Mathematica by Wolfram Research is available to all faculty, staff, and current registered students for academic-related activities at no additional cost to the end user.

Availability of the Mathematica software is provided through a license agreement coordinated by the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and funded by the Technology Fee. The license agreement allows for at-home use of the software for educational-related activity only. The license agreement expires annually.

The Mathematica license for Indiana University of Pennsylvania allows for parallel computing on dedicated research clusters or in ad-hoc or distributed grid environments. For details, please contact Andy Dorsett at Wolfram Research, adorsett@wolfram.com.  

Installations on university-owned machines should be coordinated by logging a ticket via ihelp.

Installation Steps for Users

  • Create an account (New users only):
    1. Go to user.wolfram.com and click Create Account.
    2. Fill out form using a @iup.edu email, and click Create Wolfram ID.
    3. Check your email and click the link to validate your Wolfram ID.
  • Request access to Wolfram|Alpha Pro:
    1. Fill out the form to request access.
    2. Go to Wolfram|Alpha and click Sign in to access Wolfram|Alpha Pro.
  • Request Mathematica for school-owned machines:
    1. Fill out the form to request an Activation Key.
    2. Click the Product Summary page link to access your license.
    3. Click Get Downloads, and select Download next to your platform.
    4. Run the installer on your machine, and enter the Activation Key at prompt 4.
  • Request Mathematica for a personally owned machine:
    1. Fill out the form to request a home-use license from Wolfram.

Tutorials

Mathematica

The first two tutorials are excellent for new users and can be assigned to students as homework to learn Mathematica outside of class time.

Teaching from Mathematica

Mathematica

Mathematica offers an interactive classroom experience that helps students explore and grasp concepts, plus gives faculty the tools they need to easily create supporting course materials, assignments, and presentations

  • Teaching and Learning with Mathematica (free video course)
    Learn how to make your classroom dynamic with interactive models, explore computation and visualization capabilities in Mathematica that make it useful for teaching practically any subject at any level, and get best-practice suggestions for course integration.
  • Preparing and Giving Presentations
    Learn how to create a slideshow presentation that combines graphics, calculations, and nicely formatted text with live calculations or animations.
  • Wolfram Demonstrations Project
    Download pre-built, open-code examples from a daily-growing collection of interactive visualizations spanning a remarkable range of topics.
  • Wolfram U Courses on Classroom Resources and Instruction
    Access on-demand and live courses about using Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha, and other Wolfram technologies in your classroom.

Research with Mathematica

Rather than requiring different toolkits for different jobs, Mathematica integrates the world's largest collection of algorithms, high-performance computing capabilities, and a powerful visualization engine in one coherent system, making it ideal for academic research in just about any discipline.

Resources for researchers

  • Wolfram Language Training Courses—Free video courses
    Explore what's possible with the Wolfram Language, including programming fundamentals and concepts, built-in functions, symbolic expressions, and tips for better, faster coding.
  • Field-Specific Applications
    Learn what areas of Mathematica are useful for specific fields.
  • Wolfram Certifications
    Take online courses and earn formal certifications for your knowledge and expertise in field-specific disciplines.