MATLAB

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How to obtain

Licensing (MIT certificate required)

• Student license number and key (terms and conditions)
  Note: For use on personal machines.
• Faculty and staff license number and key
  Note: For academic use on MIT-owned or personal machines.
• Athena access to MATLAB
• Lincoln Lab and MIT Investment Company employees are not covered by MIT's MathWorks license.

Download

• Download MATLAB from the MathWorks
  Note: Support for Windows 8.1 and macOS El Capitan (10.11) will be discontinued as of R2018b.

Installation

• MATLAB: Installation instructions
  • Obtain the license number and activation key from the link above.
  • An internet connection is required for installation and activation.
  • We recommend a direct connection to MITnet, or another network connection capable of at least 10Mbit download speeds - a full MATLAB installation is 5GB.
• Associate your MathWorks account with MIT's license.
• Renew your MATLAB license for the next academic year.
• Install MATLAB to run off the Central (Athena) license server (for faculty and staff use).

Using

• MATLAB Landing Page in the Knowledge Base
• MATLAB Mastery (MIT only)
• MathWorks online documentation
• Faculty and Teaching Assistants: For training or assistance integrating mathematical software into course materials, contact the Educational Technology Consultants.