Software Bundle Information

For Summer/Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 Entering Students

Important Software Information

All entering freshmen and transfer engineering students are required to purchase two software bundles:

• Mandatory: University Undergraduate Bundle includes Office and Windows Upgrades for the entirety of your undergraduate degree program, and is required for all students.  Purchase of this bundle is a university requirement for ALL undergraduate students, regardless of if you have Windows included with your computer, or office as part of a family plan.

• The Engineering bundle. - Only required for Engineering Students
  
  The contents and pricing are kept as close to the previous year as possible. A list of the contents of the bundles from last year is further down on this page.
  
  

Answers to Common Questions:

How to Purchase/ Billing Timeline:

• You will be automatically billed for the Undergraduate bundle around the end of June.
• You will be automatically billed for the Engineering bundle around the last week before classes.
• You will receive email explaining how to sign license agreements in order to use your software.
  
• At any time, you can login to network.software.vt.edu and see what software you have access to already. 
• You do not have to take any separate action to purchase the software.

Receiving your software:

The University Software Bundle can be downloaded (no CD/DVD) before classes begin and after you have paid and signed software licenses.
The Engineering Software Bundle is unavailable for download until just a few days before classes begin.
Software Bundle Download will be available to students as soon as purchase is completed and licenses are signed

Contents of Bundles

University Undergraduate Bundle

• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Windows

Engineering Software Bundle

• Microsoft Azure Dev Tools: Microsoft developer tools
• MATLAB: Mathematical analysis software
• SOLIDWORKS: 3D CAD design software
• SAS JMP Pro: Statistical analysis software
• CATME: Teamwork software
• PDF Annotator: Note taking and document revision software

List of Additional Software Available to Undergraduate Engineering Students