SolidWorks Student Edition Software

With SolidWorks® skills, you’ll have a clear advantage in the engineering or industrial design job markets. The easy-to-use SolidWorks Student Edition lets you sharpen your skills outside the classroom as you learn to design better products.

SolidWorks® Student Edition includes SolidWorks® Simulation design validation tools.

SolidWorks® Student Edition includes:

• SolidWorks® Premium software
• Animation functionality
• Library of Standards
• Photorealistic rendering
• eDrawings®
• SolidWorks® Simulation Professional, finite element analysis tools (FEA)
• SolidWorks® Motion, kinematic and motion simulation analysis tools
• SolidWorks® Flow Simulation, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis tools
• Complete online documentation and tutorials
• 14 language options: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Korean, Czech, Brazilian, Portuguese, and Russian
• 12 month term-of-use license

SolidWorks Student Edition purchase eligibility

The SolidWorks® Student Edition is available to degree-seeking students or full-time faculty members using the software for personal learning or academic purposes.

A “degree-seeking student” is defined as a student who can confirm enrolment in a degree-granting program, or who can confirm full-time enrolment in a certificate-granting program. Do not purchase this software if you're not a degree-seeking student or a full-time faculty member. Commercial and institutional use is prohibited.

Please note:

Software ceases to function 12 months after registration
Subscription support service is not included
Your license may not be upgraded
Email support is available for installation and registration
Registration requires Internet access

Special terms

Although SolidWorks® Student Edition is functionally identical to the SolidWorks software used by professionals in the workplace, certain features make it unsuitable for commercial use.

Institutional use of SolidWorks® Student Edition is prohibited. Schools interested in licensing should obtain an Education Edition.

SolidWorks® Student Edition software may not be resold, transferred, rented, modified, or copied. Any misuse of the terms of the software license agreement will terminate the right to use this software.