The Sims 3 University Life opens a new chapter for young adult to elder Sims and anyone in between. Once a Sim is enrolled in university, they will pick from one of six majors and work towards earning a degree. From class activities to major-specific objects, The Sims 3 University Life will poise Sims for multiple benefits in their careers, including accelerated pay, higher career entry, new opportunities and more.

Minimum system requirements for PC:

FOR WINDOWS XP (Service Pack 2)
  • Pentium IV 2.0 GHz / Athlon XP 2000+ or equivalent
  • 1GB RAM of Memory
  • At least 6.5 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content
  • 128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
  • The latest version of DirectX 9.0c

FOR WINDOWS VISTA (Service Pack 1)
  • Pentium IV 2.4 GHz / Athlon XP 2400+ or equivalent
  • 1.5 GB RAM of Memory
  • At least 6.5 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content
  • 128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
  • The latest version of DirectX 9.0c

FOR COMPUTERS USING BUILT-IN GRAPHICS CHIPSETS, THE GAME REQUIRES AT LEAST
  • Intel Integrated Chipset, GMA X3000 or above (GMA 3-series or higher).
  • 2.6 GHz Pentium D CPU, or 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent
  • 1.5 GB RAM (XP), 2 GB RAM (Vista)

SUPPORTED VIDEO CARDS FOR PC:
  • NVIDIA GeForce series
  • FX 5900, FX 5950
  • 6200, 6500, 6600, 6800
  • 7200, 7300, 7600, 7800, 7900, 7950
  • 8400, 8500, 8600, 8800
  • 9300, 9400, 9500, 9600, 9800
  • G100, GT 120, GT 130, GTS 150, GTS 250, GTX 260, GTX 280, GTX 285, GTX 295
  • ATI Radeon™ series
  • 9500, 9600, 9800
  • X300, X600, X700, X800, X850
  • X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950
  • 2400, 2600, 2900
  • 3450, 3650, 3850, 3870,
  • 4850, 4870
  • Intel® Extreme Graphics
  • GMA X3x00 series (3-Series GMA), GMA 4-Series

Laptop versions of these chipsets may work, but may run comparatively slower. Standalone cards that are installed in vanilla PCI slots (not PCIe or PCIx or AGP), such as some GeForce FX variants, will perform poorly. Intel integrated chipsets featuring underclocked parts will not perform adequately.

Integrated chipsets such as the ATI Xpress and the NVIDIA TurboCache variants will have low settings selected, but should run satisfactorily.

Please note that attempting to play the game using video hardware that isn’t listed above may result in reduced performance, graphical issues or cause the game to not run at all.

The NVIDIA GeForce FX series is unsupported under Vista.

Minimum system requirements for MAC:
  • OPERATING SYSTEM - Mac OS X 10.5.7 Leopard or higher
  • PROCESSOR - Intel Core Duo
  • MEMORY (RAM) - 2GB
  • HARD DISK SPACE - 6.1GB of space, 1 GB extra for saved games and custom content
  • VIDEO CARD - ATI X1600 or Nvidia 7300 GT with 128 MB of video RAM or Intel Integrated GMA X3100
SUPPORTED VIDEO CARDS FOR MAC:
  • NVIDIA GeForce series
  • 7300, 7600
  • 8600, 8800
  • 9400M, 9600M GT
  • GT 120, GT 130
  • ATI Radeon™ series
  • X1600, X1900
  • 2400, 2600
  • 3870
  • 4850, 4870
  • Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA)
  • GMA X3x00 series
  • Intel ® Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) GMA 3-Series .
This game will not run on Mac systems with processor PowerPC (G3/G4/G5) or video cards with integrated GMA 950 series.