With the ever-evolving shift toward all things digital, education is no exception. There has been a significant increase in the availability of online learning for years, with the 2020 pandemic acting as an accelerator to this already-growing avenue of education. What’s more impressive is its continued expansion around the globe. According to Polaris Market Research, the e-learning market is expected to grow by 20.5% from 2022 to 2030.
This means that for students, educators, and career engineers looking to expand their skill set, top-notch online engineering learning resources may be more attainable than you think. The American Society for Engineering Education reports that in 2023 alone, 134,090 total bachelor’s degrees were awarded in the United States (excluding computer science). But what if a university or college doesn’t offer a course focused on the study of fluid dynamics using simulation software, for example? Where can bright minds turn to further their knowledge and skill sets?
Learning Through the Ansys Innovation Space
Ansys has been a leader in simulation for over 50 years, supplying world-class solutions to customers globally. A key component of providing advanced software is the ability to use those same solutions to support and educate a new generation of engineers. And that’s exactly what the Ansys Academic Program aims to do.
Ansys Innovation Space Learning platform
In 2020, Ansys accelerated the future of engineering education with the creation of Ansys Innovation Space — a comprehensive learning and community platform designed for students, professionals, and self-learners to enhance their engineering knowledge with free learning, resources, and support.
Ansys Innovation Space offers over 70 guided learning tracks.
Ansys Innovation Space offers free, award-winning fundamental engineering courses on a wide array of physics areas and topics, from fluids and structures to electronics and photonics. Students can choose from more than 800 free courses of different styles and levels, spanning over 70 learning tracks. Users can even earn badges and certifications, some of which are at no cost.
Course offerings are composed of traditional courses that can run several hours, modularized courses that are condensed into five-to-10-minute lessons, streaming-based learning, tips and tricks, knowledge materials, and a public learning forum.
Kalyan Goparaju, technical support team lead at Ansys, says, “We try to cater to all different types of audiences, and the courses themselves are physics-based, product-based, and application-based.”
Reaching an Educational Partnership
In 2022, Ansys began a strategic academic partnership with the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), a global online engineering education provider and joint venture between eminent Indian universities funded by the Ministry of Education (MoE) Government of India.
NPTEL boasts the largest online repository of courses in engineering, basic sciences, and selected humanities and management subjects in the world. To make online learning more accessible, NPTEL began offering open online courses in 2014. Today, it offers more than 3,000 courses that have a collective 1.6 billion views. These courses include prerecorded lectures, resource video materials, lecture notes, and quizzes.
Ansys and NPTEL partnered with the mutual goal of democratizing the education of engineering simulation by increasing learning opportunities for engineering students worldwide. This partnership has enabled both Ansys and NPTEL to reach a broader user base than ever. In turn, future engineers are given the vital opportunity to acquire competitive simulation skills that are becoming standard in engineering.
In Ansys Innovation Space, students can select a learning track that enables them to go through a guided learning experience. For example, if someone wants to learn about the design of hybrid electric vehicles, she or he can follow a step-by-step learning path consisting of modules from NPTEL.
“One big benefit is the visibility of NPTEL courses to audiences worldwide. They come to the Ansys Innovation Space platform in sizable numbers,” says Amit Agarwal, a director of Ansys Customer Excellence (ACE).
Supporting the Next Generation of Engineers
As a public gateway for all learning support-related content coming from Ansys, Ansys Innovation Space has been a valuable resource for the learning community. While many universities are teaching simulation as a core part of the curriculum, that’s not always the case. Therefore, the opportunity for users to seek out and acquire simulation skills through self-learning is invaluable, particularly for engineers just entering the industry.
Ansys and NPTEL provide future engineers with the tools and education to become competitive candidates for employment who will ultimately take what they learned about Ansys simulation into their professional careers. This partnership truly supports the next generation of engineers.
To browse Ansys Innovation Courses, visit Ansys Innovation Space.
To discover additional learning opportunities and a wide range of resources, visit the Ansys Academic program.
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“We try to cater to all different types of audiences, and the courses themselves are physics-based, product-based, and application-based.”
— Kalyan Goparaju, technical support team lead, Ansys
