MATLAB is a numerical computing environment and programming language. We currently have two licenses, both with the same set of 49 additional extensions and toolboxes. MATLAB licensing is fee-based.

Academic licensing for staff and faculty

• Academic licensing must be paid for by Cornell departmental funds.
• Installation onto Cornell-owned equipment only.
• Home Use licensing available at no extra cost.

Student licensing for currently registered students at Cornell University, for installation onto student-owned equipment only, is available at no cost.

Components

Cornell's license for MATLAB includes the full suite of MATLAB and Simulink products.

MATLAB: Full Suite

Purchase a License

Institutional Volume License (Faculty, Staff, and Students)

The MATLAB 2022-23 volume license runs through July 31, 2023. Please note that the end date is the same regardless of the date of purchase.

If you did not pre-order your MATLAB license during our license assessment survey in July, please order your license by visiting the Cornell Software Licensing page. Click MATLAB in the left sidebar.

Licensing Options

Staff & Faculty Licenses

Your MATLAB volume license allows you to install in either a single-user or a network license configuration. Please note that you need to purchase multiple licenses to take full advantage of the network option.

A single-user license allows installation onto one Cornell-owned computer. If you have been assigned a laptop computer for travel, you may also install MATLAB onto that machine under your single-user license.

Home use: In addition, your MATLAB license allows home use at no additional charge: you may install MATLAB onto your personally-owned equipment under your single-user license. You may not run MATLAB on multiple machines at the same time under one single-user license.

A network license entitles you to install MATLAB on multiple machines on the same subnet, with one designated as a MATLAB license server. You can then use MATLAB simultaneously on a number of machines equal to the number of licenses that you purchased.

Student Licenses

MATLAB student licenses are available at no cost to all registered full-time and part-time students at Cornell University and the Weill Cornell Medical College. Installation is authorized for a single computer that is the personal property of the student. Student licenses may NOT be installed onto any Cornell-owned computer.

Download

Recommended: Download Directly from MathWorks

We recommend downloading MATLAB directly from the vendor. You may obtain any supported version of MATLAB from Mathworks. You will need to register your NetID@cornell.edu address with MathWorks to download the software.

Download from Cornell's Servers

If you have a situation where downloading MATLAB directly from the vendor is impractical, you may be able to download an installer from Cornell's local download server instead. Please contact CU Software Licensing for the download link. Specify the specific MATLAB release you need (the current release is 2022b), and whether it is for Windows, macOS, or Linux. The current release is usually available immediately; prior releases may take 2-5 business days to prepare.

Please be advised that any locally-hosted installer includes every licensed component and is a significantly larger file than the one you would download from MathWorks.

Installation

How to Install MATLAB

System Requirements for MATLAB 2022b

Windows

Supported Windows versions

• Windows 11
• Windows 10 (version 20H2 or higher)
• Windows Server 2022
• Windows Server 2019

Processor

• Minimum: Any Intel or AMD x86 64-bit processor
• Recommended: Any Intel or AMD x86 64-bit processor with four logical cores and AVX2 instruction set support
• Note: A future release of MATLAB will require a processor with AVX2 instruction set support.

Memory (RAM) 

• Minimum: 4 GB minimum
• Recommended: 8 GB for Polyspace, 4 GB per core

Storage (Disk Space)

• 4 GB minimum for MATLAB alone
• 5-8 GB for a typical installation
• 31.5 GB to install all licensed products
• A solid-state drive (SSD) is recommended

Graphics

• No specific graphics card is required, but a hardware-accelerated graphics card supporting Open GL 3.3 with 1GB GPU is recommended.
• GPU acceleration using the Parallel Computing Toolbox requires a GPU that has a compute capability 3.0 or higher.

Macintosh

Supported Mac OS versions

• macOS 12 (Monterey)
• macOS 11.6 (Big Sur)

Note: macOS 10.15 (Catalina) is no longer supported.

Processor 

Intel

• Minimum: Any Intel x86 64-bit processor
• Recommended: Any Intel x86 64-bit processor with four logical cores and AVX2 instruction set support
• Note: A future release of MATLAB will require AVX2 instruction set support.

Apple Silicon

• Minimum: Any M-series chip
• Note: On Apple Silicon Macs, MATLAB runs using Rosetta 2.

Memory (RAM) 

• Minimum: 4 GB minimum
• Recommended: 8 GB for Polyspace, 4 GB per core.

Storage (Disk Space)

• 4 GB minimum for MATLAB alone
• 5-8 GB for a typical installation
• 25 GB to install all licensed products
• A solid-state drive (SSD) is recommended

Graphics

• Any Mac able to run macOS 11.6 (Big Sur) has a GPU able to run MATLAB.
• GPU acceleration with Parallel Computing Toolbox is NOT AVAILABLE on macOS.

Linux

Qualified Linux distributions

• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• Debian 11
• Debian 10
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (minimum 8.4)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (minimum 7.9)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (minimum SP2)

Processor 

• Minimum: Any Intel or AMD x86 64-bit processor
• Recommended: Any Intel or AMD x86 64-bit processor with four logical cores and AVX2 instruction set support
• Note: A future release of MATLAB will require a processor with AVX2 instruction set support.

Memory (RAM) 

• Minimum: 4 GB minimum
• Recommended: 8 GB for Polyspace, 4 GB per core.

Storage (Disk Space)

• 4 GB minimum for MATLAB alone
• 5-8 GB for a typical installation
• 30 GB to install all licensed products
• A solid-state drive (SSD) is recommended

Graphics

• No specific graphics card is required, but a hardware-accelerated graphics card supporting Open GL 3.3 with 1GB GPU is recommended.
• Use of vendor-supplied proprietary drivers is strongly recommended.
• GPU acceleration using Parallel Computing Toolbox requires a GPU that has a compute capability 3.0 or higher.  

Support

For support, contact Mathworks.

Technical Support

Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 8:00pm ET 508-647-7000, press 5

Customer Support

Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 5:30pm ET 508-647-7000, press 4