Who is eligible to purchase Microsoft software for personal computer?

You must be a student, faculty or staff currently affiliated with Miami University to purchase Microsoft software for personal use. Microsoft has specific requirements for verification and tracking of software licenses issued through this contract. To comply with the Microsoft requirements, Miami contracts with e-academy, an on-line software distributor, to sell software for personal computers.

If a faculty or staff member is also a student, you will be able to purchase software based on your primary affiliation. For example, if you are a full-time employee but taking classes part-time, you will be able to purchase software as an employee. If you are a full-time student but working as a student worker you will be classified as a student.

Students: Students must be currently enrolled in at least one class that, when completed, will result in the awarding of credit hours verifiable through the Office of the Registrar. Graduate Assistants are considered students (not faculty/staff) for purposes of this contract. "Non-matriculated" students (students not in a degree-seeking program and post-secondary students) are eligible to purchase the software, provided all other requirements are met.

Students planning to attend the Luxembourg campus should purchase the software prior to leaving for Luxembourg. Use the link on the left to purchase your software using Miami University's Microsoft software distributor e-academy.

Faculty and Staff: Faculty and staff who are actively employed by the Unversity are allowed to purchase perpetual or subscription copies of the Microsoft software.

Use the link on the left to place your order using Miami University's Microsoft software distributor e-academy.

Who is not eligible?

• anyone enrolled exclusively in non-credit courses
• those working to complete a thesis or dissertation who are not enrolled in at least one course that will award credit hours through the Registrar
• conference attendees
• alumni
• retired faculty or staff
• emeriti
• parents, spouses or siblings of current Miami University students
• companies, (and their employees), or individuals who have been hired by Miami University on a contractual basis for services on campus or off campus
• student organizations, unless their computers are MU-owned and tracked as assets in the Miami inventory
• anyone appearing in Ph with a classification of "courtesy."

If you have questions about eligibility, please contact the IT Services Support Desk at (513) 529-7900.

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