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OriginLab

Please review the eligibility chart and information below. This information is subject to change for clarification and improvement purposes. If you have additional software related questions, please contact the Campus IT Help Desk (801-581-4000 or helpdesk@utah.edu).


Contents

Eligibility chart

Product information

Additional resources


Eligibility chart

Product Device ownership
Student Employee  University
OriginPro yes1 no2, 4 yes3, 4

Notes:

1.

Currently enrolled students taking credit awarding classes are eligible to purchase, install and use this software on personally owned or leased computers solely for academic non-profit, non-commercial, educational and research purposes. Any other use is strictly prohibited. Students are allowed to install one copy of this software on one personally owned computer.

Students whose primary campus is the University of Utah Asia Campus are not eligible to purchase, install or use this software except when enrolled in and attending classes in North America.

2.

Faculty and staff are not eligible to purchase, install or use this software on personally owned or leased computers for personal purposes under our existing software license agreement.

Faculty and Staff whose primary employment location is the University of Utah Asia Campus are not eligible to purchase, install or use this software except during employment and working in North America.

3.

Faculty and staff are eligible to purchase, install and use this software only on university owned or leased computers and this software may only be used for academic and non-commercial purposes.

Faculty and Staff whose primary employment location is the University of Utah Asia Campus are not eligible to purchase, install or use this software except during employment and working in North America.

4.

Faculty and staff are eligible to purchase, install and use this software on personally owned or leased computers for work at home purposes provided you purchase a University License and you register with a valid utah.edu email address. You must only use the software for academic non-profit, non-commercial, educational and research purposes. Any other use is strictly prohibited.

Faculty and Staff whose primary employment location is the University of Utah Asia Campus are not eligible to purchase, install or use this software except during employment and working in North America.


Product information

Origin is a software application for data analysis and publication-quality graphing, tailored to the needs of scientists and engineers. The application offers an easy-to-use interface for beginners, and the ability for advanced users to customize analysis and graphing tasks using themes, templates, custom reports, batch processing and programming.

OriginPro offers all of the features of Origin plus extended analysis tools.

For more product details, please go to the OriginLab website.

Obtaining OriginPro

Purchase OriginPro from the Software Catalog

License expiration

Our license is an annual subscription that willl expire at the end of June, regardless of when you purchase it. If you have purchased an OriginPro license, check your order summary on the Office of Software Licensing software catalog for the license term. 

 A new annual license must be purchased to continue using the software for each licensing term.

Our license includes maintenance, which provides you with free upgrades and/or technical support.

Serial number and product key

Single user licenses

The serial number and product key are listed on your order summary. The product key is found in the Serial Number section and the OriginLab serial number is found in the Installation Instructions of your order summary.

To obtain this informaiton, follow these instruxtions:

  • Sign into the Software Catalog.
  • Select ORDER HISTORY.
  • Select Search Order History.
  • Enter the search terms and select the type of terms (product name, order number, Org ID (university licenses), or date range), and select SEARCH.
  • Select the order number to see your order summary. 

Concurrent user licenses

Contact the Campus IT Help Desk (801-581-4000 or helpdesk@utah.edu) with your order number and request your concurrent license key:

  • OSL order number
  • Server Hostname
  • Server Host ID
  • Current serial number (if the purchase is a renewal)

Activation

Follow the activation instructions License Activation Instructions for End-Users available on the Origin Lab website.

Remote use

Faculty and staff may install and use a university license on a personally owned computer provided:

  • you purchase a new license for that purpose.
  • you install and use the software solely on computers that are owned or leased by the University of Utah and paid for with university funds and/or computers that are personally owned or leased by you.
  • you register the license using a valid email address ending with utah.edu.
  • you are the sole user of the software.
  • you only access the software on one computer at a time, not simultaneously on multiple computers.
  • you are only using the software for work related academic and work related non-commercial purposes.

Transfer your license to a new computer

Follow the deactivation instructions available on the Origin Lab website.

If you are unable to deactivate the license, contact the Campus Help Desk (801-581-4000 or helpdesk@utah.edu) and include the following information:

  1. Your first and last name
  2. OSL order number
  3. Product key
  4. Email address you used to register your license
  5. HostID or Hostname

Update your license with a new product key

To update your license with a new product key, follow these steps:

  1. Download and save the license file and the product key provided on your order summary. For instructions, see the "Serial Number and Product Key" section.
  2. Follow the instructions to update your multi-user node-locked license after maintenance renewal available on the Origin Lab website.

Additional Resources

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Campus Support

Campus IT Help Desk 
801-581-4000


Knowledge Commons

Knowledge Commons

Marriott Library (level 2)
295 S 1500 E
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
801-581-6273


Hospital

U of U Health Support

801-587-6000


Last Updated: 10/2/24