One of the goals of the Altera® University program is to grant educational institutions easy access to today's leading design software and industry-standard EDA tools. By making these products readily available for instruction and academic research, Altera is helping the electronics industry speed ideas to reality.
Altera's University Program offers a variety of commercial-grade design software and EDA tools for use with Altera development and education boards, research projects, and other joint activities, including:
- Quartus® II Software for Education
- Nios® II Embedded Processors for Education
- Altera Monitor Program
About Quartus II software
Quartus II design software is Altera's primary development system and supports the newest Altera FPGAs, CPLDs, and HardCopy® ASICs as well as nearly all older device families. It provides a comprehensive environment for digital design and is an ideal platform for learning both basic and advanced design techniques. The Quartus II software includes SOPC Builder, which allows you to rapidly and easily build and evaluate embedded systems, including the Nios II soft processor and related peripherals.
About MAX+PLUS II software
Because MAX+PLUS® II software is intended only for legacy designs, support for it is limited. It does not support the MAX® II CPLDs, HardCopy ASICs, Cyclone® FPGAs, Arria® FPGAs, or Stratix® FPGAs. The Quartus II software should be used for all new applications.
Design software licensing
Licenses for the Quartus II and MAX+PLUS II software can be generated online. Visit the Altera University Program software licensing page and follow the instructions.
