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title: "MATLAB QuickStart"
canonical: "https://tech.calpoly.edu/space/CPKB/1843789825/MATLAB%20QuickStart"
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> ✅ **MATLAB License Update | Fall 2026**
> ✅ 
> ✅ - MathWorks license model recently has changed.
> ✅ - A **MathWorks account is required **to use MATLAB.

## To use MATLAB or Simulink at Cal Poly:

1. **Create a free MathWorks account **at [http://www.mathworks.com/mwaccount/account/create](http://www.mathworks.com/mwaccount/account/create)  using your Cal Poly email address <span style="color: #0747a6">*(you will be directed through Cal Poly authentication)*</span>

2. **Sign in  **[https://matlab.mathworks.com/](https://matlab.mathworks.com/) ** **at Cal Poly.

> ℹ️ - To install MATLAB on your personal device (after you have created your Mathworks account), visit the [https://www.mathworks.com/downloads/](https://www.mathworks.com/downloads/)
> ℹ️ - MATLAB is no longer part of the [Virtual Computer Labs ](https://calpoly.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPKB/pages/224624823)service.