Your Aerospace Engineering Student Toolkit
Undergraduate • Windows
CAD, numerical computing and simulation tools for aerospace engineering students.
Who this toolkit is for
For aerospace engineering students. Check which CAD and simulation packages your modules use.
Essential (3)
Core tools that are broadly useful.
Numerical Computing
- MATLAB
Paid
Why you may need this: Your course may use MATLAB for calculations and modelling.
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Your university or college may provide this software or a student licence. Check before purchasing.
Office / Documents
LibreOfficeOpen Source
Why you may need this: Free documents and spreadsheets.
Winget (verified)winget install --id TheDocumentFoundation.LibreOffice --exact --source winget
Research / Citation
ZoteroOpen SourceAlso on iPhone/iPad
Why you may need this: Organise research sources and generate citations for coursework and dissertations.
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Recommended (5)
Useful for particular parts of the work or course.
Numerical Computing
- GNU Octave
Open Source
Why you may need this: A free option for many MATLAB-style exercises.
Winget (verified)winget install --id GNU.Octave --exact --source winget 
PythonOpen Source
Why you may need this: Useful for engineering calculations and data analysis.
Winget (verified)winget install --id Python.Python.3.13 --exact --source winget
CAD
- SOLIDWORKS
Paid
Why you may need this: Commonly used 3D CAD; usually through a university licence.
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Your university or college may provide this software or a student licence. Check before purchasing.
- Autodesk Fusion
Freemium
Why you may need this: 3D CAD with free access for eligible students.
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Office / Documents
- Microsoft 365
PaidAlso on Android, iPhone/iPad, Web
Why you may need this: Excel is common for lab calculations; check your institution's free access.
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Your university or college may provide this software or a student licence. Check before purchasing.
Prefer a free option? LibreOffice, ONLYOFFICE Desktop · Compare alternatives
Specialist / Optional · Show specialist tools (1)
Consider these for particular modules, tasks or environments.
Reports
- Overleaf
FreemiumAlso on Web
Why you may need this: Write technical reports with LaTeX.
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Course requirements vary. Software requirements differ between schools, colleges, universities and modules. Check your course materials before purchasing software.
Build your student setup
Build My Setup lets you add or remove apps, see why each is included and, where verified packages exist, get one install command. Nothing is installed automatically.