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Computer Labs

Computer lab hours are from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. (Sunday - Saturday) on a first-come first-serve basis when scheduled courses are not in session. Scheduled courses have priority for computer lab use and visitors are asked to vacate the lab promptly for a course session.  

Computer labs (1-225 &1-234)

Operating System

  • MacOS Ventura

Software Suite

Beyond standard macOS applications, the following additional software is also installed and updated regularly:

  • Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Audacity
  • CrowdStrike Falcon
  • Da Vinci Resolve
  • Final Draft (for eligible students)
  • Firefox
  • Google Chrome
  • Lockdown Browser
  • Microsoft Office 
    • Excel
    • OneNote
    • PowerPoint
    • Teams
    • Word
  • SPSS
  • Tableau
  • Tangent Mapper
  • VLC player
  • Zoom

Custom configuration

All computer lab machines are linked to the Isilon. Users using these machines will see their Isilon storage drives auto-populate at login.

If you have any questions regarding the computer labs or the software installed on lab machines, please direct them to helpdesk@qatar.northwestern.edu

View a list of Edit Suite machines managed by Production

Computer Lab rules

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