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Stock Market Challenge

Invest in Yourself

Are you ambitious, competitive and skilled in negotiation?

Our annual Stock Market Challenge is an opportunity to gain real-world experience of analysing markets and making investments.

Check out this video of Darragh McCarthy, CEO of FinTrU on the value of the Stock Market Challenge

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Stock Market Challenge will return in 2024-2025.

Simulate the excitement of the trading room floor

You’ll get the chance to:

  • Simulate the excitement of the stock market
  • Compete for top prizes including industry insight opportunities
  • Network with top employers such as previous participants FinTrU, First Derivative, PwC, Deloitte, FSCom. 

The event is held around each year in the Queen's University Belfast Computer Science Building and is open to students from all disciplines, there will be pizza for participating students.

This Careers programme is also Future-Ready Award accredited through the Combined Route for student who wish to apply to gain the award. 

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Employers taking part in Stock Market Challenge

Network with top employers at this event and compete for insight days with them.

The Employers that part in Stock Market Challenge 2024 were:

FinTrU, Kainos, Deloitte and Fund Axis.