STAAD.Pro: Structural Analysis and Design

It is a free-to-learn course that follows an industrial portal-frame steel shed and a three-storey steel office frame through Bentley's STAAD.Pro: units and the command file, geometry, sections, supports and releases, loads and combinations, linear, P-delta and modal analysis, steel and concrete design, then connections, foundations and the calculation report. Every result is checked by hand.

Civil and structural graduates, junior design engineers and draughtspeople who know statics and the basics of steel and reinforced concrete design. No STAAD.Pro experience is needed. Engineers in design offices around the world use the program for frames, trusses and steel structures, so the course starts from the workflow they follow.

Bentley STAAD.Pro, the year-named releases (2025 was the latest release this course could confirm from Bentley's own pages on 1 November 2026; earlier CONNECT Edition versions use the same workflow). Check the current version on Bentley's page. You can follow every lesson and every hand check with only a spreadsheet.

Bentley's STAAD.Pro page says you request a free trial on a form, and a Bentley representative confirms eligibility. It also offers students and educators free access through Bentley Education. Terms can change, so read them on Bentley's own pages. Never use cracked or unofficial copies.

The worked examples use AISC 360 steel design with ASCE 7 loads, and ACI 318 for the concrete beam, one code family per example. The steps are the same under Eurocode 3 and 2 with EN 1990 and EN 1991. Regional codes such as IS 800 and IS 456 follow the same workflow with different factors.

No. Real structures must be designed and signed by a qualified structural engineer working under local regulations, and software output must always be checked by hand. The course teaches the workflow and the checks, and it is not a licence to practise.

No. The certificate is a verifiable certificate of completion from EDWartens, not a Bentley certification or a professional engineering qualification. STAAD.Pro is a trademark of Bentley Systems, named only to describe the software taught.

About 13 hours of video and around 23 hours in total with the notes, worked problems and practice, at your own pace. Everything is free to learn. You get a verifiable certificate of completion when you finish the modules and pass the 15-question final at 60 percent. It has a unique number, a QR code and a public verification page.

Yes. Learning costs ₹0 in India: every module, the written notes, the practice tasks and the final assessment, with no card and no trial period. The only paid item is the optional EDWartens Certificate of Completion, ₹599 including GST for this intermediate course, paid in rupees through Razorpay, and only if you want it after passing the final assessment.