Asia’s first blockchain education programme opens in Singapore

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has been selected by Algorand Foundation, the world’s most green and secure blockchain ecosystem, to host a new research and education centre aimed at developing and advancing blockchain technologies. Known as the Algorand Centre of Excellence at NTU, it is one of 10 new Algorand Centres of Excellence (ACE) established in August 2022. NTU is the only lead organisation in Asia to be selected for this $50 million programme and joins other top universities such as UC Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon University, Yale University and Purdue University, to name a few. The aim of the ACE programme is to establish a global network of blockchain and cryptocurrency research and education centres that advances collaborative, multidisciplinary, and cuttingedge knowledge and technology. Over the next five years, the

ACE at NTU aims to become the nexus for blockchain education and research as well as foster a vibrant ecosystem to advance blockchain development and adoption in Singapore and the region.