Read about universities that benefited from using the Bloomberg Finance Lab
Zayed University, one of the United Arab Emirates’ top universities, and Bloomberg, the global financial information and technology company, announced the opening of the Bloomberg Finance Lab at the university’s Dubai campus. Her Excellency Noura Al Kaabi, Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development and President of Zayed University, and Matthew Winkler, Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, Bloomberg News, officially launched the Bloomberg Finance Lab, which is the largest of its kind in the Middle East.
Zayed University joins more than 800 universities worldwide with Bloomberg Terminals or Finance Labs. With 64 Bloomberg Terminals across campuses in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, Zayed University has more Terminals available to students and professors than any other university in the Middle East.
“We are thrilled to be here today and be part of this important milestone. Students and professors at Zayed University will now have access to the same market-moving news and data relied on by the world’s leading business and financial professionals,” added Matthew Winkler, Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, Bloomberg News. “We hope that the training and coursework offered by the Bloomberg Finance Lab will advance the careers of hundreds of students in the U.A.E., so that they can play an active role in the country’s evolving economic landscape.”
The Bloomberg Terminal service is a seamlessly integrated solution that provides real-time and historical data, market moving news and analytics to help leading business and financial professionals worldwide make better informed investment decisions. The service also features execution platforms for every asset class, research and a global network to communicate securely and reliably.
The Bloomberg Finance Lab will help undergraduate and graduate students build the skills needed for a career in finance. Students will also have access to Bloomberg Market Concepts (BMC), an e-learning certification course, and CFAPRO, a database that maps the CFA Institute Candidate Body of Knowledge to over 387 relevant Bloomberg Terminal functions. Students of the undergraduate and master’s programs will receive training on the use of the Bloomberg Terminal, as well as courses on investment, risk and portfolio management. The lab will also be accessible to the university’s academic community to conduct research projects.
About Zayed University
Zayed University is a national and regional leader in educational innovation. Founded in 1998 and proudly bearing the name of the Founder of the Nation – the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, this flagship institution has met the President’s high expectations. Today, Zayed University has two modern campuses in Dubai and Abu Dhabi that welcome both national and international students.
Globally recognized as the leading university in the region for excellence in educational innovation, research, and student leadership development that serves the changing needs of the nation in economic, social and cultural advancements
Proudly bearing the name of the nation’s founding President, Zayed University is a federal institution that prepares bilingual graduates to contribute to and advance all aspects of society. Our mission is carried out from two major campuses in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
Matthew Winkler, Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, Bloomberg News, presents to students at the Zayed University Bloomberg Finance Lab
Tecnológico de Monterrey, one of Mexico's largest universities, has opened a Bloomberg Finance Lab in Puebla. The Lab is the first one of its kind in the State of Puebla and gives students and professors access to the Bloomberg Terminal, the system used by world's leading business and financial professionals.
On the Terminal, students and professors will be able to see the same financial news and research, and data and analytics used by investment firms, corporations, commercial and central banks, government agencies, and high-net worth individuals globally.
The new Lab has 20 Terminals and 31 screens, and is expected to help more than 650 undergraduate and postgraduate graduate students focused on finance studies obtain real world experience in how technology can be used in financial analysis and business decision making. The Lab will also be open to the academic community of the university to carry out research projects. The Bloomberg Terminals can also be used in extension workshops.
Through the Terminal, students can access Bloomberg Market Concepts (BMC), a self-paced e-learning course on Economics, Currencies, Fixed Income and Equities. Those who pass the course can get a Bloomberg certification.
Luz del Carmen Díaz Peña, a teacher in Finance and professor of the Institution, said, "Having a Bloomberg Finance Lab makes the Puebla campus even more competitive. This will help students from different disciplines to better understand how to analyze data and manage a professional platform."
Tec de Monterrey also has a Bloomberg Finance Lab at their Santa Fe (Mexico City), Estado de México, Guadalajara and Chihuahua campus.
About Tecnológico de Monterrey
Tecnológico de Monterrey is a private non-profit university founded in 1943 which vision is to develop leaders with an entrepreneurial spirit, human sense and internationally competitive; with presence in 26 cities of Mexico, 55,500 students of under and graduate level and more than 7,400 professors; It also has 26 thousand high school students and 2,500 teachers at that level.
The institution is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) and, according to the QS WorldUniversity Rankings (2019) it is in the position number 178, and in the opinion indicator among employers, it is placed as number 1 in Mexico and as number 56 in the world; in the QS University Rankings: Latin America (2018) ranks fifth in Latin America and is the only Latin American university in the Best Schools for Entrepreneurship (2017) of Princeton Review and Entrepreneur, ranking 14th in entrepreneurship programs in bachelor's degree . Likewise, for the second consecutive year, the Institution was ranked number 1 in the Education Sector within the "MERCO Empresas" Ranking that measures corporate reputation.
