Friday, June 27, 2025
What is happening? Information Systems and Technology (IST) will be discontinuing the existing SPSS license with Orion, due to the significant cost, and relatively low usage of SPSS.
When is this happening? Starting January 2026.
What do I need to do?
- For use in 2025 (until December 31, 2025), SPSS for faculty and staff for academic research or teaching is available through the IST Webstore
- Starting in January 2026, faculty, researchers and students, can purchase SPSS from one of the following sources
- StudentDiscounts.com – SPSS Student and Teacher Discounts on Gradpack
- University of Waterloo | Academic Software Discounts (OnTheHub)
- Other vendor options from IBM are listed at: Gradpack and Faculty Packs - IBM SPSS Statistics
- Note that some have switched to JASP - Free and User-Friendly Statistical Software as an alternative.
Additional resources
Questions or concerns? Please submit an IST Webstore support request.