Adobe

Software Services Team administer Adobe ETLA agreement to purchase *annual* subscriptions to Adobe products for the University. Adobe licenses run 1st September to 31st August each year.

Adobe Creative Cloud for Students

Current students at the University can purchase an Adobe Creative Cloud Suite licence directly from our ePay store. The current cost for a single student licence is £30 for a subscription running up to 31st August 2025. This licence includes Acrobat Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro and the other products found in the Creative Cloud Suite.

This is not an automated purchase, please allow 1-3 working days for us to to process your order and set up your account.

Please note: You will not be able to access your account and files cannot be retrieved after you graduate. Please backup your files before you leave.

How do I order?How do I get it?How much does it cost?
ePaySoftware Services Team will email user directly with information.£30 per annum for Student purchase only licences up to 31/08/2025

 

Edinburgh College of Art and Edinburgh Futures Institute

Students in Edinburgh College of Art and Edinburgh Futures Institute must register for Adobe Creative Cloud via the ECA and EFI Adobe Portal.

ECA and EFI Portal

Staff members in Edinburgh College of Art and Edinburgh Futures Institute please contact IS Helpline 

Adobe Products for Staff/Departments/Units

Please note with these licences you are permitted use onto a University Managed PC or Mac, and one Personal Device installation via the Adobe website.

Device licences are tied to a single machine only and permit only one installation.

Product NameWhat is it?How much does it cost?How do I get it?
Adobe ReaderFor viewing PDFs only. Free on Software Center.Software Center 

Adobe Acrobat Pro ONLY

Single User Licence

Creating and editing PDF documents. This licence is tied directly to a single user's university account. IMPORTANT to add the email and UUN of the named user.

£28 up to 31/08/2025

 

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Adobe Creative Cloud FULL SUITE

Single User Licence

Includes Acrobat Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro and the rest of the products in the Adobe Creative Suite range. This licence is tied directly to a single user's university account. IMPORTANT to add the email and UUN of the named user.

£80 up to 31/08/2025

 

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Adobe Creative Cloud Device LicenceAs above but this licence is tied directly to a machine, rather than a single user. This is a single installation onto a University Managed machine only.

£80  up to 31/08/2025

 

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Adobe CC Express

(Was Adobe Spark)

Content creation tool. This licence is tied directly to a single user's university account.£15 up to 31/08/2025Adobe CC Express Login Instructions
Adobe SignFor signing documents and filling in forms electronically. The product is assigned directly to a single user. It is available to students under exceptional circumstances eg required for a dissertation. This licence is tied directly to a single user's university account.Currently in trial but eventually departments will charged by transactions, please see Software Services Team for info.Adobe Sign Request Form

 

Instructions on how to install software onto University Manged Computers can be found at: 

Software FAQs

Adobe CC Express

Instructions on how to access Adobe Express (formerly Adobe Spark).

Adobe Sign Request

Adobe Sign Request form. Requires an ease authentication.

Adobe FAQs and Resources

Here are the answers to our most frequently asked Adobe questions.

Changes to Creative Cloud Synced files

Adobe are discontinuing Creative Cloud Synced files for Creative Cloud for Enterprise from 3 February 2025.

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