ANSYS Student: Do we need to activate student license?

- December 17, 2024 at 11:30 am
  
  chanakarn.ariyanukooltorn
  Subscriber
  
  Hello everyone,
  when we install ANSYS student, is there a way for us to activate out student license?
  Because when I installed mine, they never asked for my student email or anything so I wonder how is it checked that we are student? Only after installation, I made an account, not before.
  I am asking because I ran into some license issues on ANSYS Discovery. So I wonder if it's because I did not activate my license.
  Any help would be appreciated.
- December 17, 2024 at 11:36 am
  
  Rob
  Forum Moderator
  
  No, assuming you install as Admin and use the default path (C:something or other) it should just work. The licence is embedded into the install. Student is for private learning, so isn't strictly just for students.
  - December 17, 2024 at 12:42 pm
    
    chanakarn.ariyanukooltorn
    Subscriber
    
    Alright, thank you Rob for the quick response!