Engineering degrees continue to stay in high demand, even as enrolments for other courses dwindle, which emphasizes the importance of keeping them relevant, innovative and accessible, as technology advances. From CAD design and simulation to data modelling and advanced research workflows, engineering education depends on access to heavy weight applications that demand significant compute, licensing, and support.
At the same time, as with every other course today, engineering schools face mounting pressure to support BYOD in engineering education, hybrid learning in STEM, and remote labs, often with limited IT resources.
This is where AppsAnywhere for engineering schools plays a critical role. By delivering software on demand through virtualization and streaming, AppsAnywhere enables engineering institutions to modernize software delivery, improve student access, and scale efficiently without increasing complexity.
For IT leaders, it represents a strategic approach to solving long-standing IT challenges in engineering schools while enhancing the engineering student experience.
Engineering departments are among the most demanding environments in higher education. IT teams must support a diverse range of technology in engineering programs, including:
Traditional lab-based delivery models struggle to keep up. Physical labs are expensive to maintain, difficult to scale, and increasingly misaligned with student expectations for flexibility. These challenges are compounded by hybrid learning in STEM, where students may be working on campus one day and remotely the next.
For CIOs and IT directors, the question is no longer whether change is needed, but how to deliver software access at scale without increasing cost or operational risk.
AppsAnywhere is a secure application delivery platform that provides students and staff with on-demand access to software from any device, anywhere. By acting as a single access layer across virtualized, streamed, locally installed, and cloud-hosted applications, AppsAnywhere simplifies software delivery for engineering schools while preserving institutional control.
For engineering programs, AppsAnywhere supports:
This approach enables engineering schools to meet the needs of both students and IT teams without forcing a one-size-fits-all infrastructure strategy.
BYOD in engineering education has traditionally been difficult to support. Many engineering applications are not designed for personal devices, and local installation often leads to inconsistent performance, licensing issues, and support overhead.
AppsAnywhere solves this through device agnostic software delivery. Students can access MATLAB or CAD software and simulation tools through virtualized or streamed environments, regardless of whether they are using a high-spec workstation, a personal laptop, or a thin client.
For IT teams, this means:
For students, it means reliable software access without the friction of manual installs or hardware limitations, dramatically improving the engineering student experience.
Remote labs are becoming a core component of hybrid learning in STEM. Engineering students expect access to the same tools and environments whether they are on campus, at home, or working collaboratively across locations.
AppsAnywhere enables remote labs by providing secure, browser-based or client-based access to engineering applications hosted on cloud infrastructure. This ensures:
By decoupling access from location, AppsAnywhere allows engineering colleges to design more resilient and flexible learning models aligned with modern pedagogy.
Software delivery for engineering is uniquely complex. Licensing restrictions, large application sizes, and frequent updates create significant overhead for IT teams.
AppsAnywhere centralizes and automates much of this complexity by:
This centralized approach directly addresses key IT challenges in engineering schools, allowing teams to focus on strategy rather than day-to-day firefighting.
Engineering software is expensive, not just in licensing costs, but in infrastructure, maintenance, and support. AppsAnywhere helps institutions reduce total cost of ownership by improving utilization and scalability.
Key efficiency gains include:
For CIOs driving higher education digital transformation, these savings can be reinvested into innovation, research, and student success initiatives.
Today’s engineering students expect seamless access to technology that mirrors professional environments. Delays, access barriers, or outdated delivery models directly impact engagement and learning outcomes.
By providing consistent, on-demand access to essential tools, AppsAnywhere improves the engineering student experience by:
This alignment between academic delivery and real-world engineering workflows strengthens graduate readiness and institutional reputation.
Modern engineering education depends on the ability to adapt quickly to changing demands. New disciplines, emerging technologies, and evolving teaching models require platforms that can scale without friction.
AppsAnywhere for engineering schools provides that agility, allowing IT teams to quickly respond to growth, experiment with new delivery models, and support innovation without re-architecting their entire environment.
Engineering schools are at the forefront of technology in education, but legacy delivery models can hold them back. AppsAnywhere offers a practical, proven way to modernize software access while improving efficiency, scalability, and student satisfaction.
Leading engineering institutions are already unlocking the value of AppsAnywhere for engineering schools to modernize software delivery and support complex STEM workflows.
For example, Purdue University uses AppsAnywhere to centralize access to heavy engineering applications across multiple campuses, giving students and faculty one easy portal for demanding tools like SolidWorks and MATLAB while supporting hybrid and BYOD learning models.
Similarly, Michigan Technological University streamlined lab management and reduced imaging overheads by transitioning its lab software library to AppsAnywhere, enabling broader software availability and faster deployments across science and engineering courses.
See what AppsAnywhere can do for your engineering school – book a demo now.
Sign up to our newsletter.
AppsAnywhere is a global education technology solution provider that challenges the notion that application access, delivery, and management must be complex and costly. AppsAnywhere is the only platform to reduce the technical barriers associated with hybrid teaching and learning, BYOD, and complex software applications, and deliver a seamless digital end-user experience for students and staff. Used by over 3 million students across 300+ institutions in 22 countries, AppsAnywhere is uniquely designed for education and continues to innovate in partnership with the education community and the evolving needs and expectations of students and faculty.
Register your interest for a demo and see how AppsAnywhere can help your institution. Receive a free consultation of your existing education software strategy and technologies, an overview of AppsAnywhere's main features and how they benefit students, faculty and IT, and get insight into the AppsAnywhere journey and post launch partnership support.
Register your interest for a demo and see how AppsAnywhere can help your institution. Receive a free consultation of your existing education software strategy and technologies, an overview of AppsAnywhere's main features and how they benefit students, faculty and IT, and get insight into the AppsAnywhere journey and post launch partnership support.
