According to a study conducted by the crypto exchange Coinbase, more than 40% of the top 50 universities in the world have at least one course related to cryptocurrencies or blockchain.Students show great interest in these courses.
Dawn Song, a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UCBerkeley, said her course was so popular that more than 200 students had to be denied because it was designed for a maximum of 70 people.
The study was conducted jointly with Qriously. Together they interviewed 675 students from the U.S. and reviewed the curricula of 50 international universities.
Key Facts:
- The U.S. is the most interested country in blockchain and cryptocurrency studies. Only 5 out of 18 universities that offer at least one course on this subject are located elsewhere in the world.
- Training courses related to blockchain are most popular at Stanford University and Cornell University - offering 10 and 9 courses respectively. Next come the University of Pennsylvania and the National University of Singapore - with 6 and 5 courses available.
- 81% of cryptography courses belong to the departments of natural sciences. 15% are housed in the departments of economics and finance, while 4% base in the departments of social sciences.
- While 34% of students specializing in informatics and machine building stated their interest in studying technology, 47% of students studying social sciences also revealed their curiosity.
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?
- Representatives of universities in which blockchain courses have appeared are confident that distributed ledger technology can lead to fundamental breakthroughs in many research areas. Blockchain may have really large-scale and deep-reaching consequences for industry and society as a whole.
- The high demand for crypto courses has been manifested by a wide range of students. Representatives of universities believe that this indicates that students really think deeply about economic problems and alternative economic futures.