Providing full support for the universities under the NRW Academic Licence for NAG Numerical Libraries and Compiler
Software Entitlement

Students and staff at the Universities under the NRW Academic Licence for NAG are entitled to use the software listed below on both personal and work machines.

Operating Systems: Linux, Windows, macOS and Solaris

  • The NAG Library
    The world’s largest collection of robust, documented, tested and maintained numerical algorithms
  • NAG Fortran Compiler
    The checking compiler for improved code portability and detailed error reporting

The NAG Library is callable from:

  • C
  • C++
  • Fortran
  • Java
  • Python
  • Microsoft Office
  • The NAG Toolbox for MATLAB®

How to Use the NAG Library and its Documentation

The Users' Note is essential reading for every user of the product. Please click Installer's & Users' Notes to find this valuable information.

Useful Links

Short Tutorial: How to install the NAG Library

To install the NAG Numerical Library and the NAG Fortran Compiler, please follow these steps:
  1. Download and install the NAG Library and/or Compiler from the NAG Software download page.
  2. Run the installation process
  3. A valid licence key will be requested during the installation process. To obtain your key, please contact your local representative, quoting the information requested within the installation process. You can find details of your local contact in the table below.
University Keyholder E-mail
RWTH Aachen Claudia Schmidt servicedesk@itc.rwth-aachen.de
Universität Bielefeld Sebastian Sporleder sebastian.sporleder@uni-bielefeld.de
Ruhr Universität Bochum (RUB) Radmila Chergiani radmila.chergiani@rub.de
Universität Bonn Andreas Beutgen beutgen@uni-bonn.de
Technische Universität Dortmund Petra Schlager petra.schlager@tu-dortmund.de
Bergische Universität Wuppertal Martin Errenst pleiades@uni-wuppertal.de
Universität Köln 1. Julia Seidel
2. Volker Winkelmann
mathe-software@uni-koeln.de
Universität Siegen Andrea Berning software@zimt.uni-siegen.de

Alternatively, your department may wish to set up a licence server. In this instance, please download the necessary binaries from here, and provide the Kusari Host ID of the licence server to your local representative, stating the products that the licence is required for.

Technical assistance for installing or using the NAG software can be obtained by contacting support@nag.co.uk.