MATLAB, the language of technical computing, is a programming environment for algorithm development, data analysis, visualization, and numeric computation. Simulink is a graphical environment for simulation and Model-Based Design of multidomain dynamic and embedded systems. MathWorks produces over 100 additional products for specialized tasks such as data analysis and image processing.
Matlab at UVic
Matlab software has been in use at UVic since the 1980's and its popularity keeps growing as it spreads beyond its traditional Science and Engineering base.
Renewed for 2024: Unlimited "free" access to all MathWorks academia products, anytime, anywhere
The Faculy of Engineering and Computer Science hosts a Campus-Wide Suite agreeement that provides unlimited use of all MathWorks Academia products to UVic students, faculty, staff & researchers (including our historic partners at ONC & Triumf), on and off campus, on any device. This includes 113 Matlab and Simulink features, and additional products like MATLAB Online, Parallel Server, Grader, Web App Server & Production Server as well as Polyspace, RoadRunner and their Online Training Suite. Enjoy!
Those looking to install Matlab on university owned computers and in labs should look under Academic, while students and others looking to install it on their personal owned computers should look under Student.
News
- 2024 Mar 20 — The Concurrent license service on matlab.uvic.ca has been updated with new authorizing codes for R2024a
- 2024 Mar 20 — Matlab 24.1 R2024a v51 has been released and is available for download via your MathWorks account
- 2023 Dec 31 — The Concurrent license service on matlab.uvic.ca has been updated with new authorizing codes for 2024
- 2023 Dec 01 — The Campus-Wide Suite license agreement has been renewed for 2024
- 2023 Sep 18 — The Concurrent license service on matlab.uvic.ca has been updated with new authorizing codes for R2023b
- 2023 Sep 18 — 113 MathWorks products are now available with the addition of the Simulink Fault Analyzer in R2023b
- 2023 Sep 18 — Matlab 23.2 R2023b v50 has been released and is available for download via your MathWorks account
- 2023 Mar 16 — The Concurrent license service on matlab.uvic.ca has been updated with new authorizing codes for R2023a
- 2023 Mar 16 — 112 MathWorks products are now available with the addition of the C2000 Microcontroller Blockset and MATLAB Test in R2023a
- 2023 Mar 16 — Matlab 9.14 R2023a v49 has been released and is available for download via your MathWorks account
- 2022 Dec 09 — The Concurrent license service on matlab.uvic.ca has been updated with new authorizing codes for 2023
- 2022 Dec 09 — The Campus-Wide Suite license agreement has been renewed for 2023
- 2022 Sep 14 — The Concurrent license service on matlab.uvic.ca has been updated with new authorizing codes for R2022b
- 2022 Sep 14 — 110 MathWorks products are now available with the addition of the Medical Imaging Toolbox and Simscape Battery in R2022b
- 2022 Sep 14 — Matlab 9.13 R2022b v48 has been released and is available for download via your MathWorks account
- 2022 Mar 18 — The license service for our Academic and Classroom agreements has been updated with new license service software v11.18.1
- 2022 Mar 18 — The Concurrent license service on matlab.uvic.ca has been updated with new authorizing codes for R2022a
- 2022 Mar 11 — 108 MathWorks products are now available with the addition of the Bluetooth and RDSP HDL toolboxes and the Wireless Testbench in R2022a
- 2021 Mar 11 — The OPC Toolbox and System Requirements products have been renamed Industrial Communications Toolbox and Requirements Toolbox respectively in R2022a
- 2022 Mar 11 — Matlab 9.12 R2022a v47 has been released and is available for download via your MathWorks account
- 2021 Dec 29 — The Concurrent license service on matlab.uvic.ca has been updated with new authorizing codes for 2022
- 2021 Dec 21 — The Campus-Wide Suite license agreement has been renewed for 2022
- 2021 Oct 20 — The Concurrent license service on matlab.uvic.ca has been updated with new authorizing codes for R2021b
- 2021 Sep 22 — 105 MathWorks products are now available with the addition of the RF PCB and System Integrity toolboxes
