SAS® OnDemand for Academics
SAS® OnDemand for Academics
SAS® software in the cloud – for free!
Get free access to powerful SAS software for statistical analysis, data mining and forecasting. Point-and-click functionality means there's no need to program. Like to program? You can do that, too. Either way, you'll advance your analytical skills, which will help secure your future.
Students: Secure your future with sought-after analytical skills.
Getting Started
- If your professor has already registered your class with SAS OnDemand for Academics, you should have been given a code. Once you have the code, you can register and access the software.
- If you're not using it for a class, but you still want to learn SAS, you can get free access to SAS OnDemand for Academics: Studio for learning purposes.
Included Resources
- Free video tutorials that will teach you the basics of SAS programming and statistical analysis.
- Two free e-learning courses – Programming 1 and Statistics 1.
- An online interactive community for students – SAS Analytics U – where you'll find forums, software support, instructional videos and more.
Professors & Teachers: Get software and resources for developing students' analytical knowledge.
Choosing the Right Software
| If you want to: | Choose this: |
|---|---|
| Teach SAS with a point-and-click Windows interface | SAS® OnDemand for Academics: Enterprise Guide® |
| Use SAS on Windows, a Mac or Linux | SAS OnDemand for Academics: Studio |
| Teach students to code in SAS | SAS OnDemand for Academics: Studio or SAS OnDemand for Academics: Enterprise Guide |
| Teach data mining | SAS® OnDemand for Academics: Enterprise Miner™ |
| Teach forecasting | SAS OnDemand for Academics: Forecast Server |
Getting Started
- To get started with SAS OnDemand for Academics: Studio, all you need to do is send the link to your students. The software isn't gated, so they can start using it right away.
- To get started with all other SAS OnDemand for Academics offerings, register your course. We'll send you an email containing instructions that you can share with your students on how they can register and access the software.
Resources Included With All SAS OnDemand for Academics Offerings
- Free teaching and curriculum development materials – everything you need to teach a course using SAS.
- Two free e-learning courses – Programming 1 and Statistics 1.
- An online community, SAS Analytics U, where you can interact with peers, get support, access SAS resources, etc.
- The SAS Cloud, where everyone can upload up to 5GB of data for easy access. Professors can upload an additional 2GB of course data to share with students.
Independent Learners: Get free access to SAS OnDemand for Academics: Studio.
Even if you're not affiliated with a college or university, you can sharpen your analytics skills with free access to SAS OnDemand for Academics: Studio. You also get access to:
- Free video tutorials that will teach you the basics of SAS programming and statistical analysis.
- Two free e-learning courses – Programming 1 and Statistics 1.
- An online, interactive community – SAS Analytics U – where you'll find forums, software support, instructional videos and more.
Powerful analytical software. For free!
Use the most up-to-date statistical and quantitative methods whenever and wherever you are. With SAS OnDemand for Academics, you get the same world-class analytics software used by more than 84,000 business, government and university sites around the world – including 94 of the top 100 companies on the Fortune Global 500®.
Easy access, easy setup.
Whether you're a professor, teacher, student or independent learner, you can get easy access to powerful SAS software via the cloud. Setup is easy, too. After you get set up, a broadband internet connection is all you'll need to run the best analytics software in the world.
Be a part of something bigger.
Not only will you have the world’s leading analytical software at your fingertips, but you'll also become a part of the SAS Analytics U community. In this online community, you can access tutorials and other valuable resources for teaching and learning SAS. Connect with fellow SAS users to ask questions, share ideas and best practices, collaborate on projects and get peer support. And interact with users through social media channels to stay connected and in the know.
Fill the skills gap.
By 2018, demand for workers skilled in analytics could outpace supply by 60 percent – that's 1.6 million jobs.* And a recent Monster.com article, “Job Skills That Lead to Bigger Paychecks,” named SAS as the skill that nets the biggest paycheck. If you’re a student or independent learner, knowing SAS is a great way to safeguard your future. If you’re a teacher or professor, teaching SAS is a great way to attract top students and equip tomorrow’s workers with the skills they’ll need to succeed.
* According to a McKinsey Global Institute study.
Features
- SAS OnDemand for Academics: Studio – Easily access your data and create SAS programs with a web browser interface.
- SAS OnDemand for Academics: Enterprise Guide – Analyze data and publish results using a point-and-click, menu- and wizard-driven interface.
- SAS OnDemand for Academics: Enterprise Miner – Create highly accurate predictive and descriptive models.
- SAS OnDemand for Academics: Forecast Server – Produce large numbers of forecasts quickly and automatically.
Recommended Resources
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