• Go to the Altair One registration page and enter your email address, assigned to you by your educational institution (e.g., yourname@youruniversity.edu)
• Select either "Students" or "Faculty" depending on your role, and enter your details, then enter the verification code sent to your provided email address to create your account.

Note: If your university is not listed you must add it manually by clicking on “Not Listed?” Choosing the wrong university will result in registration being rejected.

• Log into Altair One and go to the "Marketplace".
• Click on the "Student Edition License" card.
• Select the "Licensing" tab in the panel that opens on the right side and click on "Get License".
• Your unique license activation key will appear unless your account is Pending Verification.

Note: If you see "Pending Verification" please wait for a verification mail to your Inbox, after which you can go back to Altair One and follow the above steps to generate the license key.

Note: You should have generated a License Key as per Step 2 Above before you get the Download Option

• Log into Altair One and navigate to the Altair Marketplace.
• Make sure the "Student Edition Bundle" checkbox is selected in the "Suites" filter on the left.
• Select the software app of interest and go to software downloads tab to download.
• Install the software on your computer by double-clicking the downloaded .exe file and following the installation instructions in the installation wizard.

Still not Clear? - View detailed instructions for How to Find, Download and Install Products and ask any questions you may have there.

Note: HyperMesh - Altair Solver Users See Below

• Install HM (desktop exe) and OptiStruct (Mechanical Solvers exe) to the same installation folder
• HM (Desktop exe) consists of - HyperMesh, HyperView, HyperStudy, MotionView etc.
• OptiStruct (Mechanical Solvers exe) consists of - OptiStruct, RADIOSS, Multi Scale Designer,  MotionSolve, etc.

• In your File Explorer, navigate to the installation folder of your installed Altair Software (e.g., System (C:) > Program Files > Altair > 2025 > security > bin > win64 > GUI)
• Locate and double-click the file "almutil_gui.exe"
  
• The "Altair License Utility" window will open up
• Select the "Activation" tab and paste your license activation key (obtained in Step 2) in the field then click on "Activate".

NOTE: You only have to complete this step for the first Altair software product that you download and install from the Student Edition bundle.

Still not Clear? - View detailed instructions for How to Activate your Installed Products using your Student Edition License Key and Ask any questions you may have there.

Note: Only after your current Student license key (valid for a year) expires, can you renew the license for another year as per the instructions below.

Log in to Altair one after license has expired > go to student license card > the licensing tab

Click on “Renew License” to find the popup

Note: Deactivation and reactivation is limited to very few times per user. After exhausting the number of deactivations and reactivations the license key will not be usable and no new license key will be provided.

To activate the license on another computer (or reformatted computer), you must first deactivate it from the computer where it was previously activated.

To deactivate your license from your previous computer, please follow these steps:

1. Locate and double-click on almutil_gui.exe to open the Altair License Utility. Navigate to System (C:) > Program Files > Altair > 2023 > security > bin > win64 > gui.
2. In the Altair License Utility, go to Tools > Deactivate License.
3. Enter the activation key in the provided box and click on 'Deactivate.' (Refer to the image below)
4. Once you have successfully deactivated the license on your computer, you can now activate the license on your other computer using the same activation key.

Still Not Clear? - View Detailed Instructions on How to Deactivate and Reactivate with the same license key.

Most of the products in the Altair Student Edition bundle do not have any limitations, but for those that do, we've described them in this section. 
The are NO model or problem size limitations for the following products:

• Inspire, Inspire Cast, Inspire Form, Inspire Extrude Metal, Inspire Extrude Polymer, Inspire Mold, Inspire Polyfoam, Inspire Render and Inspire Studio.
• AI Studio (Formerly RapidMiner Studio) and Knowledge Studio
• Twin Activate , Compose , Embed
• Esacomp
• Flux, FluxMotor , Feko WinProp, PollEx 
• Thea Render
• SimLab
• S-Frame Products

General limitations for all products included in the Student Edition

• The Student Edition can only be requested online
• The license is valid for 12 months but renewable until the student’s degree work is completed.
• The Altair Student Edition may NOT be used for commercial purposes.
• The Student Edition is not available for banned countries: CUBA, SYRIA, IRAN, NORTH KOREA, and SUDAN or for students who are banned for other reasons and are included on US Government lists of banned parties. 

HyperMesh and Altair Solver Limitations 

Install HM (desktop exe) and OptiStruct (Mechanical Solvers exe) to the same installation folder

HM (Desktop exe) consists of - HyperMesh, HyperView, HyperStudy, MotionView etc.

OptiStruct (Mechanical Solvers exe) consists of - OptiStruct, RADIOSS, Multi Scale Designer,  MotionSolve, etc. 

Solver Limitations 

• Solutions are node-limited 
  
  • OptiStruct: 100,000 nodes 
  • Radioss; 100,000 nodes ; Radioss runs are restricted to 4 cores (-nt4)
  • AcuSolve: 100,000 nodes
  • MotionSolve: 200 bodies 

• License Error 9 and 6 are printed in the solver window due to the initial license checks before the student license check, this is despite solving successfully. These errors can be ignored; results will be output correctly. 
• Solvers cannot be started from a command line (only from within the Analysis tool from within the Graphical User Interface) 

• Import: IGES, SolidWorks and STEP 
• Export: IGES, STEP 

• HyperMesh Import / export: Only Radioss, OptiStruct user profiles are supported for import/export and is limited to 100,000 nodes.
• HyperMesh Model File can be Saved but limited to 100,000 nodes
• HyperMesh CFD limitations are the same as HyperMesh Limitations

• Feko 
• HyperXtrude 
• HyperMold 
• HyperWeld 
• Non-Altair Solvers (for import and export although the interface is mentioned in the file > open window GUI) 

Post-Processing

• HyperView Reads H3D files only with the maximum allowable model size of 100,000 nodes 
• MotionView reads graphics H3D files with the maximum allowable model size of 100,000 nodes 

HyperStudy

• HyperStudy with the new interface is not supported in 2024 version, the classic interface is supported.

• Platforms: Windows 7/10 
• Architecture: x86_64 

Altair Monarch Limitations 

• Activation is supported via the Altair License Management System licensing method only. 
• Monarch Automation is not available. 
• 10 rows can be exported in Monarch Classic and Data Prep Studio. 

Altair EDEM Limitations 

• 10,000 particle limit 
• 2 x CPU max (no GPU) 
• Disabled functionality on CFD Coupling Interface, MBD coupling interface, Heat Transfer Module, and Field Data Import. 

Altair PSIM Limitations 

• Altair PSIM Student Edition does not include Code Gen and Co-simulation features. 

If your university doesn't accommodate its students with assigned email addresses, you will unfortunately not be able to use a free Altair Student Edition license.

Please reach out to your university to see if they can create an email address for you. If not, have your professor fill the Information Request form here and acquire an Academic License. With an Academic License, your professor can give their students access without requiring a school-issued email address.

Students should only use the Altair Community - CLICK HERE for technical support or if you have any questions.