- 2021 Sep 22 — Matlab 9.11 R2021b v46 has been released and is available for download via your MathWorks account
- 2021 Mar 16 — The Concurrent license service on matlab.uvic.ca has been updated with new authorizing codes for R2021a
- 2021 Mar 11 — 103 MathWorks products are now available with the addition of the DDS Blockset and the Radar and Satellite Communicatons toolboxes and the merging of Trading into Datafeed
- 2021 Mar 11 — Matlab 9.10 R2021a v45 has been released and is available for download via your MathWorks account
- 2020 Dec 18 — The license service underlying our main concurrent license servers has been updated with authorizing codes for unlimited access to 101 MathWorks products
- 2020 Dec 18 — A new Campus-Wide Suite license agreement was acquired providing students, faculty, staff & researchers unlimited access to all MathWorks academia products
- 2020 Dec 03 — The server underlying our Academic and Classroom agreements has been migrated to CentOS 7 on a new virtual machine
- 2020 Sep 17 — The license service for our Academic and Classroom agreements has been updated with new authorizing codes for R2020b
- 2020 Sep 17 — The new UAV Toolbox split off from the Robotics System Toolbox as of R2020b and is available in both our Academic and TSH agreements
- 2020 Sep 16 — Matlab 9.9 R2020b v44 has been released and is available for download via your MathWorks account
- 2020 Mar 28 — The license service for our Academic and Classroom agreements has been updated with new authorizing codes for R2020a
- 2020 Mar 19 — Matlab 9.8 R2020a v43 has been released and is available for download via your MathWorks account
- 2020 Feb 26 — A 3rd Vehicle Network Toolbox has been added to our Academic license agreement thanks to a researcher who purchased and contributed 1 key
- 2020 Feb 26 — The Simulink Desktop Real-Time toolbox been added to our Academic license agreement thanks to a researcher who purchased and contributed 2 keys
- 2020 Feb 26 — The Model Predictive and Reinforcement Learning Toolboxes have been added to our Academic license agreement thanks to a researcher who purchased and contributed 1 key each
- 2020 Feb 12 — MathWorks will again be on site to deliver free technical seminars in ECS 660
- 2020 Jan 30 — Software Maintenance Service for our Academic and Classroom agreements has been renewed for another year, meaning we can download new versions as available
- 2019 Dec 13 — The student TSH license agreement has been renewed for 2020, with the addition of the Audio toolbox
- 2019 Nov 15 — 10 network concurrent R2016b v36 Stateflow toolbox keys have been added via a 30-day trial and restricted to our classroom hosts to resolve a course project crunch
- 2019 Sep 18 — The license service for our Academic and Classroom agreements has been updated with new license software v11.16.2
- 2019 Sep 13 — The license service for our Academic and Classroom agreements has been updated with new authorizing codes for R2019b
- 2019 Sep 12 — The new ROS Toolbox and Navigation Toolbox split off from the Robotics System Toolbox as of R2019b and are available in both our Academic and TSH agreements
- 2019 Sep 11 — Matlab 9.7 R2019b v42 has been released and is available for download via your MathWorks account
- 2019 May 14 — A 2nd Vehicle Network Toolbox key has been added to our Academic license agreement thanks to a researcher who purchased and contributed 1 key
- 2019 Apr 02 — MathWorks will again be on site to deliver free technical seminars in ECS 660
- 2019 Mar 21 — The license service for our Academic and Classroom agreements has been updated with new authorizing codes for R2019a
- 2019 Mar 20 — Matlab 9.6 R2019a v41 has been released and is available for download via your MathWorks account
- 2019 Jan 03 — Software Maintenance Service for our Academic and Classroom agreements has been renewed for another year, meaning we can download new versions as available
- 2018 Dec 20 — The student TSH license agreement has been renewed for 2019
- 2018 Dec 12 — The Aerospace Blockset has been added to our Academic license agreement thanks to a researcher who purchased and contributed 5 keys
