SOLIDWORKS® Education Edition is our desktop solution packed with power and performance. Our mission is to provide students with the tools and skills they need to build their careers. SOLIDWORKS Education Edition delivers 3D design solutions to help unleash students’ creativity for inspired design.
At SOLIDWORKS, our commercial customers need qualified students to develop the next products. Because educators work closely with our commercial customers, we support their enhancement request to have a similar software release schedule.
We give educators a choice when using SOLIDWORKS for PC (Desktop).
- Upgrade now
- Upgrade in 2025 – at any time
We have created a What is New in SOLIDWORKS EDU 2025 website just for educators to outline our software applications for you and your students.
Key Highlights in SOLIDWORKS Education 2025:
- Boosted performance
- Flexible part modeling features
- Accelerated assembly modeling
- Enhanced drawings
- Improved collaboration and data management features
- User experience delighters
Our SOLIDWORKS Edu upgrade would not be complete without providing educators our SOLIDWORKS Certifications for your students. These are the same certifications used by industry for their designers and engineers. Play the video above to hear more from Dan Riffell, Professor of Practice, University of Colorado, Boulder, Dane Moorehead, Chief Engineer, FSAE, Wichita State University, Mohammed Almojtaba Ezadeen, SOLIDWORKS User Group Leader, STEM advocate and mechanical engineer.
Qualified schools on subscription can apply to be a SOLIDWORKS Academic Provider and give our certification exams to your students for free. With over 20 certifications and 850,000 certified SOLIDWORKS users, give your students the opportunities that will jump start their career and provide life long learning.
Thank you SOLIDWORKS R&D for a great release! Thank you educators for teaching your students SOLIDWORKS!
Design well. Marie