Accessing a licence

A seat is available for £2,400 per annum and can be shared between multiple non-concurrent users.  The seat entitles you to access all of the modules available under our Departmental licence (listed below) The current 35 seat / 220 Module COMSOL Software licence contract is for 3 years  (01/02/2023 – 31/01/2026) but the subscription can be paid annually.

Please contact helpdesk@eng.cam.ac.uk with details of how many seats are required, which CRSids will have access to them and a source of funds

Short term access

If access is only required for a short period or funding for the 3 year contract is unknown/unavailable then the following rates are available:

• Three months – £800
• Six months – £1500

This will provide access to all modules but the seat would be shared with other end users also requiring short term access.

Please contact helpdesk@eng.cam.ac.uk with details of which length period is required, which CRSids will have access and a source of funds.

Available modules

AC/DC	Acoustics	Battery Design	CFD
Chemical Reaction Engineering	Composite Materials	Corrosion	Design
Electric Discharge	Electrochemistry	Electrodeposition	Fatigue
Fuel cell & Electrolyzer	Geomechanics	Heat Transfer	Liquid & Gas Properties
Material Library	MEMS	Metal Processing	Microfluidics
Mixer	Molecular Flow	Multibody Dynamics	Nonlinear Structural Materials
Optimization	Particle Tracing	Pipe Flow	Plasma
Polymer Flow	Porous Media	Ray Optics	RF
Rotordynamics	Semiconductor	Structural Mechanics	Subsurface Flow
Uncertainty Quantification	Wave Optics

LiveLink for Autocad	LiveLink for Excel	LiveLink for Inventor	LiveLink for Matlab
LiveLink for PTC Creo	LiveLink for PTC Pro/ENGINEER	LiveLink for Revit	LiveLink for Simulink
LiveLink for SolidEdge	LiveLink for Solidworks	CAD import	ECAD import

Installation instructions

Please note that you will be unable to use the licence without authorisation from a COMSOL seat owner or having purchased a seat

Ensure that the account on the device has your CRSid as the username. You can learn how to do this for Windows or MacOS at https://help.eng.cam.ac.uk/software/change-account-name-for-licence-server/

Step 1: Download the Software

You can download the COMSOL software from the following link:
http://software.eng.cam.ac.uk/comsol/

Step 2: Set Up the Connection

This step is not required if you are connected to the department or university network (via a wired connection or Eduroam).

If you are not connected to the department or university network, you will need access to an Engineering VPN or a University VPN. If you don’t already have one, click the link to set up a University VPN connection:

https://help.uis.cam.ac.uk/service/network-services/remote-access/uis-vpn

Make sure to activate the VPN during software installation and every time you use the software.

Step 3: Install the Software

During installation, you will be prompted to enter a licence format. Choose <port number>@<hostname> and use the following details:

1718@comsol-lmserv.eng.cam.ac.uk

Technical Support

For support on installing COMSOL;

Engineering Department end-users please contact helpdesk@eng.cam.ac.uk with full details including screenshots of any errors

Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology end-users please contact Jon Cowper it-support@ceb.cam.ac.uk

Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy end-users please contact Anthony Gledhill computer-officer@msm.cam.ac.uk

Department of Chemistry end-users please contact Chemistry IT Team support@ch.cam.ac.uk

DAMPT end-users please contact the Maths IT Helpdesk help@maths.cam.ac.uk

 

For support using COMSOL please see COMSOL’s Support Centre

Training/Support

Please see this page for details of online resources & support available to those with licences.