Mathematica

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Mathematica is a software application that provides a mathematical computing environment for algorithmic computation, interactive manipulation, dynamic presentation, and data interaction. It is a single integrated, continually expanding system used in technical fields. 

This software is available for free to all faculty, staff and students at 91ÁÔÆæ. Mathematica can get downloaded on both campus and personal machines. 

Campus Machines

Follow the directions below to download software from Wolfram and request the appropriate activation key.

  1. Create an account (New users only):
    1. Go to  and click "Create Account"
    2. Fill out form using a @sjsu.edu email, and click "Create Wolfram ID"
    3. Check your email and click the link to validate your Wolfram ID
  2. Request the download and key:
    1.  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 Activation Key at prompt 

Faculty and Staff Personally Owned Machines

 to request a home-use license from Wolfram.

Student Personally Owned Machines

Follow the directions below to download from the Wolfram User Portal.

    1. Create an account (New users only):
      1. Go to  and click "Create Account"
      2. Fill out form using a @sjsu.edu email, and click "Create Wolfram ID"
      3. Check your email and click the link to validate your Wolfram ID
    2. Request the download and key:
      1.  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 Activation Key at prompt

Mathematica may also be installed in the following locations:

  • Computer labs*
  • Computer clusters** 

Need Help?

Mathematica Tutorials

Teaching with Mathematica

Research with Mathematica

- open access to live interactive, computational notebooks 

If you are having any login or installation issues, please contact . If you have questions about using Mathematica, please .

*If you are interested in installing Mathematica in a computer lab, please contact eCampus.

**If you are interested in using Mathematica for parallel computing on a dedicated cluster, or in a distributed grid environment, please contact Paul Fish at Wolfram Research.