Geographic information with ArcGIS

You may use the licensed software ArcGIS Desktop Advanced 10.5 and several software extensions free of charge in your study course.

Conditions

• The software products may be used exclusively for your studies and only for projects, i.e. non-commercial purposes (studying, Bachelor’s or Master’s thesis, etc.).
• You must be an enrolled student at the University of Hohenheim and have a valid Hohenheim email address.

Period of use, license

• The licence is valid until the user leaves the University of Hohenheim. This ends the authorisation to use the software product.
• Your access rights are non-transferrable.
• You must follow the terms of use of the manufacturer Esri:
  http://help.arcgis.com/de/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/00r9/pdf/DesktopLicense.pdf

Procedure

Use of the ArcGIS Pro software

• Please send an informal e-mail to kim-software@uni-hohenheim.de
• You will then be registered in the Portal for ArcGIS of the University of Hohenheim and will receive the access data for an Esri online account by e-mail.
• Now, as a student, you can use ArcGIS Pro with all extensions and additional apps as long as you are a member of the University of Hohenheim.

Use of the ArcGIS for Desktop software

If you still want to use the old ArcGIS for Desktop software, please follow these steps:

• Apply for inclusion in the ILIAS course “ArcGIS”
• There you will find the software for download and instructions on how to obtain the licence via the university's central licence server.

IMPORTANT: You need an active VPN connection to use ArcGIS for Desktop.

ArcGIS online courses

As a member of the University of Hohenheim you can use online courses, lectures and videos on the topic of GIS and ArcGIS free of charge.

• Please send an informal e-mail with your activation request to: kim-software@uni-hohenheim.de
• Please indicate your Hohenheim e-mail adress in this mail.
• Esri will send you an e-mail with detailed information and links to the ArcGIS online courses after your activation.