Microsoft Software Downloads
MS Office 365 for Education
Office 365 for Education gives students access to Office365 with 1Tb of free storage and MS Office products (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, OneNote).
For more information see here
MS Azure Software portal
Gives students and staff in STEM departments free development tools for learning, teaching and research. To access MS Azure portal please first go to the link below and click on ‘Start Free’ to register with your university email address (for staff this is your username@bolton.ac.uk) and password:
You should read the FAQs before registering at:
Some of the software available to staff and students:
- Windows10
- Visio Pro 2016 and 2019
- Project Pro 2016
Note: Word, Excel and Powerpoint are NOT available via the Azure portal. See Office 365 above.
SPSS
Available to: Students and Staff
You will be required to sign in with your UoB username and password to access the software download portal.

NVIVO
Available to: Staff and Students
You will be required to sign in with your UoB username and password to access the software download portal.

MATLAB
Available to: Students only

Purchased Software
Adobe Creative Cloud
Creative Cloud Student and Teacher edition
Get access to the very latest version of all the Adobe professional creative desktop applications like Photoshop, Illustrator and more.