COMSOL

The Faculty of Science and Engineering has negotiated a Batch Academic Term License (BATL) for COMSOL Multiphysics and a wide selection of add-on modules. These licenses are now available for use by researchers within the faculty.

In addition to the research Floating Network Licenses for COMSOL and add-on modules, two 30-seat Class Kit licenses complete with the full range of add-on modules (for a total of 60 concurrent classroom users) are available for teaching. Please note that under the terms of our license agreement:

1. COMSOL Multiphysics Class Kit Licences and the associated class kit module licenses must only be used for teaching and MUST NOT be used for research in any way.
2. COMSOL Multiphysics Floating Network Licences may only be used for research.

Any user found violating these terms may have their access to any COMSOL products revoked.

In order to request access to the Class Kit Licenses, or if you have enquiries regarding COMSOL access, please email support@cs.manchester.ac.uk

In order to provide an audit trail for funding bodies and allow cost recovery and financial reporting, access to the research COMSOL floating network license and add-ons is being managed via PPMS.

If you require help with logging into or using PPMS please email PPMSFacilitySupport@manchester.ac.uk

Obtain access to COMSOL and add on modules

If you require access to COMSOL, please contact support@cs.manchester.ac.uk and a member of the team will contact you to discuss your requirements.

Due to an update in policy, access to COMSOL and add-on modules can be requested at no cost to the end user at this time. However as we have a limited set of licenses available please note that we may need to enforce grouping of licenses to ensure fair access to users.

Downloading and installing COMSOL

In order to download and install COMSOL, once you have obtained a license, please go to the COMSOL website:

https://www.comsol.com/product-download 

If you do not have an account, create one, and then log in. In order to download COMSOL you will need to associate licenses with your COMSOL account. The .dat file required to do this will be provided after your order is processed.

Support for COMSOL

Once you have signed up for a COMSOL you can obtain support from the COMSOL support team by following this process:

• In a web browser go to https://www.comsol.com/support
• Log in with your COMSOL access account if you're not already logged in
• Click on "Submit New Support Case" on the right side of the page.

Longer term our plan is to train up a local specialist for many COMSOL-related support issues.

License server details

The license server is vm-fselsp06.it.manchester.ac.uk with the default COMSOL network ports (1718 and 1719) and it is managed by IT Services. If the license server is unavailable, please report this to IT Services via the helpdesk or support portal - FSE Technical Staff have no access to the server.