Dubai hosted its first government-backed Blockchain developer training program in late October 2017 in partnership with Brooklyn-based Blockchain company and awarded certificates to the first batch of graduates of its inaugural program.

The course is being operated by the ConsenSys Academy, which is among the earliest programs around the world to offer a Blockchain curriculum due to the increasing demand for Blockchain developers worldwide.

According to Blockchain startup founder Joseph Lubin, it is both very rewarding and exciting to witness the awarding of the Ethereum Blockchain-based graduation certificates to the first batch of graduates.

“It is very rewarding to see the first cohort of Blockchain software engineers graduate and especially exciting to witness them awarded their Ethereum Blockchain-based graduation certificates. These EthCerts will be housed in each graduate’s personal uPort IDs.”

So far, the inaugural eight-week online course has attracted roughly 1,300 applicants from 96 countries and all of them were accepted. The course ended with a three-day in-person coding event in which the students work on real-world Ethereum Blockchain projects alongside the developers. The inaugural graduation ceremony saw 58 Blockchain developers from different countries graduate from the course.