Nanyang Technological University and the Web3 education platform HackQuest jointly launched a Web3 open course

Nanyang Technological University recently announced on its official website that it will jointly launch a Web3 open course "Ideating and Building in Web3" with the Web3 developer education platform HackQuest. The course will start on May 27 and will be conducted in a hybrid format, with some classes held on the Nanyang Technological University campus, while participants can also join online. All courses are free and open to the public. This will be the first Web3 open course launched in collaboration between a Web3 education platform and a traditional higher education institution.

Some of the instructors for the open course include Dr. Edward W. Felten, co-founder of Arbitrum and former Chief Technology Officer of the White House, Yat Siu, co-founder and executive chairman of Animoca Brands, Austin Griffith from the Ethereum Foundation, Suji Yan, founder of Mask Network, Anna, head of stablecoins at Solana Foundation, Gloria, Global Director of Global Events at Morph, Dr. Micheal Yuen, advisor at GaiaNet, and Dr. Sergey Gorbunov, co-founder of Axelar.

The Solana Foundation, Morph, Mask Network, GaiaNet, Open Campus, and other ecosystems or projects have sponsored the open course as platinum sponsors of the course and the Port63 hackathon, and have joined the course preparation committee. OKX Wallet, Vara Network, Mantle Network, and others provide strategic support for the course.

The NTU I&E X HackQuest Web3 MOOC not only stays at the "Ideating" stage but also integrates the practical "building" aspect, offering hands-on courses including smart contract development, pricing and business model formulation, Go-To-Market strategies, fundraising, and economic system design. In addition, HackQuest will collaborate with Nanyang Technological University to launch an eight-month Web3 innovation challenge for all university students in Singapore in the fall semester of 2024, providing funding and entrepreneurial guidance to help turn more entrepreneurial ideas into reality.

Nanyang Technological University I&E X HackQuest Open Course and Port63 Innovation Challenge:

HackQuest stated that the collaboration with Nanyang Technological University to launch the Web3 entrepreneurship open course aims to help more people understand the relevant skills needed for a Web3 project from idea to implementation and expansion. The open course will be free for everyone, aiming to help more people enter the world of Web3 entrepreneurship and development.

The complete list of instructors for the open course includes:

• Dr. Edward W. Felten, Co-founder and Chief Scientist of Offchain Labs (Arbitrum)
• Yat Siu, Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Animoca Brands
• Haider Rafique, Chief Marketing Officer of OKX
• Sergey Gorbunov, Co-founder of Axelar
• Scott Moore, Co-founder of Gitcoin & Founder of Public Works
• Jaime Burke, Founder of Outlier Ventures
• Abhishek Saxena, Head of Investments at Polygon Ventures
• Austin Griffith, Ethereum Foundation
• Anna Yuan, Head of Stablecoins at Solana Foundation
• Suji Yan, Founder of Mask Network
• Diane Dai, Co-founder of DODO
• Dr. Michael Yuan, Advisor at GaiaNet
• Gloria Kimbwala, Director of Global Events at Morph
• Alan Lau, Chief Business Officer of Animoca Brands
• Mohamed Ezeldin, Head of Tokenomics at Animoca Brands
• Neil Han, Visiting Lecturer at Nanyang Technological University & Founder of Reddio
• Dr. Li Yi, Associate Professor of Computer Science at Nanyang Technological University
• Dr. Ernie Teo, Senior Lecturer in Business at Nanyang Technological University

Local university students in Singapore can continue to participate in the Port63 Innovation Challenge organized by Nanyang Technological University after completing the open course. The Port63 Innovation Challenge is divided into three tracks: Web 3.0 (hosted by HackQuest), sustainability, and national security. The challenge aims to cultivate entrepreneurial talent and encourage them to bring better solutions to real-world business problems. Winning teams will share prizes sponsored by companies such as Solana Foundation, Mask Network, Morph, GaiaNet, and Open Campus, and receive entrepreneurial support from HackQuest and the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Office at Nanyang Technological University. The inaugural Port63 Innovation Challenge in 2023 was a great success, with 43 teams and 140 participants, supported by over 10 corporate and community partners, and produced excellent teams such as GraphiNFT, Team Idea Alchemists, and Team Yield Farmers United.

This year's Port63 Innovation Challenge will open registration for all university students in Singapore starting August 1, 2024, and will hold a series of workshops during the Thinkathon in October. The challenge sprint phase in early next year will provide intensive mentoring to help participants prepare for the finals in March 2025, where all projects will pitch to judges and compete for prizes.

About HackQuest and Nanyang Technological University

According to reports, HackQuest is a Web3 educational infrastructure aimed at building a global network of Web3 builders and serving as an entry point into the Web3 world through education. Developers and entrepreneurs can learn from developer learning courses launched by HackQuest and leading Web3 ecosystems and obtain learning certificates co-issued with top ecosystems. Additionally, community members can engage with other developers through developer co-learning camps, meetups, hackathons, and gain further entrepreneurial support through incubators and Launchpads partnered with HackQuest. HackQuest has officially collaborated with leading ecosystems such as Mantle Network, Solana, Arbitrum, Linea, and Metamask to launch learning pathways. Furthermore, HackQuest is actively collaborating with global universities to jointly launch relevant Web3 courses and projects, and has revealed plans for official collaborations with top universities such as Emory University and the University of Malaya in the future.

Rootdata shows that HackQuest has received investments from institutions and individuals including Find Satoshi Labs, the parent company of StepN, HashKey Capital, Paeonia Ventures, Hash Global, Bytetrade Labs, OnePiece Labs, Gitcoin co-founder Scott Moore, and Signum Capital partner YY.

Nanyang Technological University (NTU), established in 1991, is one of Asia's top engineering schools, renowned globally for its excellence in education and research. According to the Times Higher Education rankings, Nanyang Technological University has been ranked as the world's leading young university for seven consecutive years. The NTU Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (NTU I&E) is dedicated to promoting innovation activities at NTU and has established projects including NTUpreneur and NTUitive Pte Ltd. Through its Lean LaunchPad program and Port63 Innovation Challenge, NTU I&E provides practical support for entrepreneurs, aiding in the incubation of entrepreneurial projects, technology commercialization, and intellectual property management.