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Ansys Student

Ansys, Inc. | Website | Version 2025 R1
Available For Use By
  • Students
  • Faculty
  • Staff
Permitted Uses
  • Research
  • Classwork
  • Administrative Use
Restrictions
  • Administrative Use
Available Via
  • Legacy VCL
  • AVD
  • Eos Labs
  • Specific Teaching Lab
  • Student-Owned Computers only
Where It May Be Installed
  • University Owned Computers
  • Virtualized environments
  • Personally Owned Computers
Description
Used by millions around the world, students can take advantage of our free engineering software for homework, capstone projects and student competitions. Our renewable products can be downloaded at no cost by students across the globe and installed on any supported MS Windows 64-bit machine.  
Documentation + Support Restrictions
Support and help are available directly via the Ansys Student Community site. Assistance is provided by both Ansys engineers and other users of Ansys software.
Additional Usage Notes
  • Ansys Student is downloaded directly from Ansys and comes with a standalone license, meaning it does not need to access a campus license server. This means that you do not need to be connected to the internet to run Ansys Student.
  • The license has a set end date based on the version. For instance, no matter when you download/install it, 2024 R1 came with a license that expired 31 January 2025.
  • You can not extend the license, but you can return to the Ansys Student site each year to download the newest version with a new expiration date.
  • The Ansys Student software has certain simulation size limits. See the "Problem Size Limits" section at the Ansys Student website for specific details. If you need to run larger problem sizes, you can use the main ANSYS software.
General Notes
  • The Ansys Student license includes many of the features included in the main campus license. For a full listing, go to the Ansys Student web site, select Ansys Student, and then select "What's Included".
  • As of 15 July 2025, the available packages were:
    • Ansys Student
    • Ansys LS-DYNA Student
    • Ansys Electronics Desktop Student
    • Ansys OpticStudio Student
    • Ansys SCADE Student
    • Ansys Rocky Student Add-Ins
  • Please note that each of the above packages has their own available versions and expiration dates.
Download
Download from Official Site