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 Financial Mathematics programme

Students studying on the Financial Mathematics 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 Library Services department at Queen Mary provides staff, study environments and resources to support your learning during your time at university, both online and on campus.

• Getting help - we answer questions over webchat, email and at service points. Please do not hesitate to contact us.
• Developing your skills - we have a team dedicated to helping you with the transition to university level study. We offer individual appointments and workshops throughout the year.
• Study environments - we have three libraries, across our London campuses, at Mile End, Whitechapel and West Smithfield, each with a character and ambience of their own. These are supplemented by additional study spaces across the campuses.
• Information resources - we provide a rich, multi-disciplinary collection of books, articles and other resources in electronic and physical formats.

You will find up to date details of all library services on the website https://www.qmul.ac.uk/library

Archives & Special Collections

Archives & Special Collections manages institutional and personal archives dating from the 18th Century to the present day, as well as collections of rare or special materials.

Visits to the Archives Reading Room in the Mile End Library, are by appointment in advance. The Archives Reading Room provides silent individual study space in which to access and research using these collections.  For more information, see http://www.qmul.ac.uk/library/archives.

Senate House Library

As a student at Queen Mary, you also have full access to the study space and collections at Senate House Library in Bloomsbury. For more information see https://london.ac.uk/senate-house-library.

Contacts for Library Services

General:

Email: library@qmul.ac.uk 

Webchat: https://qmul.libanswers.com/

Telephone: 020 7882 8800

Academic Skills and Subject Support:

Website: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/library/academic-skills/

Website: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/library/subject-guides/