Rob
Forum Moderator
The versions were R17.x R18.x R19.x 2019Rx etc so there isn't a 2017 version as such. R17 is also about 5 years old so I'd suggest pointing this out to the University.
In terms of the download, we only provide current and previous 1-2 versions for Student as we need to build a special release to include the licence. As such, we don't have Student R17 available. Your IT department can access the Ansys system to install the full version of R17 but they'll then need to grant you access to their licence.