ANSYS – Software – Carnegie Mellon University

ANSYS is a general purpose software, used to simulate interactions of all disciplines of physics, structural, vibration, fluid dynamics, heat transfer and electromagnetic for engineers.

ANSYS Student products can be used offline and off campus.

Installation available on any supported Windows 64-bit machine.

Student products are available as a renewable, twelve-month lease directly from ANSYS.

Eligibility & Cost 

The full ANSYS suite of software is available for researchers across all CMU North America locations. 

System Requirements

Windows and Linux operating systems. Refer to ANSYS Platform Support for more information.

Operating System
Download File
Version
Size
Updated

License

ANSYS License
Any
1KB
5/28/2019

Windows

ANSYS Disk 1
2022R2
5.89GB
8/30/2022

ANSYS Disk 2
2022R2
4.65GB
8/30/2022

ANSYS Disk 3
2022R2
6.15GB
8/30/2022

ANSYS Electromagnetics
2022R2
8.72GB
8/30/2022

ANSYS Lumerical

2022R2

1.41GB
8/30/2022

ANSYS PrepPost

2022R2

7.59GB
8/30/2022

ANSYS SPEOS
2022R2
5.17GB
8/30/2022

ANSYS Granta EduPack
(Recommended for students)
2022R2
2.01GB
8/30/2022

ANSYS Granta Selector
(Recommended for research)
2022R2
1.15MB
8/30/2022

Linux
ANSYS Disk 1
2022R2
7.29GB
8/30/2022

ANSYS Disk 2
2022R2
8.28GB
8/30/2022

ANSYS Disk 3
2022R2
6.08GB
8/30/2022

ANSYS Electromagnetics
2022R2
8.2GB
8/30/2022

ANSYS Lumerical
2021R2
1.05GB
8/30/2022

Connection

A VPN connection is required to use ANSYS when you are off campus. Please visit the VPN at Carnegie Mellon page for instructions how to download and install Cisco AnyConnect VPN.