Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Research computing support is available to all members of the UCI research community (faculty, staff, students) to promote awareness of and provide assistance with campus information technology resources as they facilitate scholarly research.

Full-capacity, professional copy of ArcGIS is available for licenses through OIT for $400 / year.

The “student copy” (or student trial or student license) of ArcGIS is actually identical to the full-capacity, professional copy of ArcGIS which is distributed to faculty and staff. The student copy is simply limited in its distribution to students. The license expires the first week of March of every year.

Under the Enterprise Login menu, select Login with your UCInetID and an account will be created for you automatically. You can also access the portal using the Pro version of ArcGIS. Both the Pro & Desktop versions of ArcGIS are available for download on the OIT Licenses page. Everyone receives 100 credits, but if you need more please open an OIT ticket and provide a reason why.

Undergraduate students can access university-licensed computer applications via the Internet. VCL allows you to work from home or any location with a high-speed Internet connection.