Can I access the matlab online services with a private license after my 1 year of "active license"?

I am a student and I am interested in buying MATLAB for private use using the student discount.

One of the main reason is because of the many courses that are available online. From what I understand, i have an active license for 1 year with which I can download updates and contact customer service.

Once my active license runs out:

Do I also lose access to MATLAB online?

Do I lose acess to the MATLAB drive?

Do i lose access to the MATLAB courses?

Can I contact MATLAB for bugs and expect to get it fixed?

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

First off, these days nearly all Student licenses are perpetual licenses. Historically, there were 8 month or 1 year licenses available through campus bookstores, but I have not heard of those for the last decade. When you purchase a student license, you gain the right to use that version forever... subject to the condition that you are enrolled in an appropriate degree-granting institution at all times that you actually use the license. (So if you graduate, you have to stop using the license... but if you re-enroll later you can go back to using the license.)

Student licenses include upgrade rights for one year: for one year after purchase of the student license, you have the right to upgrade to any new version that is released.

Student licenses offer the option of continuing upgrade rights by paying a yearly maintenance fee (that is less expensive than purchasing a new license.)

Now, as long as you are covered by the upgrade rights, and are stiill enrolled, you have access to MATLAB Online using the toolbox software licenses you purcashed with the Student Version.

After your upgrade rights are no longer valid, if I understand correctly, you lose the right to use MATLAB Online together with your toolbox licenses, and revert to the general offering.

After you are no longer enrolled, you lose the right to use MATLAB Online together with your toolbox licenses, and revert to the general offering.

While you are no longer enrolled, you lose the right to use the Student version (and regain it if you re-enroll.)

The general offering, for people who do not have a valid current license, is 20 hours a month of MATLAB Online access without any toolbox access

Sorry, I do not know the MATLAB Drive policies.

No matter whether you have a license or not, you continue to have access to the free online Mathworks courses, including the ones that use toolboxes not covered by your license (they do special things to grant your access.)

After you are no longer a student, you lose access to any paid online courses that your university has purchased access to.

Bug reports and other technical support other than installation assistance is not available to Student licenses.

[Jez]

Thank you for your answer.

Let me change the question a little bit. If I buy a home license. I understand that I have upgrade rights for a year as well. After a year,

Do I also lose access to MATLAB online? (Can I use it longer than 20h a month?)

Do I lose acess to the MATLAB drive?

Do i lose access to the MATLAB courses? I cannot take part in the online Mathwork courses without an acccount. The question is whether it is available after for an account with a license albeit no MathWorks Software Maintenance Service

The courses are what I am mostly concerned about.

[Walter Roberson]

Sorry, I do not know MATLAB Drive policies.

After your SMS expires, you would have access to bare bones MATLAB Online at 20 hours per month.

You would continue to have access to the free MATLAB courses; they use special license arrangements to get access to toolboxes that you do not normally have access to.