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https://www.unic.ac.cy/openmetaverse/
Focus Areas
Academic / Professional Training Programmes
An online 6-week course “Introduction to NFTs and the Metaverse” starting in February 2022. The course will be taught by UNIC faculty with guest interventions/lectures by leading NFT creators and collectors and Web 3.0 entrepreneurs and investors.
Development of a new Master programme in Metaverse Systems, an interdisciplinary programme focused on preparing creators, developers, architects, social scientists, financial professionals, policy makers, and others for careers in metaverse design and management.
Research & Policy
The Center for an Open Metaverse (COM) – A new interdisciplinary research center within the Institute For the Future, focused on research on open metaverse systems.
The Open Metaverse Alliance (OMA) – a consortium of universities, corporations, non-profits, and governmental organizations committed to developing an open metaverse.
Innovation and Entrepreneurialism
Public launch of the first cohort of UNIC incubated NFT/metaverse startups (December 2021).
Annual cohorts of NFT/metaverse startups.
Support for emerging NFT/metaverse creators.
NFTs on Campus
The first permanent university gallery for NFTs (The Block Gallery, inauguration November 2021).
An NFT-based system for various campus activities within UNIC’s main Nicosia campus.
The acceptance of NFTs by the University of Nicosia Foundation as donations for student scholarship and research support.
Decentralized, UNIC’s global crypto conference, will feature a metaverse-focused track (March 3-4, 2022).