Update Changes to Distribution of MATLAB for July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025
Update July 4, 2024: We are pleased to inform you that the University of Toronto has successfully negotiated a one-year extension of our MATLAB license through collaboration with the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, Office of the Chief Information Officer, and the University of Toronto Libraries.
This extension is made possible through joint funding by Rotman School of Management, Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, University of Toronto Scarborough and the University of Toronto Libraries.
Product Information
- License Period: July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025. The product expires on June 30.
- Cost: Free (as of June 14, 2024)
- Additional Toolboxes: As of the 2020 to 2021 license period, all MATLAB toolboxes are included as part of the TAH package distributed by the Licensed Software Office.
- Restrictions: U of T faculty, staff, and researchers for noncommercial, academic use.
- License Type: Subscription
- Supported Operating Systems: Windows, UNIX/Linux, Mac.
- Installation Media: Installation media can be downloaded directly from the MathWorks portal with your MATLAB account.
Access
To access the software please visit the MathWorks Access for University of Toronto Portal and click Sign in to get started under Get MATLAB and Simulink.
Description
MATLAB is a high-level technical computing language and interactive environment for algorithm development, data visualization, data analysis, and numeric computation. Using the MATLAB product, you can solve technical computing problems faster than with traditional programming languages, such as C, C++, and Fortran.
You can use MATLAB in a wide range of applications, including signal and image processing, communications, control design, test and measurement, financial modeling and analysis, and computational biology. Add-on toolboxes (collections of special-purpose MATLAB functions, available separately) extend the MATLAB environment to solve particular classes of problems in these application areas.
Vendor and Support
- Vendor: MathWorks
- Support: The MathWorks has extensive online product documentation and help, including a large knowledge base of previously solved problems. A strong user community provides file exchange, newsgroups, link exchanges, and blogs. Also, support questions can be sent via email to support@mathworks.com . You will need your license number to get support.
Tutorial and Documentation
Tutorial: The MathWorks offer a free online tutorial that walks you through the basics of MATLAB. You can take the entire tutorial, or select an individual chapter specific to your needs. No prior MATLAB knowledge is required. This self-paced tutorial runs for approximately 90 minutes. Topics include:
- Using MATLAB as a graphical calculator
- Importing and extracting data
- Visualizing data
- Conducting computational analysis
- Fitting data to a curve
- Writing MATLAB programs
- Publishing MATLAB programs
Registration for the tutorial is free. Sign up online.
Documentation: MathWorks has all their documentation (including product documentation, index of MATLAB examples, function list, tech notes, and "how-to" guides on their website. A good starting place is their support page.
Installation and Activation
The license has transitioned to named user licensing as of July 1, 2024. Individuals will need to use their UTORid/password to download, activate, and launch the product. To access the software please visit the MathWorks Access for University of Toronto Portal and click Sign in to get started under Get MATLAB and Simulink.
Installation Instructions: