Important Notice
[2026-3-30] Intermittent Unavailability of SSOid Login: Scheduled Maintenance on 7 & 26 April (Staff & Student)
SOFTWARE LICENSING
Overview
ESET Internet Security software for staff
As part of the licensing program, ESET Internet Security is available to staff for use on their home computers.
ESET Internet Security software for students
To protect against computer viruses and malware infection on students’ computers, the University is now providing free antivirus software for students. All current students can download and install the ESET Internet Security software on one personally owned computer.
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC
Staff are eligible to use Adobe Acrobat Pro DC at no cost. Please note that the software can only be installed on University owned computers and is not available for home use.
SAS
The SAS Education Analytical Suite (EAS) is available for installation on University owned computers only. Features offered include statistical analysis, operations research, forecasting, econometrics, optimization, decision support, report writing and graphics are bundled in one package.
VMware
A 5-Years Campus License Agreement has been made with VMware by JUCC, effective from 1 January 2018.
VMware licenses are available through an annual subscription, with the license period running from January 1 through December 31. The annual license fee has to be paid in full and pro‐rata payment for first year is available. All VMware licenses are subject to annual renewal with expiration date on December 31 of each year.
MATLAB
MathType
Microsoft 365
SPSS
Below is a list of software currently available from ITO for installation in University owned computers (with the exception of ESET Internet Security software for Staff and Students). Adobe Acrobat Pro DC, ESET Endpoint Security software for Staff and Microsoft Windows/Office are already pre-installed in computers set up by ITO. For installation of other software list below, please click the corresponding download button or submit a Service Request via Request Forms
Guidelines for Activating Microsoft Product
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC is a software for creating PDF files, editing PDF text and images, editing scanned documents, creating protected PDFs and exporting PDFs to Office.
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC is available for use by staff on PCs within the campus.
Please refer to the user guide at here.
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC is available for Mac OS.
System Requirements:
Mac
- Intel® processor
- Mac OS X v10.11, 10.12 or 10.13
- 1.0 GB of RAM
- 2.75 GB of available hard-disk space
- 1024x768 screen resolution
- Safari 9.0 for OS X 10.11,
Safari 10.0 for OS X 10.12,
Safari 11.0 for OS X 10.13
(browser plug-in for Safari is supported on 64-bit Intel processor only)
Please note that the Adobe Acrobat Pro DC is allowed to be installed on campus PC only.
For information and tutorials about how to use the new features and functionality in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC, visit Acrobat Learn and Support.
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC is a software fully integrated with Adobe Sign to increase productivity with powerful PDF and e-signature capabilities. Adobe provides continue updates to provide improvement on the software, while PDF-XChange is a perpetual software which cannot update to its latest versions.
You can login Adobe Acrobat Sign online https://secure.echosign.com/public/login to fill and sign a document.
Software Licensing Policy
Infringement of intellectual property rights such as the use of pirated software is strictly prohibited.
The software maintained by ITO have been covered by either site licenses (unlimited usage) or by sufficient licensing for use on campus or at home. For systems and servers which are managed by individual Faculties/Schools/Departments/Offices, they should monitor closely to ensure that all installed software packages are properly licensed.
Furthermore, staff members are advised to verify and ensure that all personally owned software packages installed on their office computers are sufficiently covered by appropriate licenses. Any software found to be unlicensed or unauthorized should be removed immediately.