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Esri Academic Department License Pricing


The Esri Academic Department License provides affordable access to ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise, and over a dozen mobile apps. ArcGIS is the mapping and analytics platform for gaining greater insights and making better decisions. Used by thousands of universities in hundreds of disciplines, ArcGIS provides a suite of apps for data collection, spatial analysis and data science, real-time maps and visualizations, and collaboration and sharing. View pricing and license levels.

Frequently asked questions

Yes. ArcGIS Pro can be used in virtualized environments, both on-premises and in the cloud, with great success. Esri understands how important virtualization technology is to our users. ArcGIS Pro is heavily tested and supported on all the major virtualization environments including Citrix XenDesktop, VMware Horizon, and Microsoft Hyper-V VDI.

We test ArcGIS Pro in a variety of virtualization environments and configurations to compile and provide the latest information on how to obtain the optimal user experience. The most recent information can be found on the ArcGIS Pro System Requirements page and in the Virtualization topic in the help.

ArcGIS Pro is supported in the Citrix XenDesktop, VMware Horizon, and Microsoft Hyper-V VDI environments. The ArcGIS Pro System Requirements page provides a list of all supported virtualization environments. We are constantly reviewing and updating this page to provide our users with the most current information. Because virtualization technology is changing and evolving so rapidly, it's important to check the ArcGIS Pro System Requirements page and related blogs frequently.

The following extensions are available for ArcGIS Desktop:

  • ArcGIS 3D Analyst
  • ArcGIS Data Interoperability
  • ArcGIS Data Reviewer
  • ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst
  • ArcGIS Image Analyst1
  • ArcGIS LocateXT
  • ArcGIS Network Analyst
  • ArcGIS Publisher
  • ArcGIS Spatial Analyst
  • ArcGIS Tracking Analyst
  • ArcGIS Workflow Manager

Extensions licensed for ArcGIS Desktop can be used with both ArcGIS Pro and ArcMap (as available).

1Available for ArcGIS Pro only

ArcGIS Pro is included with ArcGIS Desktop. You can download ArcGIS Pro from My Esri.

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