MATLAB User Guide for Software Legitimization

Our university officially launched the MATLAB Campus Version legitimization software service on September 6, 2019, supporting platforms such as Windows, Linux, and Mac, including English and Simplified Chinese versions, and offers online resource services. The MATLAB Campus Version includes both personal and network versions (lab version), where the personal version is suitable for installation on personal computers (offline use), and the network version (lab version) is suitable for laboratories, computer rooms, and clusters.

https://ww2.mathworks.cn/academia/tah-portal/south-china-normal-university-31440189.html

Register MathWorks Account

Log in to the registration page: https://www.mathworks.com/login/?locale=zh_CN, and select “Create one now!”

Fill in Account Information

Please use the school’s email (ending with @m.scnu.edu.cn or @scnu.edu.cn, other emails will not be recognized) to create an account.

Note:Please ensure that the M email has been activated and can send and receive emails normally (How to activate? See the M email system user manual: https://nc.scnu.edu.cn/a/20190709/334.html)

Associate License

After logging into your account, please confirm that the Individual license exists, as shown in the figure below.

If the license does not exist, please click the avatar in the upper right corner, select “Associate License”, and enter the MATLAB activation key in the “License Number* or Activation Key” section (Find the activation key in the “Legitimization MATLAB User Guide” document: https://nc.scnu.edu.cn/a/20191010/361.html).

Download Software

On-campus High-speed Download:

https://i.scnu.edu.cn/matlab2019

Off-campus Download:

https://ww2.mathworks.cn/downloads

You can choose the installation version according to your needs, it is recommended to use the latest version R2024b.

Note:Pleaseobtain the installation media from the above channels only, as installation media from other sources cannot verify its legality, which may prevent activation and pose network security risks to your computer.

Install Software

Taking the R2024b version for Windows as an example

Click “Next”, and choose “Do you accept the terms of the license agreement?” Select “Yes”;

Click “Next” to enter the installation information confirmation page. Generally, click “Next” directly with the default options;

Wait for the installation to complete to start using.

Update License

In the MATLAB navigation menu, click Help > License > Activate Software (if expired, the activation client will start automatically);

Select “Use Internet to activate automatically”, and enter your MathWorks account (South China Normal University email), click “Next” until activation is complete;

After reactivating, you need to restart MATLAB to recognize the new license file.

Note:The personal version needs to update the license file every year, and after expiration, the school faculty and student user accounts can automatically connect to the Mathworks server for activation. After successful activation, you will still see the warning message “License is about to expire” in MATLAB before the old license expires, you can ignore this message. After the old license expires, MATLAB will no longer send this warning message.

• Minimum Hardware Configuration and System Requirements, please refer to: https://ww2.mathworks.cn/support/requirements/matlab-system-requirements.html

• Before installing software or updating the license, please turn off the system firewall

Application and Installation