Top 5 universities to study blockchain in the UK

Universities in the United Kingdom have started offering cutting-edge research programs, courses and practical experience in various aspects of blockchain technology, including cryptocurrencies, smart contracts, privacy, security and scalability. Students who graduate from these programs will be well-equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary to become leaders in the field of blockchain technology and drive innovation and adoption in various industries.

Here are top five universities to study blockchain in the United Kingdom.

University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, and its Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) is a leading research center in the field of alternative finance, which includes research on blockchain and cryptocurrencies. 

The CCAF conducts research on various aspects of blockchain technology, including adoption, regulation and policy. Postgraduate students at Cambridge can take blockchain courses such as “Distributed Ledger Technologies: Foundations and Applications” at the department of computer science and technology. In this 16-hour course, concepts such as consensus mechanisms, smart contracts, Bitcoin (BTC) and its variants, Ethereum and other permissionless decentralized ledger technologies are covered.

In addition, the Cambridge Digital Assets Program is a multi-year research program that intends to shed light on the quick digitalization of assets and value-transfer systems. It builds on the solid foundations of the CCAF’s prior work and current ties. It is centered around three workstreams, including:

• Climate Aspects of Digital Assets: It focuses on providing reliable information and insights regarding the wider environmental effects of digital assets in order to promote a fair dialogue based on factual and empirical evidence.
• Distributed Financial Market Infrastructure (dFMI): Research projects in this thematic stream, which focuses on the “infrastructure” side of the digital asset ecosystem, will examine the fundamental building blocks — the rails, platforms and applications — that enable new digital financial services as well as their broader effects on market structures, regulatory frameworks and the real economy.
• Emergent Money Systems: This study stream focuses on examining the socio-economic, financial, legal, regulatory and cultural effects of asset digitization and tokenization on payments, commerce and money in general, with a focus…