- 2018 Oct 23 — Cumulative bug & security updates already in R2018b are now available for R2013b through R2018a — see Bug Report ID 1844615 for details
- 2018 Sep 21 — The license service for our Academic and Classroom agreements has been updated with new authorizing codes for R2018b
- 2018 Sep 12 — Matlab 9.5 R2018b v40 has been released and is available for download via your MathWorks account
- 2018 Jul 18 — The Vehicle Network Toolbox has been added to our Academic license agreement thanks to a researcher who purchased and contributed 1 key
- 2018 Jul 11 — The Robotics System Toolbox has been added to our Academic license agreement thanks to a researcher who purchased and contributed 1 key with restricted access
- 2018 Jul 11 — The Mapping Toolbox has been added to our Classroom license agreement thanks to Civil Engineering who purchased and contributed 25 keys
- 2018 Mar 15 — The license service for our Academic and Classroom agreements has been updated with new authorizing codes for R2018a
- 2018 Mar 14 — Matlab 9.4 R2018a v39 has been released and is available for download via your MathWorks account
- 2018 Mar 01 — MathWorks will again be on site to deliver free technical seminars in ECS 660
- 2017 Dec 06 — The TSH license agreement has been renewed for 2018
- 2017 Dec 13 — Software Maintenance Service for our Academic and Classroom agreements has been renewed for another year, meaning we can download new versions as available
- 2017 Sep 24 — The license service for our Academic and Classroom agreements has been updated with new authorizing codes for R2017b
- 2017 Sep 21 — Matlab 9.3 R2017b v38 has been released and is available for download via your MathWorks account
- 2017 May 16 — The Phased Array System Toolbox has been added to our Academic license agreement thanks to a researcher who purchased and contributed 5 keys
- 2017 Mar 17 — The license service for our Academic and Classroom agreements has been updated with new license software and authorizing codes for R2017a
- 2017 Mar 09 — Matlab 9.2 R2017a v37 has been released and is available for download via your MathWorks account
- 2017 Jan 04 — Software Maintenance Service for our Academic and Classroom agreements has been renewed for another year, meaning we can download new versions as available
- 2017 Jan 03 — The activation key for the TSH license has been reset and students will need to re-gain access to continue using
- 2016 Dec 22 — The TSH license agreement has been renewed for 2017 with 2 additional toolboxes: RF and Econometrics
- 2016 Oct 04 — 10 keys of Simulink has been reinstated, and 10 keys each of MATLAB Coder and Simulink Coder have been added to our Classroom agreement
- 2016 Sep 20 — The license service for our Academic and Classroom agreements has been updated with new license software and authorizing codes for R2016b
- 2016 Sep 15 — Matlab 9.1 R2016b v36 has been released and is available for download via your MathWorks account
- 2016 Jul 06 — MathWorks will again be on site to deliver free technical seminars in ECS 660
- 2016 Mar 07 — The license service for our Academic and Classroom agreements has been updated with new license software and authorizing codes for R2016a
- 2016 Mar 03 — Matlab 9.0 R2016a v35 has been released and is available for download via your MathWorks account
Old pre-2021 Info
The Faculty of Engineering coordinates three license agreements with MathWorks on behalf of the UVic community that enable access to MATLAB, Simulink, and many toolboxes by faculty, staff, and students for teaching, research, learning, and support thereof.
- Academic - Our original Academic Concurrent license allows units and individuals to install products on university-owned equipment. Once installed others can use. There are overall limits on how many can be using each product concurrently.
- Classroom - Our Classroom license allows additional concurrent users from university-owned equipment in designated learning labs.
- Student - An annual Total Student Headcount (TSH) licence allows installs and use on student-owned computers.
Some research groups and individuals also have private licenses, e.g. Ocean Network Canada and a lab in Psychology.