Licensed Software

The Licensed Software Office (LSO) negotiates and administers software license agreements with many vendors in order to decrease overall software costs to the University. The software can be purchased by U of T students, faculty and staff. However, depending on our agreement with the vendor, not all software is available to everyone.

Contact Us

lic.software@utoronto.ca
416-978-4990

Buy Now SAS for July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023

SAS for the July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023 license period is now available for purchase. The cost for SAS 9.4 is $120. The license has a 30 day grace period and will stop working at the end of July 2023.

New license purchases can be found on uSOURCE and software.utoronto.ca by searching for:

  • SAS 9.4 for MS Windows Workstation for x64 - New

Renewal license purchases can be found on uSOURCE and software.utoronto.ca by searching for:

  • SAS 9.4 for MS Windows Workstation for x64 - Renewal
  • SAS 9.4 for MS Windows Workstation 32-bit - Renewal
  • SAS 9.3 for MS Windows Workstation for x64 - Renewal

SAS 9.4:

Buy Now SPSS for August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2023

IBM SPSS for the August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2023 license period is now available for purchase.

The product can be found on uSOURCE (UofT FIS) and software.utoronto.ca (credit card) by searching for IBM SPSS Statistics 28

Instructions:

System Requirements for SPSS for Mac:

  • SPSS 28 is supported on 10.13 and above.
  • SPSS 27 and below are no longer supported.

System Requirements for SPSS for Windows:

  • SPSS 28 is supported on Windows 10.
  • SPSS 27 and below are no longer supported.

Buy Now MATLAB for July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023

MATLAB for the July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023 license period is available for sale. The uSOURCE and software.utoronto.ca catalogues have been updated. For full information on the license please see our MATLAB license page.

Buy now at:

Note: U of T faculty, graduate students, and staff who are off-campus must use UTORvpn to access software.utoronto.ca:

Security Multiple SPSS versions with Log4j Vulnerability

Update February 14, 2022: IBM SPSS Statistics Modified Release 1 Fixpack 1 (version 28.0.1.1) has been released and incorporates the previous interim fixes.

For versions 25, 26, and 27, new interim fixes were released by IBM on January 18, 2022 . If you have already updated to the latest fix pack or modified release in step 2 below then please proceed to step 3 to download the latest interim fix.

Please visit our SharePoint site at https://utoronto.sharepoint.com/sites/utl-ic-lso for Licensed Software Office hosted downloads. A UofT e-mail account on the UTmail+ system is required for login.

IBM has announced that their SPSS desktop and server software (Versions 25, 26, 27 and 28) on all platforms is affected by the Log4J critical vulnerability. This vulnerability would allow an attacker to take complete control of the host system allowing access to data and the possibility of installing ransomware. Please do not open your SPSS application until you have contacted your IT group to get confirmation that your affected SPSS files have been replaced.

Link to official statement: Security Bulletin: Log4Shell Vulnerability affects IBM SPSS Statistics (CVE-2021-44228) - IBM PSIRT Blog
Link to IBM instructions and downloads (requires IBM account creation): https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6525830

Transition Full Transition To Online Purchasing

The Licensed Software Office has moved to online-only order processing and purchasing via software.utoronto.ca or uSOURCE over the summer of 2019. The paper order forms are no longer available.

Software can be purchased and downloaded immediately afterwords online at:

Note: U of T faculty, graduate students, and staff who are off-campus must use UTORvpn to access software.utoronto.ca: