Installing Matlab (Students/Employees)
Downloading and using Matlab
As an employee of certain faculty affiliation or as a student, you are allowed to download and use Matlab and most of its Toolboxes. In order to get started downloading you will need to log in to TUMonline.
You can check which affiliations are allowed to use Matlab, by following this link: Rahmenverträge
1. First Steps
In the following paragraphs, the first steps to downloading Matlab will be described.
1.1. Logging in to TUMonline
First, you will need to log in to TUMonline here TUMOnline Matlab-Page. You need to log into Campus.tum.de, choose under Dienste Software and then Weitere Produkte.
1.2. Generating the special Matlab-Email-Address
Navigate to Software > Further Products. Create the special Email-Address needed for the Matlab download, by clicking the generate button next to "MathWorks Matlab for Employees" or "MathWorks Matlab for Students", depending on your affiliation.
After this step your activated Matlab E-Mail-Address displayed. Other information about Matlab like activation key, Download link, log-in information for the Download etc.. as well as the steps required will be displayed after clicking on the triangle.
1.3. Doublechecking the generation of the special Email-Address
If you wish to doublecheck, whether the special Matlab email-address has properly been created, please log in to TUMonline here: E-Mail Addresses.
This will show all email-addresses connected to your TUM-account.
On this image you will see all E-mail adresses linked to your TUM online account.
Please note, that your mailbox setting in the red square matter.
- If you chose Nur Weiterleitung and entered a forwarding email-address, all TUM emails will be forwarded to this address.
- If you chose TUM Mailbox (exchange) and entered a forwarding email-address, all TUM emails will be both forwarded to your personal email address, as well as your mytum email address.
- If you chose the second option (shown in the figure above), you can check your mytum emails, via this link: XMAIL MWN .
2. Matlab Installer over Mathworks Portal download
In order to download Matlab, you have to sign up in Mathworks first, if you do not already have an account.
This link leads to the Mathworks website : Mathworks
Give in your special Matlab Email Adress in the Mathworks Website.
You will see on the top right of the page install Matlab, click on it in order to install.
If you click on MM (on the Screenshot), you can change the settings.
3. Matlab installation
Give in your special Email Adress in the Mathworks page.
In the opened window give in your LRZ-username with your password.
Accept the Lizenzbedingungen and click on Weiter.
Choose the Matlab licence and click on Weiter.
Choose the location where you should install Matleb and click on Weiter.
In the next steps you can choose Matlab and the toolboxes you need.
Cliek on Weiter.
Click on Begin Install .
Click on Close (Schließen).
4. FAQ
The answers to the following questions you will find in the Knowledge Base, which is only in the Mwn(Uni) Network available. With EduVPN you can make a connection the the Uni, in order to access the page.
- Where do I get the confirmation mail for MatLab? -> Knowledge Base Link: An mytum Account
- When do I get the confirmation mail for MatLab-> Keine Bestätigungsmail von Mathworks
- How can I check my TUM E-Mails? -> Knowledge Base Link: Möglichkeiten zur Überprüfung der TUM E-Mails
- How can I transfer my E-Mails für die Mytum-Adresse in TUMOnline. -> Knowledge Base Link: Einrichtung der Weiterleitung der TUM E-Mail Adresse in TUMOnline
- How often can I install my Matlab-Licence? -> Mögliche Anzahl an Matlab Installationen für Sudierende und Mitarbeitende