Free software

Office 365

Office 365, i.e. Word, PowerPoint and Excel, for example, is available to you for free and can be used on your own computer. Click on the link below to get information about how to get access to the programs via your student account.

How to download Office365 – lunduniversity.lu.se

You might need to activate Office after you download it. In this case, check the box stating that you already have an account and then use the same credentials to activate as you used when you logged in.

Microsoft Office includes Bing Co-pilot – a generativ AI-tool. All students at Lund University can log in to Co-pilot using their student account. When logged in your data is better protected than when using the public version of the tool. Remember that your teachers may not allow you to use a generative AI tool in relation to your assignment. Check with your teachers what is allowed in your course.

Four things to keep in mind before asking AI for help

Open Bing Copilot in your browser – bing.com/chat

Scanner apps

There are different free apps that can help you convert an image into a document – for example if your Canvas hand-in assignment requires it. You can find a couple of examples of such apps below.

Genius Scan helps you convert paper documents into multi-page pdf files with the help of a phone camera.

Genius Scan for iPhone – apps.apple.com

Genius Scan for Android – play.google.com

Office Lens allows you to convert images into pdf, word, PowerPoint or Excel files.

Office Lens for iPhone – apps.apple.com

Office Lens for Android – play.google.com

Mathematic tools

Many students, especially at the Faculty of Engineering, use the mathematics programs called Matlab and Comsol. Lund University has user licences for these programs encompassing all students at Lund University. Click on the link below log in with your student account to download the software.

Log in with your student account and download MatLab and Comsol – program.ddg.lth.se/en/

Lund University has a guide for how to install Matlab. Find it through the link below.

Matlab-guide – support.lu.se/en

MATLAB Grader is integrated in Canvas which makes it possible for your teacher to use MATLAB coding programs directly in your course. Therefore, you might come across it in a Canvas-assignment.

The Program Manager Services at Lund University

Via Lund University's Program Manager, you can download loads of programs that you might need in your studies, for example SPSS, Maple and EndNote, assuming you are connected to the university’s network. You can connect to the university network even from home by using a VPN. See the link below for information on how this works. If you need help with the connection or the download, you can always contact Lund University’s technical support, but remember that they can’t support you when it comes to using the programs – for help with this, you have to ask your teacher or supervisor.

Read more about which programs are available and log in to the Program Manager Services – lu.se

See contact information to Lund University’s technical support

Read more about VPN and how to connect to the university’s network – lu.se