Accessing Bloomberg off campus for UCT students and staff

1. Bloomberg Off Campus
Access

2. To access Bloomberg off campus you need to:
1. Book a slot for terminal access
2. Create a BMC (Bloomberg Market Concepts) account
3. Request terminal access
The following steps will guide you through the process

3. Creating a BMC account
https://portal.bloombergforeducation.com/

6. Use your
UCT email

8. Select “No”

9. Activate account

10. Select “No”

12. Fill in your address

15. Request for terminal access
Contact the library on any of these email addresses:
lib-commerce@uct.ac.za
susanne.noll@uct.ac.za
maureen.chiware@uct.ac.za
mary.lister@gsb.uct.ac.za

16. Once the library responds that account has
been activated, sign in to your BMC account
https://portal.bloombergforeducation.com/

18. Select “Email ”
or “SMS Text”

21. Take note of
your username
You can now access the Bloomberg terminal

26. If you want to use Excel,
select “Launch with the
Bloomberg Excel add-in”

28. Launch within
the browser

30. You can now search via the terminal or the Excel add-in

31. Book a slot each time you need to use the Bloomberg terminal
https://uct.ac.za.libcal.com/reserve/bloomberg