MIPTI issued diplomas to the first graduates of the master's masterbag - Bits Media

First graduates of the master's program in blockchain at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) received diplomas. The program was implemented with the assistance of IBM, Norilsk Nickel and the Idea blockchain competence center.

The program was launched in 2019 year. Training, for two years, took place in full -time format. Specialists received a grant for training, as well as a scholarship from Norilsk Nickel. The program participants studied the principles of blockchain work, The structure of individual projects, working on the basis of this technology, cryptography and information security systems. Besides, The curriculum included the theory of games, tokenomics and other disciplines, to demonstrate the interconnection of blockchain with the economy with specific examples, finances and jurisprudence.

“This master's program has become the first full -fledged curriculum in Russia in the field of information technology and blockchain. This direction not only is of interest from the point of view of research and practical application. There are many promising disciplines, which are closely related to blockchain ", – said the head of the program Vladimir Gorgadze.

He added, that the teachers, took part in the educational initiative, have great experience in developing distributed systems. Training was focused not only on theory, but also on solving practical problems - undergraduates conducted research within the framework of the current projects of companies.

After graduation, graduates will be able to create their own blockchain -based projects. Besides, They are given the opportunity to undergo a paid internship at Newity, which also became a program partner. They will practice in international projects, working with blockchain. Successful interns will be offered a labor contract.

“Judging by the first graduates of our magistracy, Blockchain causes students great interest. The course turned out to be relevant and saturated. We will improve the curriculum and involve colleagues from Russia and from abroad., - commented on Gorgadze, reporting the set of students on 2021 and 2022 School years.

IN 2019 year Canadian University of British Colombia (UBC) And the University of Malta also launched blockchain courses for masters and graduate students.