Can't Uninstall

I'm running Windows 8, and have been using Endpoint Protection that I received though my university when I was a grad student. I am now trying to upgrade to Windows 10, but when I try to do the upgrade, Windows is telling me that I need to uninstall Endpoint Proetection to proceed. However when I try to unistall Endpoint Protection the uninstall wizard cannot complete, and either fails or starts to rollback once the process has been nearly completed.  So I'm now stuck  - I can't uninstall Endpoint Protection and I therefore can't upgrade to Windows 10. Any thoughts on how to get Endpoitn Protection unistallated would be much appreciated.

Thanks!