MATLAB Install / Licensing on Personal Computers

Purpose 

This article has the instructions to download, install and activate MATLAB software on personal devices. Individual employees and student users at UT Dallas can install a standalone copy on personal devices. To install MATLAB on a personal computer, Mathworks accounts must be set up. For installation on UTD computers, please do not use a personal install. Please submit a ticket with the OIT Helpdesk to request an installation to be associated with the site license.

Explanation 

MATLAB may notify you that your license will expire after a certain number of days. This message refers to the university-wide license that is updated once per year. When it is updated, you may need to run an installer to ensure the updated license is applied to your installation. Please see the "procedure" section of this knowledge article for instructions on applying license updates. Please note that this only applies to MATLAB installations on personal computers; license updates are applied automatically to UTD machines.

Download Installer 

• Go to UTD’s MATLAB Portal.
• Select Sign in to get started under the "Get MATLAB and Simulink" section.
  • Click on Create if you do not have an existing account and enter the required details..
  • Click on Sign In if you already have an account.

 

• Click the Download icon for the current release.
  • You can also download previous releases here.

• Choose a supported platform and download the installer.

Install MATLAB 

• Run the Installer. 
• Enter your UTD Email ID to sign in and click Next.

• Enter the password associated with your Email ID and click on Sign In.

• Accept the license agreement by clicking on Yes > Next.

• Select the Academic – Total Headcount license labeled MATLAB (Individual) when prompted to do so. Click Next.

• Confirm your user details and click Next.

• Select the destination folder by clicking on Browse and click Next when done.

• Check the box for the products you want to download and select Next.

• Select the given two options if relevant and click Next.

• Confirm the details and select Begin Install.

• Click Close once the installation is complete.

Activate MATLAB

Before You Start

• The new MATLAB key will be saved once you activate it. Your MATLAB installation will use the old key until it expires, then it will switch to the new key.
• You should already have a mathworks.com account from when you activated or installed MATLAB.

• You can launch the activation app from within MATLAB or from the operating system command line.

Launch Activation App from MATLAB

• On the Home tab, in the Resources section, click Help > Licensing.
• Select Activate Software.

Launch Activation App Manually

• Windows^® Systems: 
  • In the search box on the taskbar, enter “Activate” to bring up the Activate MATLAB application.
• MacOS Systems: 
  • Double-click the activation application icon in the MATLAB application package. To view the contents of the MATLAB application package, right-click (or Ctrl+click) the package and select Show Package Contents.

Navigate to your MATLAB installation folder and open the activation application.

• Windows Systems:
  • Double-click the MathWorksProductAuthorizer.exe file in matlabroot\bin\$ARCH folder, where matlabroot is your MATLAB installation folder, and $ARCH is a platform-specific subfolder, for example: matlabroot\bin\win64 .
• Linux and macOS Systems: 
  • Run MathWorksProductAuthorizer in the matlabroot\bin\$ARCH, folder, where matlabroot is your MATLAB installation folder, and $ARCH is a platform-specific subfolder, for example: matlabroot\bin\glnxa64 folder.

 

• Enter your UTD NetID to sign in and click Next.

• Select the Academic - Total Headcount license > Next.

• Confirm your user details and click Next.

• Click on Activate to confirm.

• Once the activation gets completed, click Close.