Universitas Gadjah Mada Adopts Blockchain for Student Records
- Indonesia’s Universitas Gadjah Mada will pilot verifiable digital credentials, starting with English proficiency courses.
- The initiative involves approximately 60,000 students receiving digital wallets preloaded with tokens for tuition and course fees, with no additional costs.
- Student course records will be stored on-chain using Space and Time, a decentralized database platform.
- The program aims to provide expanded education access to the unbanked and create immutable credentials shareable with employers globally.
- A new AI lab on campus will offer courses on building and deploying AI applications using Dreamspace, built on Space and Time.
Universitas Gadjah Mada’s blockchain initiative seeks to modernize educational access by storing student records on-chain, providing a verifiable credential system that bypasses traditional financial infrastructure barriers.
This rollout is part of a broader effort to enhance educational mobility and financial inclusion in Indonesia’s academic landscape through innovative technology solutions. Source
