Wolfram Mathematica at TU

How to Get Mathematica

Mathematica is currently installed in the following locations:

  • Computer labs: All public and general labs
  • Computer clusters: The Mathematica license for Towson University allows for parallel computing on dedicated research clusters, or in ad-hoc, or distributed grid environments. For details, please contact: Wolfram Research

To request Mathematica Desktop and Mathematica Online, follow the directions below. These apply to faculty, staff, and students:

Mathematica Desktop Mathematica Online and Wolfram|Alpha technologies
For school-owned or personally-owned machines:

  1. Fill out this form to request a download. Use your @towson.edu email.
  2. Choose faculty/staff or student.
  3. Click “Get Mathematica Desktop” and begin the download.
  4. Sign in to the Wolfram User Portal whem prompted. If you don’t have a Wolfram ID, choose “Create one” and follow those prompts.
  5. Find the email with your verification code and enter it. Hit “Continue.” Be sure to check your Spam/Junk folder, just in case.
  6. Complete the form to request your Activation Key and click “Submit.”
  1. Revisit this link to request access to Mathematica|Online, Wolfram|Alpha Pro, and Wolfram|Alpha Notebook Edition
  2. Choose your correct affiliation (faculty/staff or student).
  3. Choose the product.
  4. Follow on-screen directions to register and log-in to the Wolfram Cloud or Wolfram|Alpha.

Are you interested in putting Mathematica elsewhere? Please let IT or Wolfram Research know.

Tutorials for Mathematica

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

    • How To TopicsAccess step-by-step instructions ranging from how to create animations to basic syntax information.

Teaching with Wolfram Mathematica

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 courseLearn 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 PresentationsLearn how to create a slideshow presentation that combines graphics, calculations, and nicely formatted text, with live calculations or animations.
    • Wolfram Demonstrations ProjectDownload pre-built, open-code examples from a daily-growing collection of interactive visualizations, spanning a remarkable range of topics.

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 coursesExplore what’s possible with the Wolfram Language, including programming fundamentals and concepts, built-in functions, symbolic expressions, and tips for better, faster coding.
    • Wolfram CertificationsTake online courses and earn formal certifications for your knowledge and expertise in field-specific disciplines.
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