ESRI offers a variety of licensing options to meet the needs of educational institutions of any size. Different licensing options are available for academic and/or research use. Commercial use is prohibited.
New and existing users can take advantage of technical support and software updates through the Maintenance Program[PDF]. The program makes it easier to budget for support and software updates by combining both services into a single annual fee.
Student and Educational Individual Licenses
Student and Educational 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 are available in two types.
Student One-Year License: A one-year license (times out in one year from the initial registration of the software)
Educational Individual: A permanent license (does not time-out)
Purchases are limited to one copy of any given software product/release per individual.
Software Products Available for Student One-Year Licenses
ArcView 9.3 with the following eligible extensions: ArcGIS 3D Analyst, ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst, ArcGIS Network Analyst, ArcGIS Publisher, ArcGIS Schematics, ArcGIS Spatial Analyst, ArcGIS Survey Analyst, ArcScan for ArcGIS, Maplex for ArcGIS
ArcView 9.2 with the following eligible extensions: ArcGIS 3D Analyst, ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst, ArcGIS Network Analyst, ArcGIS Publisher, ArcGIS Schematics, ArcGIS Spatial Analyst, ArcScan for ArcGIS, Maplex for ArcGIS
Software Products Available for Educational Individual Licenses
ArcView 9.3, ArcView 9.x extensions
ArcPad
ArcPad Application Builder
ArcView 3.x, ArcView 3.x extensions
LAB KIT Licenses
LAB KIT Licenses
LAB KIT Licenses are designed for research and administrative use and are available to bona fide educational institutions including K–12 schools, colleges and universities, libraries, museums, and nonprofit 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
LAB KIT Licenses are sold per seat and are available for the following products.
ArcGIS Server License with the following ArcGIS Server extension options: 3D, Data Interoperability, Geostatistical, Image, Job Tracking, Network, Schematics, Spatial extensions
ArcView 3.x extensions: ArcView Spatial Analyst, ArcView Network Analyst, ArcView 3D Analyst, ArcPress for ArcView, ArcView Tracking Analyst, and StreetMap 1.1
LAB KIT Pak Licenses
LAB KIT PAK Licenses are designed for instructional use in a single lab and are available to bona fide educational institutions including K–12 schools, colleges and universities, libraries, museums, and nonprofit educational research institutes. A LAB KIT PAK may be used ONLY for instructional purposes. A LAB KIT PAK includes up to 25 licenses for use in one physical location (e.g., a computer lab). A LAB KIT PAK may not be split across multiple labs or multiple departments. However, one license may be used on the instructor's computer for curriculum development.
Software Products Available for LAB KIT PAK Licenses
LAB KIT Pak Licenses are available for the following products.
ArcGIS Server License with the following ArcGIS Server extension options: 3D, Data Interoperability, Geostatistical, Image, Job Tracking, Network, Schematics, Spatial extensions
ArcView 3.x extensions: ArcView Spatial Analyst, ArcView Network Analyst, ArcView 3D Analyst, ArcPress for ArcView, ArcView Tracking Analyst, and StreetMap 1.1
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 district (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 Program Manager, at ajohnson@esri.com for details.
Site License Tiers – Basic, Intermediate and Unlimited
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 Annual User License 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 Annual User License 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 Annual User License 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:
ArcGIS Server –Enterprise Advanced with 3D, Geostatistical, Job Tracking, Network (No Data included with Network Extension), Schematics, and Spatial Extensions.
Production Line Tool Set (PLTS) for ArcGIS—Mapping Agency Solution
ArcView 3.x Products
ArcView 3.x (for Windows)
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.
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.
