This summer course focuses on the disruptive technology of Blockchain. The course will provide you with both the theoretical foundations as well as hands-on experience. This course is an introduction to the Business Innovation with Blockchain topic.
Can your personal data be considered safe with companies, banks, notaries or even government? Numerous examples of scams, fraud, money laundering and data theft make it clear that this is not always the case. Blockchain offers a revolutionary solution to this problem.
Being the proud winner of the 2022 Dutch Blockchain Awards 2022 “Meaningful Education Award”, we offer the best blockchain education of the Netherlands. During this summer school you will get a crash course into the blockchain basics.
This summer course will focus on Blockchain and how it supports business innovation. Overall, it will be a pleasant mix of understanding the technologies and exploring and discussing its new possibilities.
Blockchain stimulates people to create ecosystems without a trusted third party and thus revolutionises the way organizations work. This summer course provides you with both the theoretical foundations as well as hands-on experience. Overall, it will be a pleasant mix of understanding the technologies and discuss the new possibilities that it has to offer to the financial sector.
Students will learn what Blockchain exactly is, how it works and what it could mean to daily life, (managers in) companies and particularly business innovation. We will cover ALL aspects of a working blockchain, including governance, legal, change management and costs.
Besides plenary sessions, with a group of three to five students you will have a deep dive into a subject of your own choosing for which you will build your own ecosystem.
This course is a logical combination with our course Business Innovation with Blockchain: Building an Ecosystem", which will build further on the knowledge gained in this Introduction to applying Blockcahin for Business Innovation
Bernhard van der Biessen, MSc
This course is intended for students of ICT, Law, Creative Business, Engineering Management, Finance or of any other background, who are interested in new technologies, but most of all in staying 'up-to-date'.
You need a flexible and inquisitive attitude. Previous knowledge on Blockchain is not required. We do aim to build on the knowledge you have gained during your own degree programme.
A good command of English is necessary! Given the interactive nature of teaching, students must have the capabilities to actively contribute in class and communicate (understand and speak) in English well, ideally min level B1.
The course covers:
Please note that cryptocurrency trading is not a topic during this course. What we will discuss are use cases based on public permissionless blockchains that use cryptocurrency.
Learning aims:
During the course we will introduce you to the basis elements of Blockchain and you will learn how to design your own ecosystem. This includes:
Full-time, 55 hours (including self-study, assignments, project work).
Please note: You must attend all learning activities (e.g. workshops, fieldwork) to be able to receive the Certificate of Participation and/or the credits for this course, unless absence is officially approved by the teachers and the coordinator of the Utrecht Summer School. You will be expected to be present until the final day of the course has ended. Please keep this in mind when booking your return flight. You can find your schedule in the Day to Day overview of your course on the course page.
The course fee presented applies to all students currently enrolled in a bachelor, master or PhD programme and to 'Fresh Alumni'.
If this applies to you and you therefore believe that you are eligible for this fee, please mention this in your motivation when applying for this course.
If you are NOT currently enrolled in a bachelor, master or PhD programme or not a 'Fresh Alumni' , a professional fee of € 936 is applicable, and will be invoiced and visible for you in your account once you are accepted to the course. Please note: if you do not provide proof that you are currently enrolled in a bachelor, master or PhD programme or that you are a Fresh Alumni', we will charge the ‘professional (higher) fee!
A discount of 10% of the combined free will be applied when applying to both Blockchain courses. You can read more about the other Blockchain course here.
Lunch options
During the summer, food courts and food trucks on the campus are closed. The supermarket and restaurant are open, and in our dormitories there is a kitchen and fridge for home-made lunch. Besides we offer a 5 Days’ Sandwich Lunch package that you can collect at the restaurant on Utrecht Science Park everyday in the lunchbreak.
You can add this 5 Days’ Lunch package as a separate product once you are fully enrolled to the course. The price for the package is 60 Euros per week and can be ordered until two weeks prior to the start of your course.
The housing costs do not include a Utrecht Summer School sleeping bag and travel pillow (which you can take home after the course). Please note that the Sleeping bag is to be chosen as a separate product on the invoice (€50).
If you wish not to buy the Summerschool Sleeping bag and travel pillow and rather bring your own bedding (sleeping bag and pillow), do not forget to bring your own sleeping bag and pillow! In all cases, do bring your own towels, please.