VMware Academic Program Overview
The VMware Academic Program (VMAP) is a comprehensive program designed specifically for the academic community. The program enables qualifying academic institutions worldwide to gain easy access to cutting-edge virtualization technology and resources at no charge.
VMAP accelerates instruction and research in the rapidly expanding area of virtualized infrastructure by providing faculty and students with access to the virtualization technologies most widely used in commercial production environments.
- Faculty can use VMware software under specific program usage guidelines, free of charge, in a wide variety of areas of academic research and classroom instruction.
- Students can use this software as part of their coursework or research projects.
In addition to free licenses for instruction and research, VMware also provides academic institutions and affiliated organizations special discounts on VMware software and support when deployed as a part of their IT infrastructure.
Examples of Acceptable Use
- The free licenses provided through VMAP may be used for instruction and non-commercial research only. Please refer to the definitions of instructional and research use below
- Faculty members as well as staff directly involved in administering systems and providing support for program software may install the software on their personal computers
- Students taking qualified courses or conducting research can access program software within lab machines or download programs software on their personal computers. Students receiving licenses through a qualifying course or research project may use the licenses after the course or project is concluded.
- Program software installed in shared lab environments can be used across different courses offered by different faculty members
- Multiple academic groups in an institution may join the Program if each group meets the eligibility requirements.
- The designated program administrator must be an employee of the department or group and is responsible for administering, managing, and enforcing the guidelines set by the EULA for the VMware Academic and Research Program (“Academic EULA”)
- Every copy of the software must be a true and complete copy and it must include all copyright and trademark notices. All software made available must include all of the files on the CD.
Examples of Unacceptable Use
- Students who are in an approved department but are not taking courses that lead to credit or a certificate or not involved in relevant research projects are not eligible to use the software.
- Students, faculty members, or other parties that received a license under the program but no longer attend or are employed by the institution.
- Staff members who are not directly involved with system administration related to the program, such as administrative assistants, may not install the software on their personal computers.
- Software that is part of the program may not be shared with non-approved departments. However, it may be installed on shared labs if the approved department's students regularly use that lab.
- The designated Program Administrator for the member approved may not be a teaching assistant or a student. However, teaching assistants or students may help the Program Administrator with the program.
- The software provided by VMAP may not be sold, rented, leased, or transferred to any third party including contractors, consultants, other companies, and other department personnel.
Use of free VMware software for instruction and research is governed by the specific program guidelines and the conditions described within the Academic EULA and the use of software for infrastructure purposes is governed by the VMware EULA for each of the products.
Definitions of Instructional, Research and Infrastructure Use
- Instructional use is defined as conducting educational classes, labs, or related programs for teaching or learning concepts related to the products that are part of this program.
- Research use is defined as conducting not-for-profit research projects.
- Infrastructure use is defined as use of software as a part of the institution's or department's infrastructure that's not intended for specific classroom instruction or research project
IMPORTANT: These guidelines are provided for your convenience only. Please refer to the VMware Academic Program EULA for specific license rights.
Questions?
If you have any questions or comments you can contact us or request more program info at any time.