The School of Economics has several computer labs equipped with more than 250 up-to-date personal computers, (colour) laser printers, and a full range of professional and academic software. This includes the uniquitous Microsoft Office but also more specialised packages such as Minitab (statistics), TeX (typesetting beautiful documents), Arena (discrete event simulation), and Matlab (mathematical as statistical processing). The computer labs are kept in immaculate condition and feature regular, fully automated updates of the software.

The University is a multi-license client for most popular and specialised Windows software. Students can purchase steeply discounted licenses of a wide range of software packages for use on their own computers. (As an example, a copy of the current version of Microsoft Office is available for around 10 euro.) Purchases can be made on campus at the Erasmus Shop and online at the Surfspot shop.

The labs provide full access to library, internet and email services, and are accessible during University opening hours. Virtual Private Network facilities allow students to access information services that require campus-licenses (such as the online databases of major publishers of academic literature) from any location on the Internet.

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