THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO LAUNCHED THE BLOCKCHAIN COURSE WITH THE SUPPORT OF SMBC AND ETHEREUM FOUNDATION

Tokyo University is launching a blockchain course after receiving nearly $ 800,000 from companies including Japanese Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and Ethereum Foundation.

In a press release issued by SMBC on November 20, it is also mentioned that Good Luck 3, JSS, Zipper, Hotto link and Money Forward also invested in the blockchain education at Tokyo University.

As a result, the educational program of the University of Tokyo named ” Blockсhain Innovation Donation Course” will run for three years from this month.

The content of the program is designed specifically for students who want to become blockchain entrepreneurs, and includes theoretical and practical modules on the development of decentralized solutions, social prerequisites for the introduction of new technology and human resource management.

In June Stanford University opened the center for blockchain studies, also with the support of the Ethereum Foundation, and this week Columbia University and IBM announced two programmes-accelerator, designed to help the blockchain startups in scaling.

According to Coinbase research, 42% of the world’s top 50 universities offer at least one blockchain-and cryptocurrency-related educational product.

This semester, New York University (NYU) announced itself to be the first US University ready to offer students cryptocurrency and blockchain education, the University of Malta allocated 300,000 euros for scholarships to students studying blockchain, and the German business school “Frankfurt School of Finance & Management” offers an educational program for obtaining a diploma of blockchain expert.

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