Universidad Autónoma de Madrid - blockchain in the universities [series]
The blockchain came up with Bitcoin, in a very autonomous context of search for security solutions based on decentralization. Now, with its popularization, technology is penetrating institutional and business environments, which makes it necessary to formalize this knowledge through recognized educational institutions, such as universities.
The institutionalization of a knowledge that was generated in such an experimental way is a rather curious phenomenon that reinforces the importance of this technology to the extent that it is spontaneously being incorporated into territories beyond entrepreneurial, also academic. Interest is growing, and the market sees the need to generate more knowledge to apply in their services.
It isn't possible to control the dissemination of knowledge. Still, this knowledge isn't being retained within these institutions, so I still believe in its anarchic potential.
ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid is a public educational institution founded in 1968. Today it has more than 28,769 students and is part of the group of the 200 best universities in the world.
It concentrates much of its efforts on student employability, so 90% of those who sought a job have found, and in an average time of 4 ½ months. The university maintains close relations of collaboration with the City Councils, Institutions and Companies, with numerous collaboration agreements.
It is an example of a university focused on the demands of the market. Two of the contributors are Santander and GrantThornton, institutions involved in the Masters in Blockchain and Cryptoeconomics.
Souce: Official university site
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MASTER IN BLOCKCHAIN AND CRYPTTOECONOMICS
In the presentation, the program states:
Few technologies have generated more expectation and interest in recent years in the world than Bitcoin technology and its associated tools, the blockchain. In less than ten years, it has become a veritable revolution with many uses and possible applications.
The partnership with Santander Bank and GrantThornton (one of the largest professional accounting services companies), includes the 450h of internship required by the course. The student will then fulfill his hours of internships in the research sector in blockchain of companies. The university highlights the importance of these companies:
GrantThornton is undoubtedly one of the main actors of the blockchain field of our country. It has one of the few laboratories specifically dedicated to the area, where more than 10 people work. He is also the sponsor of our GrantThornton UAM chair in Blockchain, which is the first institution of its kind in our country.
Banco Santander is one of the pioneering financial institutions in international blockchain. Founder member of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) and Alastria consortia, recently launched an international transfer service based on Ripple, Santander One Pay FX.
The master degree lasts 1 year and its program is geared towards training in the technical, legal and business aspects of technology. It has three modules, in addition to the final project of course completion:
MODULE 1
Cryptographic Methods
Fundamentals of cryptopeconomy
Programming for blockchain
Introduction to blockchain technology
Cash and Crypto-Coins
MODULE 2
Networks and Distributed Systems
Smart scheduling of contracts
Legal aspects of the blockchain
Applications and use cases
About us
MODULE 3
Financial markets and blockchain
Advanced scheduling of smart contracts
New blockchain models
Cyber security
ICOs and tokenomics
Security and privacy in blockchain
Official course of the master course:
https://masterbc.eps.uam.es/