Get access to Mathematica and Wolfram|Alpha Pro

Mathematica is currently installed in the following locations:

Computer labs

  • Many departmental labs.

Computer clusters

  • CSU Fullerton's Mathematica license can be used for grid computing. 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.

To request Mathematica and Wolfram|Alpha Pro, follow the directions below.

Faculty

  1. Create an account (New users only):
    • Go to user.wolfram.com and click "Create Account"
    • Fill out form using a @fullerton.edu email, and click "Create Wolfram ID"
      (Note: A request with an email other than @fullerton.edu will not be approved)
    • Check your email and click the link to validate your Wolfram ID
  2. Request access to the product:
Mathematica Wolfram|Alpha Pro
For campus-owned machines:
  1. Fill out this form (i) 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
For faculty on their personally owned machines:
  1. Fill out this form (ii) to request a home-use license from Wolfram.
  1. Fill out this form (iii) to request access
  2. Go to Wolfram|Alpha and click "Sign in" to access Wolfram|Alpha Pro

Students

  1. Create an account (New users only):
    • Go to user.wolfram.com and click "Create Account"
    • Fill out form using a @csu.fullerton.edu email, and click "Create Wolfram ID"
      (Note: A request with an email other than @csu.fullerton.edu will not be approved)
    • Check your email and click the link to validate your Wolfram ID
  2. Request access to the product:
Mathematica Wolfram|Alpha Pro
For a personally owned machine:
  1. Fill out this form (iv) to request an Activation Key and a home-use license
  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
  1. Fill out this form (v) to request access
  2. Go to Wolfram|Alpha and click "Sign in" to access Wolfram|Alpha Pro

Are you interested in putting Mathematica elsewhere? Please let Paul Fish at Wolfram Research know.

Mathematica Tutorials

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

  • Hands-on Start to Mathematica

    Follow along in Mathematica as you watch this multi-part screencast that teaches you the basics—how to create your first notebook, calculations, visualizations, interactive examples, and more.

  • How To Topics

    Access step-by-step instructions ranging from how to create animations to basic syntax information.

  • Learning Center

    Search Wolfram's large collection of materials for example calculations or tutorials in your field of interest.

Teaching with 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.

Resources for educators

  • Mathematica for Teaching and Education—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.

  • How To Create a Lecture Slideshow—Video tutorial

    Learn how to create a slideshow for class that shows a mixture of 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 Training Education Courses

    Access on-demand and live courses on Mathematica, SystemModeler, and other Wolfram technologies.

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

  • Mathematica for University Research—Free video course

    Explore Mathematica's high-level and multi-paradigm programming language, support for parallel computing and GPU architectures, built-in functionality for specialized application areas, and multiple publishing and deployment options for sharing your work.

  • Utilizing HPC and Grid Computing in Education—Video tutorial

    Learn how to create programs and take advantage of multi-core machines or a dedicated cluster.

  • Field-Specific Applications

    Learn what areas of Mathematica are useful for specific fields.