NVivo (QSR International)

Instructions for Departments

Participating Departments

The College of Liberals Arts has purchased a license. Current graduate students, staff, or faculty in CLA should email [email protected] to find out how to request the software. 

Other Departments

1. Order licenses on our Kivuto-hosted webstore.
2. Information supplied with license purchase will include keys for downgrades to earlier versions if available.

To capture content like web pages, online PDFs, and social media for analysis:

1. Purchase and install NVivo Pro.
2. Download the free add-on module NCapture. 

Instructions for Employees

Faculty and staff should contact QSR directly to purchase NVivo for their personal use.

You can also contact our NVivo representative, Solenne Santana, at [email protected].

If you will use this software exclusively for UMN teaching, learning, or research and you want to install it on a personally owned device, follow the Instructions for Departments above.

Instructions for Students

Licenses are available for purchase directly from QSR at educational prices. Visit the QSR Buy NVivo page.

Note regarding compatibility issues: NVivo recommends those teams working with NVivo use the same version of the software and do not work cross-platform. For example, there are significant compatibility issues when transferring NVivo project files from Mac operating systems via Box. The file is likely to become corrupted and unable to be downloaded from Box for use or for conversion for use on a PC. Should secure file transfer be necessary, alternative file transfer processes may be required. This is only an issue from Mac to Box, PC versions of NVivo can be successfully shared via Box.

More information can be found here.