Comsol Network Concurrent Licensing for Research

There is a cost associated with the use of Comsol Research license seats. Please read on for approximate license cost information. 


Comsol research licenses are centrally hosted by ECE ITS for the exclusive use of the participating pool of subscribers. Costs are shared among the subscribers based on utilization. 

Renewed annually in March. For information about Comsol ClassKit licenses, visit this page.

Inquiries can be sent to ECE ITS at help@ece.cmu.edu .

License Cost

per User - 1 yr subscription, one license seat, paid annually in March

Standard Usage (Q1)

< 5000 min / yr

Moderate Usage (Q2

< 25000 min / yr

High Usage (>Q2)

> 25000 min / yr

$400.00$750.00$950.00

Feature additions can be requested. Reservation groups can be created for exclusive use of a subset of users.

NOTE: The initial price of a feature from Comsol is higher than annual renewal. Please inquire about new feature pricing by submitting a ticket to ECE IT Services.

License Server and Software

*NOTE: The client login username is matched (case-insensitive) against the license server options file. See this knowledgebase article for troubleshooting.


ECE AFS Path (ECE users only)  /afs/ece/support/comsol/release/share


Feature Availability

Module NameTypeQuantity
COMSOL MultiphysicsBase25
AC/DC ModulePlatform10
CAD Import ModulePlatform10
Chemical Reaction Eng. ModulePlatform10
ECAD Import ModulePlatform10
Heat Transfer ModulePlatform10
LiveLink for MatLabPlatform10
MEMS Module Platform10
Microfluidics ModulePlatform10
Nonlinear Structural Materials ModulePlatform10
Particle Tracing ModulePlatform10
RF ModulePlatform10
Semiconductor ModulePlatform10
Structural Mechanics Module Platform10
Acoustic ModulePremium2
Battery Design ModulePremium2
CFD ModulePremium2
Composite Materials ModulePremium2
Corrosion ModulePremium2
Design ModulePremium2
Electrochemistry ModulePremium2
Electrodeposition ModulePremium2
Fatigue ModulePremium2
Fuel Cell & Electrolyzer ModulePremium2
Geomechanics ModulePremium2
Liquid & Gas Properties ModulePremium2
LiveLink for AutoCadPremium2
LiveLink for ExcelPremium2
LiveLink for InventorPremium2
LiveLink for PTC Creo ParametricPremium2
LiveLink for Pro/EPremium2
LiveLink for RevitPremium2
LiveLink for SimulinkPremium2
LiveLink for SolidEdgePremium2
LiveLink for SolidWorksPremium2
Material LibraryPremium2
Metal Processing ModulePremium2
Mixer ModulePremium2
Molecular Flow ModulePremium2
Multibody Dynamics ModulePremium2
Optimization ModulePremium2
Pipe Flow ModulePremium2
Plasma ModulePremium2
Polymer Flow ModulePremium2
Porous Media Flow ModulePremium2
Ray Optics ModulePremium2
RotorDynamics ModulePremium2
Subsurface Flow ModulePremium2
Wave Optics ModulePremium2