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SOAS Ethical &
Islamic Finance
Society.

Learn finance. Question its future. A student-led society exploring Islamic finance, ethical investing, entrepreneurship and the systems shaping how money moves.Based at SOAS. Open to students across London and beyond.

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Next up

This is what you can come to next.

We bring students together through speaker events, practical workshops, careers sessions and conversations with people shaping Islamic and ethical finance.

01 — Why we exist

Finance shapes the world. Understanding how it could work more responsibly should be part of the conversation.

SOAS Ethical & Islamic Finance Society is a student-led community for exploring Islamic finance, ethical investing and the ideas changing modern markets.

No prior knowledge. No religious requirement. Just serious questions, explained clearly and explored together.

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What we do

Learn the field. Connect with people. Build what comes next.

We are an ambitious student society: active now, still growing, and creating credible routes into the ideas and work behind responsible finance.

01
Islamic finance · Ethical finance · Markets

Learn

Make complex principles, products and debates understandable without flattening the difficult questions.

02
Events · Speakers · Industry · Community

Connect

Bring students into worthwhile rooms with practitioners, researchers and one another across London.

03
Careers · Enterprise · Professional development

Build

Help students turn curiosity into practical knowledge, relationships and credible first steps.

Islamic & ethical finance education

Understand the structure before accepting the label.

Explore clear introductions to the contracts, principles, markets and debates behind Islamic finance—and connect them to the wider question of what responsible capital should do.

01 Principles02 Structures03 Markets04 Ethics

Beginner-friendly. Open to Muslims and non-Muslims alike.

The flagship room · programme in development

Islamic Finance
Student Summit 2027

One day in London to understand the field, meet the people building it and see where students fit.

March 2027LondonOpen to everyone
The proposal names 20 March as a working date. Public registration will open after final confirmation.

Current partnerships

Built with organisations who add something useful.

Bidaya connects the society to practical humanitarian work. Nashex partners with SOAS EIFS on education and active learning. Two distinct relationships, presented clearly.

Meet our partners ↗

Join the community

Free to join.
Easy to begin.

Stay informed about events, workshops, speakers and opportunities. Open to SOAS students, students from other universities and anyone attending a relevant public event.

Official SOAS Students’ Union page ↗
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