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PC Labs

There are a number of rooms around the campus that contain computers which students can use. You can sign in using your QMUL username and password.

Some of these are also timetabled for teaching, but if there isn’t a class in the room the computers can be used by anyone however we ask that you vacate the room 10 minutes before any teaching is scheduled (unless you are part of the class for which it is scheduled, of course).

There are a large number of computers in the Library that are never timetabled for teaching.

In general, any computer you use will have all the applications that you need for your course available to you. There are some exceptions for more specialised software, particularly in EECS, SEF, and SEMS. Your School will let you know where to find any specialist software that you need.

We have a big campus and computer rooms can be especially busy as deadlines approach. We publish an interactive map showing which rooms have empty seats. This is available here and also on screens around the campus.

PC Availability on Campus

The opening hours of some rooms vary and may be shorter during the vacation periods

Using the PCs

  • Sign out: Please remember to sign out when you’ve finished by clicking on your name on the start screen. If you forget, the computer will automatically sign you out after 45 minutes of inactivity, but other students might be waiting to use it.
  • Lock it: If you have to walk away from the computer for a few minutes, it’s important to lock the computer in order to protect your work and prevent others using your account or signing you out –click on your name on the start screen and choose the lock option.
  • Forget something? We strongly recommend that you use your QM Cloud storage, which is tied to your QM account but if you do use external storage, don’t forget to take your USB memory stick or hard drive with you. If you leave it behind, check at a Library Welcome Desk to see if someone has handed it in.

Software Available

 

Category Application Function/ comments
Operating System Windows 11  
Office Software

Microsoft 365

 

 Word processing, Spreadsheet, graphs,  Presentations (on screen and printed), Image handling
Network Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, PuTTY (Telnet/SSH Client), MobaXterm Web browsers and set of accessories for remote access to other computers
Maths & Stats SPSS, Matlab, Maple, Minitab, Mathematica, R , RStudio, Texmaker, LaTeX (TeXLive), (TeXLive), LyX, gnuplot Computer algebra , Data analysis, statistics, Charts and graphs,  Mathematical typesetting
Programming MingW tools, C, C++,  Java (JDK & JRE), Python, Eclipse IDE, BlueJ IDE Programming languages and integrated development environments, (IDES’s), Programming libraries
Drawing , Graphics and image processing ImageJ, GIMP, Inkscape Chemistry drawing package, Image editing, Graphic manipulation
Viewers Ghostscript, dviout (TeXLive), Evince PDF viewers, postscript file viewers, dvi file viewers
Library Databases, Library Catalogue, Web Pages Library databases, Links to library catalogue, Links to library home page
General Calculator, Paint, Notepad, Virus Scan, 7zip Simple calculator, Drawing program, Simple text editor, Archiving, Virus checking software, Basic Word Processor
Specialist departmental Various (see list below) We support a wide variety of specialist software for the academic departments.
This software covers areas such as astronomy, psychology, microscopy, etc...

 

Specialist Departmental Specialist software Software location
Engineering Abaqus, Advanced Aircraft Analysis (AAA), Ansys, CES Edupack, GaBI Education, National Instruments Software, PTC Creo, SolidWorks, StarCCM Engineering 128D, Mile End Library, The Hive, Queen’s EB7 and W207.
Economics (Trading Lab) Bloomberg, XTrader Queen’s W307
Language Centre PC Labs Classroom Control, sound and video streaming facility  (Televic software) Francis Bancroft 1st floor Language Centre

Full List of QM Teaching Computer Software

A

  • AbiWord
  • Accelrys Draw
  • Adobe Digital Editions
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Affect4
  • AntConc
  • ArcGIS
  • Arduino
  • ArgusLab
  • Audacity
  • AWR Design Environment

B

  • BioEdit
  • BlueJ
  • Bloomberg

C

  • C-Clamp
  • CES EduPack
  • ChemDraw
  • ChemSK
  • Chromas
  • ClaroRead
  • ClaroView
  • Clustalx
  • Compendium
  • Construct

D

  • Datastream
  • DeepSkyStacker
  • DeepView PdbViewer
  • DIVA-GIS
  • DSSPlayer

E

  • Eclipse Java
  • Eclipse JEE Luna
  • ELAN
  • Emacs
  • Encifer 1.4
  • EndNote
  • EnergyPlus
  • E-Run
  • EViews
  • Evince
  • Examine

F

  • FigTree
  • Filezilla
  • Fritzing
  • FXCM Trading Station

G

  • GaussView
  • GenStat
  • Gephi
  • GIMP
  • Google Earth
  • Gretl

H

  • HEC-RAS
  • Hot Potatoes

I

  • ImageJ
  • Inkscape
  • IrfanView
  • ISIS

J

  • Jaws

K

  • Karyolab
  • Kinemage
  • KompoZer

L

  • Lab Mouse
  • LAP
  • LaTeX Texmaker
  • LiveCode
  • LyX

M

  • Macrobond
  • Matlab
  • Maple
  • Mathematica
  • MEGA
  • Mendeley Desktop
  • MindView
  • Minitab
  • Moba Xterm
  • Movie Maker

N

  • Netbeans C++
  • NetBeans Java
  • NetLogo
  • NetLogo 3D
  • Neuron
  • NMJ Simulation
  • Notepad++
  • NVivo10
  • Nvu

O

  • Octave
  • OpenOffice
  • OpenStudio
  • Orgahead
  • OriginPro

P

  • PFE
  • Photo Story
  • PhysEdit
  • PhysPlot
  • PopG
  • Populus
  • Praat
  • PsychoPy2
  • Putty
  • PyMOL
  • Python

Q

  • Qtrader

R

  • Rasmol
  • R
  • RegiStax
  • RStudio

S

  • SCP
  • Screenruler
  • SketchUp
  • Smart NoteBook
  • Spartan Student
  • SpinWorks
  • SPSS
  • Stata
  • Star CCM
  • StatsDirect
  • Stellarium

T

  • Tinn-R
  • Torganal
  • Twitch

V

  • V-Clamp
  • Virtual Microscopy
  • VLC

W

  • Wordsmith
  • WhiteBox

X

  • Xtrader

Z

  • Zoomtext
  • Zotero

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