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Bloomberg Certificates (BCER)

Create a New Bloomberg for Education Account

All BU students can take courses towards the Bloomberg Market Concepts or , Bloomberg Finance Fundamentals, or Environmental Social Governance certificates using either the Bloomberg Terminal or the Bloomberg for Education website.

Here are the steps for signing up using the Bloomberg Terminal:

1. Enter BCER into the search bar, then press <GO>. 

Search bar.

Bloomberg will open a window with the available courses, and an option to launch directly. Do not launch the course without clicking sign up on this screen (left hand menu). The course will load, but you may experience issues re-entering the course later if you attempt to log in during a different session.

Sign Up in the second option down on the left-side menu.

2. Click Sign Up located on the left hand menu, then click "I am a Learner" and agree to the terms, then click the Sign Up  button at the bottom. 

"I am a learner" and Terms of Service.

3. Once you have logged in, click Launch Course, which will open the BCER website with your Bloomberg account already logged in.

Launch Course screen.

 4. To view the available courses, click Certificates in the top menu.

"Certificates" are second option from left.

5. Select the certificate you wish to complete, and click Learn More.

"Learn more" button under each certificate course.

6. Select which module you would like to begin, and click the title.

Examples of modules.

7. This will show you the videos connected with each module, click Start to begin viewing.

Blue buttons labeled "Start" to the right of each video.

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