Activating Multisim

This Knowledge Base article lists the steps to activate Multisim. First, you need to determine the type of license you own. If you are interested in purchasing a Multisim license, visit How to Purchase and Activate Multisim Student Edition. Second, you need to download the corresponding Multisim edition. After installation, you will activate your software depending on the type of license you have. 

1. Determine the license type you have. The Multisim edition you will activate depends on the purchased license. 
   1. If you are a student and you have purchased your license from Studica, then your Serial Number will activate a license seat for Multisim Student Edition.  
   2. If you are a student and your school has an Academic Volume License Agreement, then you can access a license for Multisim Education Edition.  
   3. If you have purchased Multisim Base, Full or Power Pro Edition, then your license will activate the corresponding edition.

  

2. Download the software depending on the license you own. Find the software download on the ni.com website. This is what you need to download: 
   1. If you have a Student Edition or an Education Edition license, download NI Circuit Design Suite Education Edition. 
   2. If you have a Multisim Base Edition, a Multisim Full Edition, or a Multisim Power Pro Edition license, download NI Circuit Design Suite Professional Edition.

3. This is what you need to activate: 
   1. If you are a student and you have purchased your license from Studica, activate your Multisim Student Edition in NI License Manager.  
   2. If you are a student and your school has an Academic Volume License, ask your software administrator for a license to activate Multisim Education Edition.  
   3. If you have purchased Multisim Base, Full or Power Pro Edition, activate the corresponding edition in NI License Manager. 

Type of license	What do I download?	Activation Methods	What   Multisim version do I activate?
Studica License	NI Circuit Design Suite Education Edition	Activating NI Software with License Manager	Student Edition
Academic Volume License	NI Circuit Design Suite Education Edition if you are a student If you are a researcher or an educator: NI Circuit Design Suite Professional Edition.	Activating NI Software as a Student Through an Academic License	Education Edition If you are a researcher or an educator: depending on your license agreement, you can activate Base Edition, Full Edition, or Power Pro Edition
Single-seat license, non-student	NI Circuit Design Suite Professional Edition	Activating NI Software with a Single-Seat License	Base Edition, Full Edition, or Power Pro Edition, depending on your license type
Volume License or Enterprise Agreement	NI Circuit Design Suite Professional Edition	Configure NI License Manager to Point to a VLM Server	Base Edition, Full Edition, or Power Pro Edition, depending on your license agreement

 

Is your Serial Number not activating Multisim after following these steps? See: Multisim Serial Number Is Not Activating My Software.