Engineering Software for Student Install or Cloud Use
This is a list of software and services that are available for College of Engineering student installation on their personally owned computers.
ANSYS
Type: Finite Element Analysis
Scope: Student version of ANSYS available for install on student personally owned
computers.
Contact: COE IT (coeithelp@montana.edu)
ANSYS Student Download
Note: This is a 4.05 GByte download so allow time for download depending on network
speed. Version 18.1 is installed in student computers labs on campus Fall 2017.
Autodesk Software (eg AutoCAD)
Type: Computer Aided Design
Scope: Available at no cost to all students. Autodesk 2018 versions are used in College
of Engineering computer labs and global student labs. Autodesk does have more software
available to students than is installed in College of Engineering and global student
labs.
Contact: Autodesk
Further Information
Box.net
Type: Cloud Storage (unlimited)
Scope: Available at no cost to students
Contact: ITC (helpdesk@montana.edu)
Further Information and Instructions
Cisco Spark
Type: Instant Messaging and Collaboration
Scope: Available at no cost to all faculty staff and students
Contact: ITC (helpdesk@montana.edu)
Information and Instructions
Creo Parametric
Type: Computer Aided Design
Scope: Available at no cost to student for student personally owned computers..
Contact: COE IT (coeithelp@montana.edu)
PTC Student Download
EndNote
Type: Citation Management
Scope: Available at no cost to all faculty, staff, and students
Contact: Greg Notess (align@montana.edu)
Instructions and Download
Lynda.com
Type: Online Training
Scope: Available at no cost to all students for use both on and off campus!
Contact: MSU Library
Further Information and Login
Mathematica
Type: Mathematics
Scope: Available at no cost to all students for personally owned computers.
Contact: ITC (helpdesk@montana.edu)
Instructions and Installation
MATLAB
Type: Mathematics/Technical Computing
Scope: Available at no cost to all students for personally owned computers.
Contact: ITC (helpdesk@montana.edu)
Instructions and Installation
Note: MATLAB download size is 5.7 GB. Install size is 15.5 GB.
McAfee Anti-Virus for Students
Type: Anti-Virus
Scope: Available at no cost to all students for installation on personal computers
Contact: ITC (helpdesk@montana.edu)
Download
Microsoft Imagine Premium (formerly DreamSpark)
Type: Microsoft development tools and Development related applications
Scope: Available at no cost to COE students for personal computers
Contact: msdnaacs@coe.montana.edu
Information
Microsoft Office 365 for Students
Type: Office Productivity (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc)
Scope: Available at no cost for installation on all MSU owned computers
Contact: ITC (helpdesk@montana.edu
NVivo
Type: Qualitative Data Analysis Software
Scope: NVivo qualitative data analysis software is available to MSU faculty, staff,
and students via an MSU site-wide license.
Contact: UIT (helpdesk@montana.edu)
Further Information
Read&Write Gold
Type: Reading, Writing, and Online Research
Scope: Available at no cost to all students.
Contact: ITC (helpdesk@montana.edu)
Instructions and Installation
SOLIDWORKS
Type: Computer Aided Design/Simulation
Scope: The SolidWorks Student Design Kit (SDK) is available to students who have the
SDK-ID and instructions from their instructor.
Contact: COE IT (coeithelp@montana.edu)
SolidWorks SDK Download Form
Note: Download size is 2.4 GB and install size is ~4.7 GB.
Visual Analysis
Type: Structural Software
Scope: Visual Analysis is freely available for student use.
Access
VirtualBox
Type: Virtualization Software
Scope: VirtualBox is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the
GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2.
Access
WebEx
Type: Web Conferencing
Scope: Available at no cost to all students
Contact: ITC (helpdesk@montana.edu)
Further Information and Login