Idaho State University is moving towards a free version of SAS for Universities. This version is one that can be run as a Virtual Machine or on the cloud for a small fee ($0.013 hourly). This is an instruction manual to help walk you through the process of setting up and using SAS University.
Go to the SAS University page
You will have two choices pop up Direct Download (Free, requires the software to be run on your computer) or Run in the cloud (Costs, can be run immediately without download or installs)
Follow the Official SAS Support page Documentation to setup and use SAS University
http://support.sas.com/software/products/university-edition/docs/en/SASUniversityEditionQuickStartVirtualBox.pdf