In addition to a 10GB home directory allocation, you can ask for research group space, hosted on Informatics servers, and group web space for hosting research web sites.

There's information on software, including what is installed on DICE, how to request new software, how to get licensed software and how to install software yourself on DICE.

The school has two PostgreSQL services, one for teaching and one for research.

There are powerful computing facilities.

Before buying IT equipment from your grant, please read the IT Procurement page.

We encourage you to virtualise.

Want to work remotely? There are step-by-step guides to help you set things up.

Last reviewed: 
19/08/2025