Register for Designcenter Student Day 2026

See how Designcenter is for everyone at Designcenter Student Day 2026

Whether it is your first day of learning CAD online, using CAD in your senior capstone, or working at a small design firm creating consumer products or at a global enterprise engineering multi-million-part assemblies, you can use Designcenter product engineering software to design and solve engineering problems. Designcenter Student Day brings together students, educators, independent learners, industry engineers and Designcenter experts to showcase what is possible with Designcenter, no matter where you are in your design and engineering journey.

Designcenter Student Day invites engineering students to hear from industry engineers, early-career recent grads, professors and other experienced students on how they leverage Designcenter software in their fields.

Live attendees will receive a digital badge as well as a voucher for a free Design Associate Certification exam.

When is Designcenter Student Day 2026?

Designcenter Student Day 2026 is a live webinar taking place on Wednesday, November 18 from 10 AM to 2 PM Eastern. It will also be available on-demand after the webinar.

What is Designcenter Student Day?

Designcenter Student Day is an annual virtual event that brings together over 1000 students, educators and independent learners across the world each year to learn about how Designcenter is used in the industry and in academics. Speakers can range from industry experts, to professors, to members from the Designcenter team, and the academic team at Siemens. Not only will you learn what the software is used for, but you will learn tips and tricks for Designcenter and your career. Live attendees will receive a digital badge to highlight on their LinkedIn profile.

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What you will learn at Designcenter Student Day 2026

Designcenter experts from Siemens Digital Industries Software will show you the value of new capabilities in the software and demonstrate how to use them, plus they will share guidance on where to find learning resources for the software, no matter what stage of the learning journey you are in.

Welcome + What is Designcenter?
Designcenter in academia: Pasadena ArtCenter College of Design with Professor Joseph Choi
Designcenter in industry: Oracle Red Bull Racing with Oliver Glimmerveen
Career development: What should future engineers learn today? with Erik Larson, Siemens DISW
Early career: Early career paths for mechanical engineers with Adam Alkire, Siemens DISW
Designcenter student and educator resources with Mollie Gladden, Siemens DISW
1. What’s new in Designcenter academic editions
2. New Designcenter Student Edition
Designcenter tips and tricks: Mold, tool and die with Jimmy Costello, Siemens DISW

Designcenter student and academic software

We offer students free access to Designcenter software through our Designcenter Student Edition. The Designcenter Student Edition includes both CAD and CAM capabilities. Part files created in Designcenter Student Edition cannot be retrieved in a commercial version of Designcenter, but can be retrieved in the full academic packages available to educational establishments.

We also offer cloud-SaaS Designcenter X Academic Edition and on-premises Designcenter Academic Edition to accredited academic institutions.

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