Accessing a licence
A seat is available for £2160 per year 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)
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 a full year is unavailable then the following rates are available:
- Three months – £650
- Six months – £1200
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 |
Corrosion | Chemical Reaction Engineering | Electrochemistry | Electrodeposition |
Fuel cell & Electrolyzer | Geomechanics | Heat Transfer | Material Library |
MEMS | Microfluidics | Composite Materials | Multibody Dynamics |
Nonlinear Structural Materials | Optimization | Particle Tracing | Pipe Flow |
Polymer Flow | Porous Media | Ray Optics | RF |
Semiconductor | Structural Mechanics | Subsurface Flow | Uncertainty Quantification |
Wave Optics |
LiveLink for Autocad | LiveLink for Inventor | LiveLink for Matlab | LiveLink for Solidworks |
CAD import | ECAD import |
Installation instructions
Please note that you will be unable to access the licence server without having paid for a licence
- Ensure that the account on the device has the users CRSid as the username
- For instructions on how to do that on Windows & macOS please see this page
- For Engineering users off-site access requires either an Engineering VPN connection or an SSH tunnel to the licence server
- The licence server & port mentioned below will be needed for setting up the SSH tunnel
- For non Engineering users that are not otherwise using a device connected to the Cambridge University Data Network, off-site access requires a UIS VPN connection
- Download either the DVD ISO or the Mac DMG from http://software.eng.cam.ac.uk/comsol (Raven protected)
- Mount the image and run the setup program in it
- 1718@comsol-lmserv.eng.cam.ac.uk is the location of the license server when requested
Technical Support
For support on installing COMSOL please contact helpdesk@eng.cam.ac.uk with full details including screenshots of any errors
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.