MATLAB is a high-level programming language and interactive environment for numerical calculations, visualization and programming. MATLAB is used for data analysis, algorithm development and the creation of models and applications. With the programming language, tools and integrated mathematical functions, you can try out different approaches and arrive at a solution faster than with spreadsheets or conventional programming languages such as C/C++ or Java™. (Source: www.mathworks.de)
Licenses and rights of use at RPTU
The RHRZ has concluded a full-suite license agreement (TAH Campus) with the company MathWorks. This means that all students and staff at RPTU can access the licenses for MATLAB and Simulink free of charge. In addition to the free online training courses, this contract also includes all available MATLAB toolboxes.
You can view the list of toolboxes at https://de.mathworks.com/content/dam/mathworks/fact-sheet/2020a-cwl-product-list.pdf.
The MATLAB programs and licenses included in our contract consist of the following parts:
- Individual (MATLAB portal) - for teaching staff, students and employees. They can download a registered copy of MATLAB directly from MathWorks as a single user license. Within this portal you will also find many online tutorials.
- Concurrent (Network License) - for the use of MATLAB in classrooms and computer rooms and for our high-performance computers "Elwetritsch" https://www.rhrk.uni-kl.de/forschung/
Authorizations for the use of MATLAB
Who is authorized to use the MATLAB software?
All members (students, employees) of RPTU may use the licenses purchased from us.
Everyone who uses the software provided by us is personally responsible for acting in accordance with the contents of the license conditions and the scope specified in the supplementary Program Offering Guide. Please read these carefully.
Attention: For licensing reasons,other groups of persons and institutions (including affiliated institutions) maynot use the software provided by us.
In this case, please contact your software supplier directly.
The MATLAB Portal
Using the portal
The University of Kaiserslautern-Landau has introduced a MATLAB portal for end users. The portal provides access to the software, online tutorials and other MATLAB resources. As part of the campus license at RPTU, all students and employees may use the campus license as a single-user license for research, teaching and studies. The software can be used/installed for this purpose both within the university and on private computers or laptops at home.
Access to MATLAB Portal/Download MATLAB (en)
alternatively Access to MATLAB Portal to download MATLAB (en)
Important general information:
Depending on the action taken within the MATLAB portal, you may be asked to authenticate your affiliation to the RPTU via Shibboleth.
Further information on which operating system versions are supported or no longer supported by which Matlab versions can be found in our RHRZ download portal.
The term of an activated single-user installation always ends on November 30th of each year. Before the license file expires, you may receive a request to update it.
After activating the license, no network connection, e.g. to MathWorks or to TU servers, is required until reactivation.
You can continue to update your installation from MATLAB.
The following steps must be followed: Help > Licensing > Activate Software > Activate Using Internet.
Important notes on ROADRUNNER:
Roadrunner is a stand-alone program and therefore requires its own additional usage rights.
Please send us a ticket via our ticket system so that we can assign usage rights/licenses to you. In this ticket, please be sure to state the RPTU e-mail address with which you are registered with MathWorks.
Online tutorials:
Furthermore, our campus-wide MATLAB license offers all students and employees free access to practice-oriented online tutorials. You can also access the training courses and further information via the MATLAB portal. These online tutorials are aimed at both beginners and advanced users who are looking for in-depth content in various application areas.
The available tutorials include, forexample
- MATLAB Onramp
- Simulink Onramp
- Deep Learning Onramp
- Stateflow Onramp
- MATLAB Fundamentals
- MATLAB for Financial Applications
- MATLAB Programming Techniques
- MATLAB for Data Processing and Visualization
- Machine Learning with MATLAB
- Deep Learning with MATLAB
- Solving Nonlinear Equations with MATLAB
- Solving Ordinary Differential Equations with MATLAB
- Introduction to Linear Algebra with MATLAB
- Introduction to Statistical Methods with MATLAB
- Introduction to Symbolic Math with MATLAB