Blockchain at the University of Geneva launches training program

a Decentralised applications in the future play a large role in the financial and economic sector, the opinion of many experts. The University of Geneva is now offering a continuing education for specialization as a Blockchain developers. As for the development of these new technologies it is in need of skilled workers.

Brigitte Bernhardt
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Switzerland is one of the blockchain and crypto-friendly countries in the world. Not only in train, the small city with the nickname of "crypto Valley", but also in the Rest of the country, the developments of the Blockchain & co. open. On the status of the regulations, BTC-ECHO reported on the 17. December 2018.

The Université de Genève offers now for the first time, a training for prospective Blockchain developers. On its Website, the University emphasizes, among other things, the importance of this step for Switzerland and the Blockchain-Geneva:

In the development of distributed applications with Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) is missing in the world of qualified personnel, particularly in Geneva, where there is a political will for economic development around FinTechs, block chains, Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) or a Security Token Offerings (STO).

The Blockchain-DLT course is aimed at interested parties that already have programming knowledge. Consequently, the fundamentals in a standard programming language such as PHP, Javascript, Java, Python, C #, C or C ++ already exist.

training as a response to the shortage of skilled workers

The course lasts for approximately three months, followed by a final work, for which the participants will receive several months ' time. The students are able to attend either of the classes at the University in Geneva, or by video conference.

In four modules, students receive an introduction in a Distributed Ledger technologies (DLT). After that, you learn in practical Exercises, the development of NEO, Ethereum, and Hedera Hashgraph.

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school subject: programming dApps

The programming of distributed applications is practiced in different programming languages. In addition, specific programming can be used tools for Blockchain and DLT. In addition to lecturers of the University from among experts of different companies also, such as Peter Lin of NEO, or Ken Anderson, chief developer at Hashgraph Hedera. The first Blockchain-DLT-course starts in March 2019. The course fee beats with to 9,850 Swiss francs. For the successful completion of the Blockchain-seminar, a Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) beckons. This certificate is equivalent to 12 ECTS points.

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