Blockchain is being increasingly incorporated into the curriculum at universities and other educational institutions around the world, offering courses and full academic degrees and other certifications.

We have compiled this repository of over 1,500 courses spanning multiple academic disciplines, as well as over 130 full degree programs focused on blockchain technology. We hope that by compiling this repository of education related to blockchain, we will make it easier for those looking to get a more formal education to access the training they want. We also hope this resource can also help educators and researchers connect with each other to promote knowledge sharing and other collaborations such as research on common topics.

Since GSMI began documenting blockchain-related courses from accredited institutions, we have seen a year-over-year increase in the number of courses being offered across all regions globally. This reflects the fact that blockchain has become more mainstream over the same period and that there is significant demand for formalized education and skills-development around blockchain and blockchain-adjacent topics such as DeFi, decentralized systems, tokenization, and more. GSMI's mapping of individual university courses served as both a way for individuals interested in formal education on blockchain to find venues to satisfy that interest and for professors and others in the industry to connect with other professors and university departments on common areas of focus or interest.

With this in mind, we decided to shift the focus for GSMI 6.0 to examine full degree programs, minors, and professional certificates offered by accredited institutions. This shift in focus coincides with the proliferation of blockchain-related courses and aims to provide those seeking a deeper understanding of blockchain with more complete educational opportunities that will set them up for either a future career in blockchain or augment their existing education credentials with professional certificates to broaden their career opportunities and deepen their knowledge on specific topics within blockchain technology.

Through this mapping exercise, we discovered that many universities offer blockchain-related courses, but not full degree programs. Instead, we found that many existing degree programs have begun to integrate blockchain topics into their existing degree programs in lieu of having standalone blockchain degrees. In recognition of this, we will continue to host the GSMI 5.0 list of accredited university courses for those interested in course-specific educational opportunities.

If you are aware of any blockchain-related majors, minors, or certificate programs that are not shown on this list, please email gsmi@gbbc.io.

In parallel, there are several efforts to expand the actual credentialing process to digitally represent educational outcomes and give ownership of those credentials directly to learners. Several of these efforts are leveraging blockchain technology and tokenization concepts to track learning outcomes and provide ownership of educational data to students.