Best offer on record: Campus-Wide Access to MATLAB and Simulink (school-provided, free for students). 7 verified findings, checked 2026-10-22.
Offers
Campus-Wide Access to MATLAB and Simulink (school-provided, free for students) high confidence
Students, faculty, staff and researchers at a school that holds a Campus-Wide license get unlimited use of MATLAB and Simulink desktop and online products, on and off campus and on any device (TAH support page). Students page: 'Your school provides free, unlimited access to MATLAB and Simulink.' The Campus-Wide product list covers the MATLAB and Simulink product families, toolboxes, MATLAB Grader, MATLAB Course Designer and Online Training Suite. Items marked with an asterisk need the license administrator to grant access. New academic products are added to the list automatically. This is an institution-level license with no student price.
Eligibility
Students at a school with Campus-Wide access only. Students must create a MathWorks Account using their student (school) email address. No individual application path for students at schools without the license appears on the fetched pages. No degree-level, region or .edu-only rule is stated beyond the school email. The 2,400+ school count in the brief was not verified.
How to claim
1) Confirm with school IT or the license administrator that the school has Campus-Wide access. 2) Open https://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab/student.html or https://www.mathworks.com/academia/students.html and click Get MATLAB. 3) Create or sign in to a MathWorks Account with the student email address. 4) Per the page, MATLAB can be used immediately once the school's Campus-Wide access applies.
Expiry
No end date or renewal term is stated on any fetched page. Access appears to follow the school's campus license term (inference, not verified).
Gotchas
School-dependent: students whose school lacks the license get nothing from this offer. The paid Student Suite (MATLAB, Simulink, Online Training, 60+ add-ons) is a separate purchase and not included. The expansion of the 'TAH' label was not found on the fetched pages.
MATLAB Online basic (free tier for all MathWorks Account holders) high confidence
Free basic browser-based MATLAB Online: 20 hours per calendar month (page text: '20 hours per month of free use and access to 10 commonly used products'). Products: MATLAB, Simulink and nine toolboxes (per page summary). Continuous compute time 15 minutes; inactive idle timeout 15 minutes; MATLAB Drive storage 5 GB. Browser only, no desktop version. Support only via Help Center and MATLAB Central. The 20-hour window runs from the first to the last day of the calendar month and resets for the next month. At the cap, the current session can continue until sign-out or 15 minutes idle, but no new use until the next month. Self-paced online training and MATLAB Mobile reportedly do not count toward the 20 hours (page summary).
Eligibility
Any user with a MathWorks Account. The page says 'all users with a MathWorks Account will have access to the basic version of MATLAB Online by default.' No student status, purchase or license needed.
How to claim
Create or sign in to a MathWorks Account through the login link on https://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab-online.html, then open MATLAB Online in the browser. No purchase step appears on the pages. Credit-card requirement not stated.
Expiry
No end date stated; this is a standing free tier. Hours reset every calendar month.
Gotchas
Not a trial, but capped: 20 hours per month, 15-minute continuous and idle limits, 10 products only (other toolboxes excluded), 5 GB storage. Linking an eligible license to your MathWorks Account upgrades you to full MATLAB Online: unlimited hours, 20 GB storage, 90-minute continuous compute and 60-minute idle timeout (the comparison table shows these figures). The eligible license list (including Campus-Wide and Personal Student licenses) and the Software Maintenance Service requirement are per page summary.
30-day free trial of MATLAB and Simulink (desktop and online) high confidence
Free 30-day trial with unlimited use for 30 days on desktop and online, including MATLAB, Simulink and 80+ products (trial page). FAQ: 'The trial period is 30 days'; to request an extension, contact Sales. The FAQ also says professors can get trials for their students.
Eligibility
No eligibility restrictions stated on the trial page or FAQ. Sign-in and a contact-information form are part of the Get MATLAB flow (page summary).
How to claim
Open https://www.mathworks.com/campaigns/products/trials.html, click Get MATLAB, sign in or register with a MathWorks Account, complete the contact form, then install or open MATLAB.
