Ansys

Description

The Ansys Academic Multiphysics Campus Solution is a comprehensive university-wide licensing package that provides access to nearly the entire Ansys simulation portfolio for both teaching and academic research. It is designed for institutions that want broad deployment across multiple departments, campuses, or engineering disciplines.

Key Simulation Features:

• Structural and mechanical analysis
• Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
• Thermal simulation
• Electromagnetics and electronics
• Optics and photonics
• Materials engineering
• Systems and embedded software modeling

Includes both teaching and research licensing rights, allowing use in coursework, student projects, and non-commercial academic research. Please note that while the teaching license is available at no additional cost, the research license is paid and must be renewed on an annual basis.

Provides high-performance computing (HPC) capabilities to support larger and more complex simulations.

A comprehensive list of features can be found on the Ansys Academic Product Reference Guide.

Due to the large number of software packages available through our Ansys agreement we've made the most common packages available through https://network.software.vt.edu.  If you need a software package that we don't currently distribute, please submit a ticket to https://software.vt.edu/help and we'll work with you to see if it's included in our campus license and grant you access.

Platform

Linux and Windows

Teaching License

Any student, faculty or staff with an active affiliation can access the teaching license for Ansys at no additional cost. Visit https://network.software.vt.edu for the download and install instructions. Please note that the teaching license is limited to 4 CPU cores.

Research License

Those interested in a research license for Ansys can buy into the university's annual license. Contact licadmin@vt.edu or submit a ticket through https://software.vt.edu/help for more information.

Areas that buy into the license will be provisioned a group through the group manager to delegate access to their pool of licenses. Please note that you will need to be on the VPN in order to connect to the license server.