Note: We will no longer be licensed for ArcGIS Desktop (ArcMAP) as of Jan 3, 2024. You must migrate your content to ArcPro.
Authorized Users: Registered students, educators, and staff members.
ESRI software can be installed on personal devices and on University owned computers.
This software is to be used for academic or administrative purposes only. Use for consulting or any other form of commercial or profit-generating activities is prohibited.
How to Request
Please click the “Request Service” button at the top right hand side of the screen.
ArcGIS Pro
ArcGIS Pro is the latest professional desktop GIS application from Esri. With ArcGIS Pro, you can explore, visualize, and analyze data; create 2D maps and 3D scenes; and share your work to your ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise portal.
Request ArcPro
Once ArcPro is installed, license the product by signing into ArcGIS Online:
- Launch ArcPro
- At Sign in, Choose “Your ArcGIS organization’s URL”
- Enter “umontana” and select “Remember this URL”
- Click on “UM NetID” and sign in using your NetID and password
ArcGIS Desktop
We will no longer be licensed for ArcGIS Desktop (ArcMAP) after Jan 3, 2024. You must migrate your content to ArcPro.
Request ArcGIS Desktop or a license
ArcGIS Online
Part of the Esri Geospatial Cloud, ArcGIS Online enables you to connect people, locations, and data by using interactive maps. Work with smart, data-driven styles and intuitive analysis tools that deliver location intelligence. Share your insights with the world or specific groups.
To access ArcGIS online:
Access to the University of Montana’s ArcGIS Online Organization is only granted to registered students and active employees.
Certificate in GIS Sciences and Technologies
Given the importance of ArcGIS to government and the private sector, the University offers a certificate in GIS Sciences and Technologies.
Additional information and assistance: email support@cfc.umt.edu
Scope of Use
Authorized Users: Registered students, educators, and staff members of Institution.
- Products may be used on authorized users' personal devices and in virtualized/hosted environments. ArcGIS use is no longer limited to the campus site or university-owned computers.
- Institution may permit Authorized Users to use the Education Products on a personally owned device in any geographic location where it is not prohibited by the then current applicable US government export laws and regulations (currently the following: Iran, Sudan, North Korea. Syria, Cuba, and the Crimea region In the Ukraine), solely for Academic and Administrative Use
- Institution may Deploy Education Products to devices owned by third parties in a virtual or hosted environment provided that access is limited solely to Customer through use of a license manager or user identity.
- Institution shall not use or permit Authorized Users to use the Education Products for Consulting or any other form of commercial or profit-generating activities.
- Institution shall not use or permit Authorized Users to use the Education Products in violation of the Export Compliance provision of the Master Agreement, which includes authorizing use, access, or transfer to denied parties, entities, and individuals on any US government sanctioned lists.
Except where permitted herein. Customer shall not transfer, redistribute, or assign Education Products to any third party without the prior written permission of Esri. Notwithstanding, Value-Added Applications that permit anonymous use may be used by third parties provided that no Named User credential is assigned to the third party and/or no Education Product is installed on a computer owned by a third party.