Monash University Malaysia Campus
How to Get Mathematica
Mathematica can be installed on:
Faculty personally owned machines and campus machines (e.g. computer labs)
Follow the directions below to download from the Wolfram User Portal.
- Create an account (New users only):
- For new user that don’t have a Wolfram ID, go to user.wolfram.com and click “Create one.”
- Fill out form using a @monash.edu email, and click “Create Wolfram ID”
- Check your email and click the link to validate your Wolfram ID
- Request the download and key after Wolfram ID is validated:
- Fill out this form to request a home-use license from Wolfram.
- Click the “Product Summary page” link to access your license
- Click “Get Downloads” and select “Download” next to your platform
- Run the installer on your machine, and enter Activation Key at prompt
- Create an account (New users only):
Student personally owned machines
Follow the directions below to download from the Wolfram User Portal.
- Create an account (New users only):
- For new user that don’t have a Wolfram ID, go to user.wolfram.com and click “Create one.”
- Fill out form using a @monash.edu or @student.monash.edu email, and click “Create Wolfram ID”
- Check your email and click the link to validate your Wolfram ID
- Request the download and key after Wolfram ID is validated:
- Fill out this form to request an Activation Key
- Click the “Product Summary page” link to access your license
- Click “Get Downloads” and select “Download” next to your platform
- Run the installer on your machine, and enter Activation Key at prompt
- Create an account (New users only):
Facing problems in activating your Mathematica license? Please let IT or Supports at OEMS IntiPakar Corporation Sdn. Bhd. know.
How to Get Mathematica Online, Wolfram|Alpha Pro, & Wolfram|Alpha Notebook Edition
Mathematica Online, Wolfram|Alpha Pro, & Wolfram|Alpha Notebook Edition can be accessed by all faculty and student as below:
Product Request Forms:
Users may request access to products available through this site program using the following form:- Fill out this form to request a Wolfram Mathematica Online license.
- Fill out this form to request a Wolfram|Alpha Pro license.
- Fill out this form to request a Wolfram|Alpha Notebook Edition license.
Mathematica Tutorials
The tutorials are excellent for new users, and can be assigned to students as homework to learn Mathematica outside of class time.
- Hands-on Start to Mathematica (videos)
A quick start to Mathematica—enter queries through free-form input and the Wolfram Language, create notebooks, perform symbolic and numeric calculations, generate 2D and 3D graphics, create interactive Manipulates, analyze data and turn your notebook into an interactive presentation.
- Hands-on Start to Wolfram Mathematica and Programming with the Wolfram Language, Second Edition (book)
Learn Mathematica at your own pace from authors with 50+ years of combined Mathematica experience—with hands-on examples, end-of-chapter exercises, and authors’ tips that introduce you to the breadth of Mathematica with a focus on ease of use.
- Fast Introduction for Math Students
This tutorial is designed to quickly bring all levels of math students up to speed on how to use the Wolfram Language for calculations, plots and presentations.
- How To Topics
Access step-by-step instructions ranging from how to create animations to basic syntax information.
- Mathematica Resources
Wolfram’s large collection of materials
Teaching with Mathematica
Mathematica offers an interactive classroom experience that helps students explore and grasp concepts, plus gives faculty the tools they need to easily create supporting course materials, assignments, and presentations.
Resources for educators
- Mathematica for Teaching and Education—Free video course
Learn how to make your classroom dynamic with interactive models, explore computation and visualization capabilities in Mathematica that make it useful for teaching practically any subject at any level, and get best-practice suggestions for course integration.
- Notebook Presentations Using Presenter Tools—Video tutorial
Learn how to create and customize your presentations using these new notebook features – Wolfram Presenter Tools. It seamlessly extends your notebook workflow for easy creation and delivery of dynamic presentations and slide shows.
- Wolfram Demonstrations Project
Download pre-built, open-code examples from a daily-growing collection of interactive visualizations, spanning a remarkable range of topics.
- WOLFRAM U – Classroom Resources & Instruction
Access interactive courses and instructor-led courses on Mathematica, SystemModeler, and other Wolfram technologies.
Research with Mathematica
Rather than requiring different toolkits for different jobs, Mathematica integrates the world’s largest collection of algorithms, high-performance computing capabilities, and a powerful visualization engine in one coherent system, making it ideal for academic research in just about any discipline.
Resources for researchers
- Mathematica for University Research—Free video course
Explore Mathematica‘s high-level and multi-paradigm programming language, support for parallel computing and GPU architectures, built-in functionality for specialized application areas, and multiple publishing and deployment options for sharing your work.
- Fast Introduction for Programmers
Spend a few minutes with this tutorial to get up to speed with the foundations of the Wolfram Language.
- Utilizing HPC and Grid Computing—Free video course
Learn how to create programs that take advantage of multicore machines or available clusters.
- Field-Specific Applications
Learn what areas of Mathematica are useful for specific fields.