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Matlab Student Version

Matlab Student Version

Undergraduate and postgraduate students can order a copy of the Matlab Student Version direct from Mathworks (see link box) for $89.00 or from Blackwells Bookshop on campus for £50.00.

This version is only available to students and not staff.  Proof of Student Status will be required.

ISBN No.s are: ISBN10: 0979223997 ISBN13: 9780979223990

Features of the Student Version

  • VERSION: The Student Release is normally only a few months behind the general release of Matlab.
  • FEATURES: FULL features of Matlab. No limits on data size etc.
  • LICENCE PERIOD: Perpetual, but without maintenance (i.e. no rights to update to a later version)
  • Will run on Student Laptops on or off campus (i.e. stand-alone version)
  • TOOLBOXES INCLUDED: Simulink, Control System, Image Processing, Optimization, Signal Processing, Signal Processing Blockset, Statistics, Symbolic Math
  • Limitations on toolboxes: PERPETUAL and no limitations on all except SIMULINK where a maximum of 1000 blocks are allowed.
  • ADDITIONAL TOOLBOXES: During the first year of purchase, most, but not all, can be purchased via the web for $29.00 each (see linkbox).

Academics giving a Course involving use of MATLAB

Academic Staff may purchase a 'Student Group License' (effectively a bulk purchase of the Student Version).

There is no associated discount,  but it does offer the convenience of buying a block of Student licenses without needing to provide proof of student status for each.