Division of Information Technology

SAS Licenses

K-State has a license program with the SAS Institute to provide SAS Education Analytic Suite software to currently affiliated faculty, staff and students. The SAS 9.4 suite can only be downloaded to Windows machines. Each license may be installed on up to two computers but cannot be used concurrently. Teaching & Research (T&R) licenses are to be used for classroom instruction, academic (non-commercial) research, and coursework (including the formulation of theses and dissertations). Administrative licenses are to be used for institutional research for reporting purposes.

The suite cannot be downloaded to Mac machines. Mac users must access the suite via an university computing lab or use SAS OnDemand for Academics via a web browser. High performance tasks, such as HP Linear Regression, HP Logistic Regression, Recency, Frequency, Monetary Analysis, CAS and Viya, are not available in the online version.

Application Versions

  • The current version is SAS 9.4, which works with all currently supported Windows operating systems.

Licensing Fees

The annual license fee is $150, covering the period from August 1 – July 31.

Request a License

To request a license, submit a completed Software and Applications Distribution Form. Upon the receipt of the completed request form, an invoice will be emailed to the person designated on the request form. Payment is made to the Division of Information Technology. Within seven days of receipt of payment (KSU Interfund Voucher or KSU Foundation check), the licensee will receive an email with instructions to access this software.

Students may access SAS through a university computing lab, use SAS OnDemand for Academics via a web browser, or lease SAS with departmental approval and payment directly through their department business office.

Annual Renewal Cycle

K-State renews the SAS site license annually. Each year, the Division of Information Technology will send current departments a renewal invoice in July. Upon receipt of the payment, the licensee will be sent a license-extension password. The important dates are as follows:

Date Explanation
July 31 Expiration date for the agreement between K-State and the SAS Institute.
July 31 Expiration date for agreements between K-State and students, faculty, staff who have licensed SAS.
August 7 Date that the software begins providing an expiration warning but program operates as normal.
August 15 SAS Institute turns off software access for those without the license-extension password.

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