In my school we teach CFD in Master level in which students write their own code by using either Fortran or Matlab.
We would like to introduce CFD software for mini course projects.
You can take a look at STAR-CCM+ which is designated to CFD. In my opinion it's GUI is quite clear. However it's a comprehensive, sophisticated software with a lot of options and capabilities. Also Abaqus has CFD module.
Comsol multiphysics is easy to learn and easy to teach.
Moreover, it is a multidisciplinary software that maybe useful for cross-disciplinary project.
http://www.comsol.com/comsol-multiphysics
One of the most used free CFD software is OpenFoam (http://www.openfoam.com/). The software is probably one of the best appropriate codes for academic purposes, allowing the implementation of different numerical models. Nevertheless, the training is not free of charge.
There are many FREE and Opensource CFD softwares like Sim Link, OpenFOAM, ProjectCHRONO etc the list of free CFD softwares are available at http://www.computeraidedautomation.com/forum-topic/free-cfd-softwares
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