Hey there mate,
I am (now) a Third Yr Aero/Astro in Spacecraft Engineering. To quickly answer your question:
1) Yes certainly. iSolutions can give you free access to AutoCAD, Solidworks (another CAD program), MatLab, MS Office.... etc etc
2) There are literally thousands of comps which have most of the eng software. FOr the "industrial" software, you can access them from your Civ Eng building.
3) Most "modern" laptops can run all of the software. But ideally something with a separate graphics card
Ummmm, well I would like to think that we are pretty open about the info we give (Well I am anyway). If you have any questions what so ever, please PM me
Have a great day!