COMSOL Installation

1. Before installing COMSOL, make sure you are connected to the campus network (COMSOL won't work over the UMBC Visitor wireless connection) or signed into the UMBC VPN. Place the COMSOL disc into the disc drive to begin the installation. If you are installing directly from the installer file, follow these instructions to begin the installation:

• For Mac: To install COMSOL 6.0 and newer, open the COMSOL installer and click on the COMSOL[Version Number] file to initiate the installer. To install COMSOL 5.6 and earlier, right-click on the COMSOL ISO file, select Open With, and then select DiskImageMounter. Once the mounted COMSOL ISO folder opens, click the COMSOL Setup file to initiate the installer.

• For Windows: Mount the COMSOL ISO file in a virtual drive and then click the setup file to initiate the installer.

2. Click Next.

Open

3. Click New COMSOL Installation.

Open

4. Select I accept the terms of the license agreement, then select License file from the License format drop-down menu, then click Browse to select the location of the COMSOL license file you downloaded from the COMSOL downloads page, and then click Next.

5. If the installer asks you to select a license number, only select license 1006192 (COMSOL Multiphysics) and then click Next.

6. Uncheck License Manager and then click Next.

7. Make your selections and then click Next.

8. Click Next.

9. Click Install. 

10. Click Close to complete the COMSOL installation.