MATLAB student version upgrade

if I bought MATLAB R2014a Student version in this Januray 2015, will I be able to upgrade later on to R2015a ? also, will such upgrade required fees/new purchase ?

[Andrew Klokeid]

Yes that is true. I purchased Matlab Student version R2015a this past summer. I have to reinstall Windows 10 again causing me to have to reinstall applications. When I went and installed Matlab I got R2015b without any additional cost. It works.

Answer 1

[Shantanu Kedar]

You can update MATLAB student software to the latest release with MathWorks Software Maintenance Service. Please refer the page below for more information

http://www.mathworks.com/services/maintenance/

Answer 2

[Andreas Goser]

There is currently no upgrade (free or paid) for Student Versions.

[ABDULELAH]

That is understood for now. My question was: when the new version R2015a (which will be out by March/April 2015) is released, what is the possibility to upgrade to such version from R2014a without incurring further fees/purchase order?

[Andreas Goser]

It is difficult to predict the future. Based on what happend in the past, there will be no such update possibilty.

[Shane Grimes]

So we cannot upgrade to r2014b with the student edition either?

[ABDULELAH]

traditionally there was not a 'b' version for students (i.e. student version usually are R2012a, R2013a, R2014a, ...etc)

[Andreas Goser]

My answer was correct when I posted it, but please see Shantanu's updated answer based on a new MathWorks offering.