Learn real-world investing in our Finance Lab
DePaul University is home to the state-of-the-art Christopher L. Keeley Finance Lab, which provides students in-depth experience with some of the leading technology and software in use by professionals today.
The finance lab, located on the fifth floor of the DePaul Center on the Loop Campus, hosts:
- Thirty dual-monitor student computer stations
- Newswire services
- Analytical portfolio tools and analytics
- Trading platforms
- Risk management software
- Twelve Bloomberg Terminals

Courses that use the finance lab:
About Christopher L. Keeley
The lab was named in honor of the 1997 DePaul finance alumnus who died of a pulmonary embolism at age 29 in 2002. The Keeley family, who have been generous DePaul supporters for more than a decade, and the Keeley Family Foundation also donated funds to found the John L. Keeley Jr. Center for Financial Services, named for Christopher’s late father, a finance executive.