Microsoft's Home Use Program (HUP), is a benefit available to employees at the University of British Columbia. Employees who use the covered licenses at work are eligible to purchase Office applications for use on a personal device for the duration of the term of their employment at UBC.
Eligible employees are allowed to purchase a single license of each product available according to the terms of their organization’s Software Assurance benefit. You can learn what is covered by visiting:
https://it.ubc.ca/ubc-it-guide-working-campus
MS Office UBC license media/download available from StatNet IT are for deploying only for qualified UBC-owned computers, or purchase by faculty's grant. Your personal computer will need to purchase this, HUP, home use license.
Instructions
- Go to microsoft.com/en-us/home-use-program
- Enter your UBC email address (emails ending in @admin-at-stat.ubc.ca or @mail.ubc.ca only)
- Click Submit
- Check your inbox for an email from Microsoft, with a link to subscribe to Office 365 with 30% discount