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Mathematica is a development platform fully integrating computation into complete workflows, moving you seamlessly from initial ideas to deployed individual or enterprise solutions.

How to Get Mathematica

Mathematica is currently installed in the following locations:

Request Mathematica Desktop and/or Mathematica Online

  1. Create an account (New users only):
    1. Go to and click Create Account
    2. Fill out the form using an @colgate.edu email, and click Create Wolfram ID
    3. Check your email and click the link to validate your Wolfram ID
  2. Request access to the product:

Mathematica Desktop

For school-owned machines:

  1. to request an Activation Key
  2. Click the "Product Summary page" link to access your license
  3. Click "Get Downloads" and select "Download" next to your platform
  4. Run the installer on your machine, and enter Activation Key at prompt

For a personally owned machine:

  1. to request a home-use license from Wolfram.

Mathematica Online

  1. to request access
  2. Go to and sign in to access Mathematica Online
  1. Create an account (New users only):
    1. Go to and click "Create Account"
    2. Fill out form using a @school.edu email, and click "Create Wolfram ID"
    3. Check your email and click the link to validate your Wolfram ID
  2. Request access to the product:

Mathematica Desktop

For a personally owned machine:

  1. to request an Activation Key
  2. Click the "Product Summary page" link to access your license
  3. Click "Get Downloads" and select "Download" next to your platform
  4. Run the installer on your machine, and enter Activation Key at prompt

Mathematica Online

  1. to request access
  2. Go to and sign in to access Mathematica Online

Are you interested in putting Mathematica elsewhere? Please contact the ITS Service Desk.

Mathematica Tutorials

The first four 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.
  • (online book)
    Use this tutorial to learn about solving math problems in the Wolfram Language—from basic arithmetic to integral calculus and beyond.

  • Provides a list of new functionality in Mathematica 11, and links to documentation and examples for these new features—including 3D printing, audio processing, machine learning and neural networks, and text and language processing.

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

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

Teaching with Mathematica

Resources for educators

  • —&²Ô²ú²õ±è;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.

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

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

  • Access on-demand and live courses on using Mathematica, SystemModeler, 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

  • — Free video course
    Explore Mathematica's high-level and multi-paradigm programming language, support for parallel computing and GPU architectures, built-in functionality for specialized application areas, and multiple publishing and deployment options for sharing your work.
  • — 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.
  • — Free video course
    Learn how to create programs that take advantage of multicore machines or available clusters.

  • Learn what areas of Mathematica are useful for specific fields.

Ask for Help

If you are unable to find the information you need in the documentation available online, the ITS Service Desk is available to assist.