How to Get Mathematica

Mathematica is currently installed in all ITS computer labs.

Computer clusters

• The Mathematica license for SIUE allows for parallel computing on dedicated research clusters, or in ad-hoc, or distributed grid environments. For details, please contact: Pam Yergler at Wolfram Research

To request Mathematica Desktop, follow the directions below.

• Faculty, Staff, and Students

  1. Request access to the products:

     Mathematica Desktop

     For school-owned or personally-owned machines: Fill out this form to request a download. Use your @siue.edu email. Choose faculty/staff or student. Click "Get Matheamtica Desktop" and begin the download. Sign in to the Wolfram User Portal when prompted. If you don't have a Wolfram ID, choose "Create one" and follow those prompts. Find the email with your verification code and enter it. Hit "Continue." Be sure to check your Spam/Junk folder, just in case. Complete the form to request your Activation Key and click "Submit."

Tutorials

These tutorials are excellent for new users, and can be assigned to students as homework to learn Mathematica outside of class time.

• • Hands-on Start to Wolfram Mathematica

    This tutorial helps you get started with Mathematica—learn how to create your first notebook, run calculations, generate visualizations, create interactive models, analyze data, and more.

    • Free online course with live Q&A
    • Book available in paperback or Kindle form
    • Free on-demand training video to watch any time

• • Introduction to Mathematica for Students and Teachers (online course)

    Use this tutorial to learn about solving math problems in the Wolfram Language—from basic arithmetic to integral calculus and beyond.

• • What's New in Mathematica 14

    Stephen Wolfram's blog post covering new features in Mathematica 14, including connections to AI and improvements in our core language and resources.

• • How To Topics

    Access step-by-step instructions ranging from how to create animations to basic syntax information.

• • Mathematica Resources

    Browse Wolfram's large collection of learning materials and support resources.

• Introduction to Notebooks (interactive open course)

  Learn to use Wolfram Notebooks for computing, programming, generating reports and creating presentations with this interactive course.

Teaching with Wolfram Technology

Mathematica offers an interactive classroom experience that helps students explore and grasp concepts, plus gives faculty the tools they need to easily create supporting course materials, assignments, and presentations.

• • Teaching and Learning with Mathematica—Free video course

    Learn how to make your classroom dynamic with interactive models, explore computation and visualization capabilities in Mathematica that make it useful for teaching practically any subject at any level, and get best-practice suggestions for course integration.

• • Preparing and Giving Presentations

    Learn how to create a slideshow presentation that combines graphics, calculations, and nicely formatted text, with live calculations or animations.

• • Wolfram Demonstrations Project

    Download pre-built, open-code examples from a daily-growing collection of interactive visualizations, spanning a remarkable range of topics.

• Wolfram U Courses on Classroom Resources & Instruction

  Access on-demand and live courses on using Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha, and other Wolfram technologies in your classroom.

Research with Mathematica

Rather than requiring different toolkits for different jobs, Mathematica integrates the world's largest collection of algorithms, high-performance computing capabilities, and a powerful visualization engine in one coherent system, making it ideal for academic research in just about any discipline.

Resources for researchers

• • Wolfram Language Training Courses—Free video courses

    Explore what's possible with the Wolfram Language, including programming fundamentals and concepts, built-in functions, symbolic expressions, and tips for better, faster coding.

• • Field-Specific Applications

    Learn what areas of Mathematica are useful for specific fields.

• Wolfram Certifications

  Take online courses and earn formal certifications for your knowledge and expertise in field-specific disciplines.