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Create an account at https://www.mathworks.com/mwaccount/register.
Fill out the required information, making sure to use your Swarthmore email address. If given the option to select how you will use MATLAB, select "Teaching or Research in school" or "Student use".
You may need to verify your account by clicking on a link from the MathWorks. If you don't receive the email, check your spam folder.
After you have verified your account, associate your MathWorks account with Swarthmore's license. Go to mathworks.com/login, click on your profile name in the upper right hand corner → Associate → Link License
Enter an activation key (provided in the links below)
Faculty/staff: MATLAB faculty/staff license
Students: MATLAB student license
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Open the installer you downloaded from the MathWorks web site
Under the dialog title "Install MathWorks Software", select "Log in with a MathWorks Account"
When requested, enter your MathWorks account information.
Continue through the installation wizard
When prompted to do so, select the Academic – Total Headcount license type
Single users or Research Lab Computers: Select the Individual license
Departmental or ITS Lab Computers: select the Concurrent license (see below for more installation instructions)
You will be prompted which products you would like to install. Most people install MATLAB and all the toolboxes, but you can remove some items to reduce the disk space needed. Make sure "License Manager" is unchecked since this is just for server installations.
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