AMPL for Academia

Everything you need to learn, teach, research and take optimization into the workforce – now free

Get AMPL’s powerful yet easy-to-learn modeling language, integrated with a comprehensive Python API for application development. 

Academia

AMPL Academic License

Extended Community Edition license with commercial linear solvers

Unlike our basic Community Edition license that has no long term commercial solver connectivity, the Academic Community Edition license is extended to include commercial linear solvers, while maintaining the full AMPL and Python ecosystems, extended to include the use of commercial linear solvers

How to get your license

Create an account with your valid academic email address, download a free Community Edition license, and your academic account automatically unlocks commercial solver connectivity.

Included features and integrations

Community Edition AMPL license

Commercial solver connectivity with free linear solvers

Data connections

Python and other APIs

Parameters

Participating free commercial solvers remain active for 12 months with a simple renewal process

AMPL Community Edition license works as long as you maintain a stable internet connection for license verification

Non-participating solvers available for purchase - contact us for details

To qualify you only need a valid academic email address

More dedicated licenses

Distributable bundles for teaching and a license to take beyond the classroom

Unlike our basic Community Edition license that has no long term commercial solver connectivity, the Academic Community Edition license is extended to include commercial linear solvers, while maintaining the full AMPL and Python ecosystems, extended to include the use of commercial linear solvers

AMPL for Courses

Included features and integrations:

Community Edition AMPL license

All solvers we distribute included

All integrations

including integrations for data science and analytics (Pandas, Excel), developers (Python and other APIs), AMPL MP, modern deployment integrations, development environments and more.

How to get your license

Use the link below and fill in a short request form for your license.

AMPL for New Graduates

Included features and integrations:

Commercial AMPL license

Select solvers included

Gurobi, CPLEX, Xpress, COPT, Mosek

All integrations

including integrations for data science and analytics (Pandas, Excel), developers (Python and other APIs), AMPL MP, modern deployment integrations, development environments and more.

How to get your license

Use the link below and fill in a short request form for your license.

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Resources

We have what you need to get started in optimization - and help others to do so too

Books

Get started with the basics of optimization, learn advanced modeling techniques, industry-specific content, and learn to use AMPL and Python together for modern optimization.

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Python + AMPL for Optimization

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Learning Optimization

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Free models

Free models industry and academic to get you started on projects and real-world applications.

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Industry-used models

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Academic and learning models

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Model Visualization

Through Streamlit Apps developed by the AMPL team, see examples of interactive visualizations of real optimization models. 

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Linear Programming

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Documentation

Comprehensive documentation from our technical team of optimization experts. 

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Linear Programming

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Ready to get started?

Create an account in our license management portal to request or download a free license today.

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