Expiry
30 days from start. Extension only by request to Sales.
Gotchas
A trial, not a free license: access ends after 30 days unless extended or purchased. Credit-card requirement is not stated on the fetched trial or FAQ pages (unknown; do not assume none). Do not confuse this with the free MATLAB Online tier, which is capped but ongoing.
MATLAB Onramp free two-hour course and free online tutorials high confidence
MATLAB Onramp is 'a free two-hour, self-paced, interactive course that allows new users to learn how to use MATLAB effectively' (trial FAQ). The students resources page lists 'Free, Interactive Tutorials' with automatic-feedback exercises and full courses or single topics, linked to matlabacademy.mathworks.com (page summary, not raw-checked).
Eligibility
Described for new users; no eligibility restriction stated.
How to claim
Open MATLAB Onramp from the link in the trial FAQ, or the online courses link on https://www.mathworks.com/academia/students/resources.html. No purchase or license step appears.
Expiry
None stated.
Gotchas
Training only; grants no software license. Whether course time counts toward the MATLAB Online 20-hour cap was not verified (page summary says self-paced online training does not count).
Student competitions: complimentary software, training and mentoring medium confidence
The students page states: 'MathWorks provides complimentary software, training, and mentoring' for its competitions, which include hackathons and student challenges (Simulink Student Challenge, AI Challenge and others on the competitions pages). No amounts, license durations or seat counts are stated on the students page. Prize details and per-competition rules were not read.
Eligibility
Students who enter a MathWorks-sponsored competition. Rules are set per competition and were not read.
How to claim
Choose a competition from https://www.mathworks.com/academia/students/competitions.html and follow its registration page.
Expiry
Per competition; not stated on the students page.
Gotchas
Competition-specific, not a standing license. The quoted wording is verified, but how the software is delivered and for how long was not checked on the individual competition pages.
MathWorks Accelerator Program: free in-kind licenses for startups at partner accelerators high confidence
Startups incubated at one of 500+ partner accelerators receive an in-kind software sponsorship: 'up to 10 user licenses for 12 months of free software' covering the MATLAB and Simulink suite of products. No cost or IT administration burden for the accelerator or the startup. Benefits per page summary: application-engineer support, local-language training options with a 50% training-credit discount, and co-marketing.
Eligibility
'All startups incubated at a partner organization regardless of size or funding' (page text). Only startups at a partner accelerator qualify. The page has no direct self-serve application.
How to claim
Ask your accelerator director whether your accelerator is already a partner and request access, per the page. Accelerators that want to join can contact MathWorks at startupaccelerators@mathworks.com (page summary; email not raw-checked).
Expiry
12 months of licenses per the page; renewal terms not stated.
Gotchas
Not self-serve; depends on the accelerator being a partner. Capped at 10 user licenses per startup. This is a free in-kind sponsorship, not a discount. Terms after the 12 months are not stated.
MathWorks startup suites (NOT free: discounted annual licenses) high confidence
Discounted 'Get Low-Cost Access to MATLAB and Simulink' tiers, both annual individual licenses: 'MATLAB Suite' (includes 40+ add-on products) and 'MATLAB and Simulink Suite' (includes 90+ add-on products). Suite holders get free access to the Online Training Suite Subscription. Prices render as unfilled template variables on the fetched page, so no dollar amount was confirmed.
Eligibility
Startups meeting all of: founded within the last 5 years; fewer than 15 engineers; less than USD 1 million annual revenue. 'Angel and venture capital funding levels are not criteria for acceptance' (no funding cap). No industry restriction stated.
How to claim
Use the 'Apply now' or 'Request application' button on https://www.mathworks.com/products/startups.html to submit the application.
Expiry
Annual license; renewal terms and renewal pricing not stated.
Gotchas
Paid and discounted, not free. Price not visible in the fetched text. Startups sponsored through a partner accelerator get the free route instead (see the accelerator finding).