License Options

ESRI offers a variety of licensing options to meet the needs of educational institutions of any size. All licensing options are for academic or research use. Commercial use is prohibited.

• Individual Licenses for students, scientists/researchers, librarians, and other educators
• LAB KIT Licenses for staff computers, computer labs, and administrative offices
• Site Licenses for cost-effective access to GIS throughout an accredited institution or library district

For more information about ESRI Software, contact your local ESRI Regional Office or the ESRI Education Program.

Support

New and existing users can take advantage of technical support and software updates through the Maintenance Program [PDF-61.3 KB]. The program makes it easier to budget for support and software updates by combining both services into a single, annual fee.

• Read about Third Party Software.

Individual Licenses

Individual Licenses are available to students, instructors, faculty, and other educators for academic or research use. These licenses are held by an individual person rather than the educational institution and do not carry a time limit. Students can obtain a separate one-year license. Purchases are limited to one copy of any given software product/release per individual.

Software products available for Student/Educational Individual Licenses

• ArcView 3.x
• ArcView 9
• ArcPad
• ArcPad Application Builder

Software Products Available for Student One-Year Licenses

• ArcView 9 with ArcGIS Spatial Analyst, ArcGIS 3D Analyst, ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst, ArcGIS Network Analyst, ArcGIS Schematics, ArcGIS Publisher, ArcScan for ArcGIS, and Maplex for ArcGIS extensions
• ArcView 3.3 (no extensions included)
• MapObjects 2.3 (Windows Edition)

LAB KIT Licenses

LAB KIT Licenses are designed for research and administrative use and are available to accredited educational institutions providing instruction for primary education through university, libraries, museums, and non-profit educational research institutes. LAB KIT Licenses provide multiple copies of ESRI software for use in a computer lab/classroom or in a single department. The initial license includes media and documentation and is called the LAB KIT Master License. Additional licenses of the same software and version may be purchased and added to the LAB KIT.

Software Products Available for LAB KIT Licenses

• ArcGIS Desktop Products
• ArcInfo including Desktop and Workstation applications
• ArcEditor (Single Use)
• ArcView 9
• ArcGIS extensions: ArcGIS Spatial Analyst, ArcGIS 3D Analyst, ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst, ArcPress for ArcGIS, ArcGIS Publisher, ArcGIS Schematics, ArcGIS Survey Analyst, ArcScan for ArcGIS, Military Analyst, ArcGIS StreetMap, ArcGIS Maplex
• ArcGIS Embedded GIS
  • ArcGIS Engine Developer Kit
• ArcGIS Server Products
• ArcGIS Server
• ArcIMS
• ArcIMS Route Server (By request only. Data is not included and must be purchased separately.)
• ArcGIS Server Development and Testing License with Spatial Analyst, 3D Analyst, and StreetMap Options
• ArcGIS Mobile GIS Products
  • ArcPad Application Builder including ArcPad
  • ArcPad StreetMap
• ArcView 3.x and Extensions
  • ArcView 3.x (for Windows)
  • ArcView 3.0a (for Macintosh)
  • ArcView 3.x extensions: ArcView Spatial Analyst, Network Analyst, 3D Analyst, ArcPress, and StreetMap 1.1
• Other Software
  • MapObjects (Windows Edition)
  • MapObjects (Java Edition)
  • BusinessMAP 3
  • ArcLogistics

Campuswide Site Licenses

Campuswide Site Licenses are designed for organizations where GIS is required by multiple departments, college or university campuses, and university systems. Site licenses provide an alternative to establishing multiple LAB KITs in individual departments. A site license can cover a single campus, multiple campuses, a school system, or statewide system. A site license allows an institution to use ESRI software throughout the organization for teaching, research, or administrative purposes for a single annual fee. This fee includes software maintenance, access to virtual campus courses authored by ESRI, user conference passes and technical support services. All site licenses require a signed contract. Please contact Ann Johnson, ESRI Higher Education Solutions Manager, at ajohnson@esri.com for details.

There are three tiers for Site Licenses: (1) Basic, (2) Intermediate, and (3) Unlimited. Each Site License tier includes a common set of Deliverables (see Site License Deliverables listed below) and increases the number of ArcGIS ArcInfo licenses, user conference passes and tech support contacts. For each tier, the benefits include:

Basic Site License Benefits

• Ten ArcInfo licenses (and media)
• Unlimited numbers of licenses for other software listed in the Deliverables (no ArcEditor)
• Two User Conference passes (including EdUC)
• Two Technical Support Contacts
• Unlimited Virtual Campus Standard Subscription for ESRI authored online courses

Intermediate Site License Benefits

• Twenty ArcInfo licenses (and media)
• Unlimited numbers of licenses for other software listed in the Deliverables (no ArcEditor)
• Three User Conference passes (including EdUC)
• Three Technical Support Contacts
• Unlimited Virtual Campus Standard Subscription for ESRI authored online courses

Unlimited Site License Benefits

• Unlimited ArcInfo and ArcEditor seats (and media)
• Unlimited Seats of other software listed in the Deliverables
• Five User Conference passes (including EdUC)
• Five Technical Support Contacts
• Unlimited Virtual Campus Standard Subscription for ESRI authored online courses

Site License Deliverables Included in Each Tier
One copy of each of the following software media and unlimited numbers of licenses for:

• Desktop GIS
  • ArcInfo (number of licenses by tier: Basic ten, Intermediate twenty, Unlimited)
  • ArcEditor (Unlimited Site Licenses Only)
  • ArcView 9.x
  • ArcGIS extensions: ArcGIS Spatial Analyst, ArcGIS 3D Analyst, ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst, ArcGIS Publisher, ArcGIS Schematics , ArcScan for ArcGIS, ArcGIS Military Analyst, Maplex for ArcGIS, ArcGIS Network Analyst, and ArcGIS Tracking Analyst
• Server GIS
  • ArcGIS Server – Enterprise Advanced with Spatial, 3D, and Network Extensions (No Data included with Network Extension)
• Developer GIS
• EDN for Education
• The following ESRI software is included with EDN for developing and testing applications:
  • ArcGIS Server (Enterprise and Workgroup)
  • ArcGIS Engine Developer Kit
  • ArcGIS Image Server
  • ArcView (optional)
• Mobile GIS
  • ArcPad Application Builder including ArcPad
• Business GIS
  • BusinessMAP 4
  • ArcLogistics (with data)
• Other GIS Software
  • MapObjects—Windows Edition
  • Production Line Tool Set (PLTS) for ArcGIS—Mapping Agency Solution
• ArcView 3.x Products
  • ArcView 3.x (for Windows)
  • ArcView 3.0a (for Macintosh)
  • ArcView 3.x extensions: ArcView Spatial Analyst, Network Analyst, 3D Analyst, ArcPress for ArcView, and StreetMap 1.1
• Ten Hardware Keys

Visit the Products Overview section for detailed descriptions of the software products listed above. For more information on ESRI's education programs, please contact us at highered@esri.com.

Third-Party Software

Some ESRI software includes third-party software or data that cannot be made part of the Site License program. Examples of software that contains third-party components include ArcView Business Analyst, ArcGIS Business Analyst, ArcGIS Data Interoperability, and ArcGIS Survey Analyst.

In the case of ArcGIS Data Interoperability, and ArcGIS Survey Analyst, ESRI has been able to negotiate a tiered fee per year (per version) to these extensions for educational site licenses. For specific pricing information, please contact your local ESRI Account Representative or the ESRI Higher Education team.

Once a purchase order has been received by ESRI, the customer service representative will request that a contract amendment be added to the site license. A signed contract amendment is required before keycodes can be issued for these third-party products.

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