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Where to find the software

W Store

  • W Store is the official retailer of Adobe Creative Cloud licenses for UWaterloo students, faculty and staff on behalf of the Arts Computing Office.

  • Your UWaterloo username is used to give you access to your CC license.

  • To ensure that you can access your license, please sign-up/log in before placing your order.

OnTheHub

  • For students and teachers requiring the Creative Cloud software, please refer to OnTheHub -- Adobe Creative Cloud Student & Teacher Edition for discounted pricing. Purchase by credit card only. 

Adobe Acrobat Pro DC (for full-time employees permanent and temporary employees)

The University now has a site license for Acrobat Pro which allows all full-time employees to use the software free of charge.

Adobe Canada Online Store

  • The Adobe online store also offers an educational discount. Individuals can purchase any of the products from the Adobe Canada Online Store. Purchase by credit card only. 

Adobe VIP 

  • The University of Waterloo has an agreement with  the reseller Softchoice  to allow staff and faculty to be a part of  an Adobe VIP consortium that receives discount  prices on Adobe software. Adobe software can be assigned to the end user or device through a Faculty or Academic Support Department's Adobe VIP. Purchase options are pcard or department account (i.e. Purchase Order). 

  • Each  Faculty/Academic Support  department  will be responsible for managing the Adobe  VIP  accounts associated with their area. 

Cost for software 

Pricing is similar but varies depending on which of the above programs you choose. Please refer to the websites for OnTheHub and the Adobe Canada Online Store. For the Adobe VIP prices, please contact the Adobe VIP in your department/faculty or refer to the list below.   

Staff and faculty that need to purchase Adobe VIP software should connect with their Adobe VIP contact. Please refer to the list of current VIPs for your area's contact. If your department is not listed, please contact your IT support rep.  

Cost comparison as of June 2022 (subject to change)

W Store

  • Adobe Create Suite $89 (term license), $244.00 (license until Sept. 2023)

OnTheHub 

  • Adobe Acrobat Pro DC not available at OnTheHub​

  • Adobe Creative Cloud ~$350.00 CAD/year ​

Adobe Acrobat Pro DC (for full-time employees)

  • Available to full-time employees at no cost

Adobe online store – individual and educational pricing​

  • Adobe Acrobat Pro DC ~$250 CAD/year (varies by US exchange rate)​

  • Adobe Creative Cloud ~$350 CAD/year (varies by US exchange rate) 

Adobe VIP prices - Level 4

  • Adobe Acrobat Pro DC $156.99 CAD/year​

  • Adobe Creative  Cloud $329 CAD/year​

Information for Waterloo Adobe VIPs 

How to request to be an Adobe VIP 

To request to be an Adobe VIP, please submit a request via Jira Help Portal with the following information: 

  • Account Name – “University of Waterloo – name of department”   

  • Name and UWaterloo email (preferably the IT contact) 

    • It is recommended to provide a second/backup name and email 

    • A generic account is permitted and recommended so that the requests can be monitored by more than one person 

Instructions for Adobe VIPs

Please see the Adobe VIP Instructions support article for more information, including how to add users and assign licenses.

List of University of Waterloo Adobe VIPs

 

Faculty or Academic Support department

Adobe VIP

Contact information

Faculty

Health

Trevor Bain

hlthco@uwaterloo.ca

Arts

Bill Baer

aco-contact@uwaterloo.ca

Engineering

Chemical Engineering

Dennis Herman

Ravindra Singh 

dherman@uwaterloo.ca


r5singh@uwaterloo.ca

Dean of Engineering Office

Erin Gillespie

egillesp@uwaterloo.ca

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Steven Utter

sutter@uwaterloo.ca

Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering

Mike Wilson

mwillson@uwaterloo.ca

 

Systems Design Engineering

Mahindra Sangar

Zivojin Pantic

mahindra@uwaterloo.ca


zpantic@uwaterloo.ca

Environment

Mary Burden

mary@uwaterloo.ca

Math (except Computer Science)

Lori Suess

lcsuess@uwaterloo.ca

Science 

Dean of Science Office

Kate Wood

Sarah Forgrave

sciadobe@uwaterloo.ca

sforgrav@uwaterloo.ca

Affiliated University Colleges

Conrad Grebel University College

Paul Penner


Mimi Browne

eppenner@uwaterloo.ca


mimi.browne@uwaterloo.ca

Renison University College

Greg Parks

gparks@uwaterloo.ca

St. Paul's University College

Peter Pillsworth

ppillsworth@uwaterloo.ca

St. Jerome's University

Ashish Bhagat

ashish.bhagat@uwaterloo.ca

Academic Support Department

Associate Vice-President Academic

Ruth Huard
Keith Peck

rlhuard@uwaterloo.ca


kdpeck@uwaterloo.ca

 

Athletics and Recreation

Steve Brooks

swbrooks@uwaterloo.ca

Campus Wellness

Lance Chase

Jeanette Gascho

lgchase@uwaterloo.ca


jgascho@uwaterloo.ca

Central Stores

Carmen Jaray


Joel Norris

cjaray@uwaterloo.ca

jdnorris@uwaterloo.ca 

Centre for Extended Learning

Ishan Abeywardena

ishan.abeywardena@uwaterloo.ca

Finance

Corrine Krauss

Finance Admin

ckrauss@uwaterloo.ca


finadm@uwaterloo.ca

Food Services

Akshay Amin

akshaya.amin@uwaterloo.ca

Graduate Studies & Postdoctoral Affairs

Laurie Larochelle

laurie.larochelle@uwaterloo.ca

Housing and Residences

Mike Huynh

h4huynh@uwaterloo.ca

Human Resources

Trevor Ridgeway

Jim Howard

Raghda Sabry

tsridgwa@uwaterloo.ca


jim.howard@uwaterloo.ca

raghda.sabry@uwaterloo.ca

Human Rights, Equity and Inclusion

Madisson McKeller

m4mckell@uwaterloo.ca

Institutional Analysis and Planning

George Choy

analysis@uwaterloo.ca

IST

Jamie Shigeishi

ist-swpu@uwaterloo.ca

Legal and Immigration Services

Terri Rau

Legal & Immigration Services

trau@uwaterloo.ca


lis@uwaterloo.ca

Library

Adam Savage

libtech@library.uwaterloo.ca

Plant Operations

Plant Operations IT Support

Chris Watson

pltops.itsupport@uwaterloo.ca


cdwatson@uwaterloo.ca

Registrar's Office

Tom Kelly

roitadmn@uwaterloo.ca

Retail Services

Sean Harris

sean.harris@uwaterloo.ca

Secretariat

Keith Peck

Kathy Winter

kdpeck@uwaterloo.ca

kwinter@uwaterloo.ca

Student Success Office

Amanda Annarilli

Mike Huynh

aannaril@uwaterloo.ca


h4huynh@uwaterloo.ca

University Relations

Keith Peck

kdpeck@uwaterloo.ca

Velocity

Alicia Li

Jovana Blagojevic

alicia.li@uwaterloo.ca


jovana.blagojevic@uwaterloo.ca

WatPD

Ben McDonald

ben.mcdonald@uwaterloo.ca

Writing Centre

Meghan Ashdown

mashdown@uwaterloo.ca

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