It cannot be used for campus infrastructure, non-academic purposes or any for-profit activity. An annual subscription fee enables qualifying academic faculty and students worldwide to gain easy access to cutting-edge virtualization technology and resources for computer science or research projects. Participating departments are responsible for purchasing an annual subscription for their department for faculty and students to have access to VMware software licenses.
If you have questions or need additional support, please contact us at itacademy@vmware.com
If you need help on how to apply to the program, please follow these steps: D2L # 1 How to Apply to the Program - YouTube
Pricing
- Departmental Subscription: $330 USD for 205 users.
- Departmental Subscription: $505 USD for 405 users.
- Departmental Subscription: 406+ users at dynamic price.
General Eligibility
Included Software
Software Licensing
(One key per product per year of subscription):
- VMware Workstation 16 Pro and 17 Pro.
- VMware Fusion 12 Pro and 13 Pro.
- VMware vSphere 7.x and 8.x Enterprise Plus Edition.
- VMware vCenter 7.x and 8.x Server Standard Edition.
- VMware vSphere Tanzu Basics.
- VMware vRealize 2019 and 7.0 Versions.
- VMware NSX 3.x
- VMware vSAN 7.x and 8.x Enterprise Edition
Has your institution already joined the program? Click here to log in at D2L Brightspace to request your software. You can follow this guide for help as well.