Certificate in Blockchain Development

  • Country Canada
  • Course Duration 1 year
  • Course Type Full Time
  • Courses Campus On Campus
  • Language Specification IELTS
  • Program Level Post-Graduate
  • Education Required 2-Year Undergraduate Diploma
  • Admission intake SEP
  • Minimum GPA 50

Application Charges

Application Fee Tution Fee
CAD 110 CAD 22,785

Application Date

Application Start Date Application Closing Date
2022-12-05
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Program Description

Looking to transition careers or fill in the gaps to gain advanced blockchain development skills?This unique Blockchain Development program at George Brown College in Toronto focuses on designing and implementing decentralized applications by leveraging blockchain technology. This three-semester program is designed to thoroughly cover full stack development to give you all the tools you need to succeed in this emerging and exciting field.This program has been developed with the support of blockchain industry professionals and is taught in a full-time executive format of approximately 20 hours per week of study over a 26-week time period. You will have the choice between Co-op or a work-integrated learning opportunity during the third semester of the program. The skills you’ll learn include:
  • smart contracts
  • design patterns for blockchain
  • decentralized system development
  • full stack development
  • blockchain architecture, security practices, laws and regulations and more

Technology Requirements

This program requires students to have access to a personal computer with the following specifications: 
  • 8 GB minimum (16 GB RAM recommended0 
  • 256 GB SSD Hard Drive (500+ GB is optimal) 
  • Quad-core i5/i7 2.4GHz or better 
  • Ability to run Ubuntu 20.04 (can be on virtual machine) 
  • Webcam 

Your Field Education Options

In semester 3, students complete a Work Integrated Project, or qualified students are eligible for co-op. Learn more about how to qualify, apply, and important dates for co-op on the Centre for Arts, Design & Information Technology Experiential Learning page.

Program Learning Outcomes

The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to:
  1. Communicate essential concepts related to blockchain technology and its industry applications.
  2. Implement best security practices for blockchain solutions.
  3. Design cryptoeconomic models to solve business problems.
  4. Design the architecture of decentralized applications and systems.
  5. Develop decentralized applications leveraging blockchain technology.
  6. Explain the legal implications, regulations and industry standards that are relevant to blockchain technology.
  7. Apply IT project management principles and best practices.
  8. Contribute to the field and blockchain community through various open-source projects, partnerships and community involvement.

Extra Notes


* NOTE : The Tuition Fee is subject to change Semester wise, as such for exact Tuition Fee kindly see the Website of the respective University.
* NOTE : Pathways : Students who want to pursue a Graduate Degree through a particular University but are unable to meet the university requirements for the GPA, GRE/GMAT or English Language scores, have to take up an additional academic and language support i.e. pathways in order to ensure the admit and study at the desired University.