Your Electrical & Electronic Engineering Student Toolkit
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Circuit simulation, PCB design and numerical tools for electrical and electronic engineering students.
Who this toolkit is for
For electrical and electronic engineering students.
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Essential (4)
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.
Electronics
- LTspice
Free
Why you may need this: Simulate circuits for labs and assignments.
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Office / Documents
LibreOfficeOpen Source
Why you may need this: Free documents and spreadsheets.
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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 (4)
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.
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PythonOpen Source
Why you may need this: Useful for engineering calculations and data analysis.
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Electronics
- KiCad
Open Source
Why you may need this: Design schematics and PCBs.
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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.
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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.