| City | Current Status |
| Guangzhou, China | Universities have also gradually realized the important position of blockchain in the future development of the country, and the number and intensity of blockchain-related courses are gradually increasing. Universities have laid out the technical research of blockchain and established research centers in the form of school-enterprise cooperation, in order to cultivate more highly sophisticated talents specialized in blockchain. |
| Hamburg, Germany | The Federal Government will provide services for the qualification of education professionals related to digital professions and will strongly support the German states in proposing effective programs and measures for the qualification of faculty members in blockchain technology. The German federal government values innovation and will promote various blockchain projects and physical laboratories. The federal government will promote the certification of universities on the basis of blockchain technology. At the same time, the federal government attaches great importance to the sustainable development of the economy. |
| Seoul, Korea | South Korea has always focused on the cultivation of blockchain talents and has already encouraged several universities in the country to offer blockchain majors in the field of higher education, such as Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Koryo University, Seogang University and other institutions of higher learning. Among them, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, located in Seoul, is one of the two famous national comprehensive universities in the city. The university has rich teaching and research resources, a scientific teaching system, the strongest faculty in Korea, and the most advanced teaching facilities that are unanimously recognized in the country. The university is offering a blockchain security course (CBS) in the second semester of 2019, which is a credit course and is open to non-majors as well without restriction in terms of who can be taught. In addition, Seoul, Korea is offering a blockchain technology training course in Seocho-gu and a financial graduate school in the financial center of Yeouido-gu in the second half of 2020. The courses are advanced theoretical and practical courses in digital finance-related fields such as big data and blockchain. |
| New York, USA | New York, USA has several top blockchain renowned universities, such as New York University and Cornell University. Among them, as early as 2014, New York University launched a course related to blockchain and digital economy to teach students about digital economy and blockchain technology and other forward-looking industries. NYU was one of the first schools to offer courses related to the blockchain program. In addition, NYU also has organizations that specialize in blockchain and digital economy such as Blockchain Digital Asset Forum and Blockchain Lab. At the same time, NYU is committed to establishing a school-enterprise cooperation mechanism. On the one hand, the university delivers blockchain talents to enterprises; on the other hand, students can gain access to the unique social resources of enterprises through visiting enterprises or interning and working in enterprises. Companies also give NYU support in the form of sponsorship or cooperation in developing blockchain extracurricular activities. For example, Leslie Entrepreneur Lab sponsored a bitcoin hackathon at NYU in 2014. In addition to blockchain talent development at universities, there are other organizations that are actively developing talent resources and conducting blockchain-related educational activities. For example, the New York Economic Development Coalition (NYCEDC) has created a blockchain technology center in New York City that offers free educational workshops for the public, provides programming courses for professional software developers, or brings together people from various industries and government departments to discuss issues related to blockchain development and regulation. |
| Melbourne, Australia | On September 6, 2017, the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology announced the official establishment of the RMIT Blockchain Innovation Centre and became the first Australian university to offer a blockchain degree program. The center is the first in the world to specialize in the blockchain discipline. The blockchain curriculum has been developed in a flexible and rich format, covering courses in crypto finance, emerging technologies laws and regulations, and development of blockchain strategies. For example, the course “Developing Blockchain Strategies” is not only open to internal students, but others can also enroll in it, and the study fee is AED 1,500. The teaching content focuses on blockchain technology and explores the practical application strategy of blockchain. At the same time, Melbourne Institute of Technology is also actively exploring school-enterprise cooperation models and working closely with top companies to enable students to practice deeply in the blockchain field. For example, in August 2018, RMIT launched a collaboration with Credly, a digital certification platform, to jointly launch a certification platform based on blockchain technology. |