In Jiangsu Province, China, Nanjing University will train students in key areas of the Metaverse, such as smart medicine, education, and digital tourism.
China continues to advance its efforts to lead new technologies globally, including the Metaverse.
Although the world's second-largest economy is skeptical of cryptocurrencies and regulators want to impose tough rules to ensure compliance and minimize risks in adopting technological advances, the country's big companies are betting on the opportunities offered by the virtual world.
Nanjing University, located in Jiangsu province, has also recently announced the launch of the first Metaverse specialization in the country.
According to Pan Zhigeng, dean of the Department of Information Engineering at the University, which has now been renamed Department of Metaverse Engineering, the institution will focus on training professionals qualified in three key disciplines for the Metaverse, which are: Smart medicine, smart education and virtual tourism, although the university will also train students in other key areas of the virtual world to meet the different needs of companies.
Nanjing University as a center of smart education
Zhigeng, who has been working on several Virtual Reality projects, said The renowned Chinese newspaper Global Times told the Chinese newspaper that the renowned Chinese department Nanjing University will collaborate with several companies related to the Metaverse, to expand the use cases and adoption of this innovation.
Nanjing University’s Metaverse Engineering Department will also establish three institutes, with their respective research teams, focused on the virtual world: the Metaverse Research Institute, the Intelligent Meteorological Research Institute, and the Intelligent Medical Research Institute.
Zhigeng also said that in the future, master's students, PhD holders and postdoctoral fellows will be trained in the Metaverse in conjunction with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
The influence of the Metaverse on university education
Nanjing University is not the only one training students for the Metaverse. In fact, the Tokyo Imperial University was one of the first to approach this technological innovation, reporting on the creation of its own metaverse for educational purposes to teach courses and specializations focused on this technology from its engineering faculty.
Also, in the middle of this year, the University of Arizona, in the United States, reported on its plans to teach its classes and train students remotely.
The University of Arizona has submitted several patent applications to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, signaling the possibility of adopting various use cases of the metaverse and new technologies, to evolve and strengthen its practices and improve the experience of its students.
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