How do I get started with Gurobi for academic users?

Background information

Gurobi provides the most powerful mathematical programming solver to the academic community at no cost and with no restrictions on features. We are a company that has education at the core of what we do; because of this, we strive to find ways to give back to the academic community that has helped shape us.

We provide to academic users the same full-featured, no-size limit version that our commercial customers use. These free academic licenses are available to any faculty member, student, or member of the research or administrative staff of a degree-granting academic institution. The license may be used only for research and educational purposes. Access for commercial purposes is forbidden.

Registering on the Gurobi website

To register for an account with Gurobi, please visit the registration site, and select "Academic" when prompted. Please then enter your name, university (if your university is not listed, you can add it by typing the name), and country into the form and submit via "Access Now".

Within a few minutes, you should receive an email that allows you to set a password on your Gurobi website account. Once you are logged in, you can reach your User Portal via My Account > Account Info located in the top right corner of the Gurobi website.

• How do I register and access my account in the Gurobi User Portal?

Downloading and installing Gurobi Optimizer

For detailed information on the installation process, please visit How do I install Gurobi Optimizer?

Licenses available for classroom and research use

There are various types of licenses available for our academic users including:

• Academic Named-User licenses. This Gurobi Optimizer license is tied to a single user on a single machine and cannot be used in containerized environments.
• Academic WLS licenses. Run Gurobi wherever you want, including containerized environments. This portable license can be used seamlessly across multiple platforms, including those outside an academic network. With this license you are not restricted to a single machine; you can run Gurobi Optimizer from wherever you want, including from within containers.
• Educational institution site licenses. Share Gurobi with multiple users in your academic departments, schools, and classrooms by running Gurobi on your university’s local-area network, at no cost to you or your institution. 

For detailed information on the license options, please visit How do I obtain a free academic license?

Resources for academic users include:

• Gurobi Community Forum
• Gurobi Academic Licenses
• Getting Started with Gurobi Optimizer

Further information

• How do I install Gurobi Optimizer?
• How do I install Gurobi for Python?
• How do I install Gurobi for Matlab?