School of Mathematical Sciences facilities

SMS provides a shared PGT PC Lab (room MB-302 Third Floor Mathematical Sciences Building) for MSc and MSci students, with computer facilities for project work, writing dissertations, online research and online access to the library catalogue, e-journals and e-books. There is also a laser printer. Please note that this is a "quiet" room for individual study and for taught PC Lab sessions, and is not a social space, and students are asked to respect this at all times.

There are also four Bloomberg terminals available for use by students, which are identifiable by the coloured keyboard which accompanies each terminal.  Bloomberg is the standard software used in the finance industry for the provision and analysis of financial market data and news, and competence in the use of such terminals may be of considerable benefit to your professional profile / CV.

Fair Usage of the Maths PGT PC Lab (MB-302)

Use of MB-302 is limited only to MSc and MSci students in the School of Mathematical Sciences.  No other students or guests are permitted into this room.  No food, drink, alcohol or prohibited items may be taken into this room and no disturbance may be caused to other students.  Any student found in breach of this fair use policy will be subject to a disciplinary procedure which may lead to withdrawal of rights and even expulsion from the course / Queen Mary.

Facilities available to students on the MSc in Mathematical Finance programme

Students studying on the Mathematical Finance programme are encouraged to make use of the facilities provided by the School of Economics and Finance (SEF). SEF have specialist software available to aid your studies, such as Datastream, which provides financial data (current and historical) and time series data, as well as standard econometrics software including Eviews, PCGive, Microfit and Matlab. SEF also provide full subscription access to a wide variety of financial databases such as CRSP and Bankscope and have access to 12 dedicated Bloomberg terminals. If you wish to use the software or terminals you can do so in the SEF offices in the Graduate Centre. Members of the SEF IT Team are available to help you if you encounter any problems whilst accessing the software or terminals.

Facilities available to students on the Financial Computing MSc programmes

Students studying on the Financial Computing programmes are encouraged to make use of the facilities provided by the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science (EECS). EECS have three main areas for student computing:

• The Informatics Teaching Laboratory (ITL);
• EECS MSc Lab (on the ground floor of the Engineering building, room G52);
• Computers in the Electronics Laboratory (second floor Engineering building) that are mainly for hardware-associated laboratory work.

You can access information on status of labs in the ITL here.

an introduction from Library Services

The Libraries at Queen Mary provide the study environments, resources and staff you need to support your learning during your time at the university. There are Libraries on each of the main Queen Mary campuses; at Mile End, Whitechapel and West Smithfield. The Mile End library provides resources for all taught subjects, while the Whitechapel and West Smithfield Libraries are the specialist libraries for medicine and dentistry.

The Libraries contain wide-ranging collections of print books and journals and audio-visual resources. If you find that a book that you would like to borrow is in short supply you can put in a request for more books: http://library.qmul.ac.uk/forms/more-books-at-your-request/#form. In addition, the Library provides access to over 14,500 online journals, 142 electronic databases and over 39,000 e-books, all available on-line 24/7. These can be accessed from the networked PCs within the Library buildings, and also from your halls or home or anywhere else you have internet access. You will need to log-in with your Queen Mary Student Service account username and password, which you will get from IT Services when you enrol, to access our e-resources when off-campus.

There are dedicated help points across all our libraries, where trained staff can answer queries. However, our staff are also happy to help with any queries you may have at the point of need. For more complex enquiries about your subject or some of our services, you may be referred to a specialist in that area. In particular, the team of Liaison Librarians are most familiar with the resources for your subject – you will meet them during induction sessions and they can be contacted at any time during your studies.