Master of Business Administration in Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies
- Pembroke, Malta
- Swieqi, Malta
MBA
DURATION
18 months
LANGUAGES
English, Italian
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
TUITION FEES
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning, Blended
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The MBA Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies provides an up-to-date overview of blockchain technologies, covering their applications across multiple sectors, and exploring their dynamics with regard to critical aspects such as development needs, regulations, investments, marketing, and real-life applications. This programme aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of how blockchain functions today, alongside an appreciation of the infrastructure and requirements that underpin it.
By the end of the course, students will be able to draw upon a solid background of blockchain fundamentals. This will allow them to leverage applications across both the private and public sectors, and to supervise the development and delivery of cryptocurrency business, investment, and transactions in the space.
Accreditation
The Master of Business Administration in Blockchain Technology & Cryptocurrencies is fully accredited by Asomi College of Sciences HEI – Higher Education Institution with License 009-2020 MFHA.
The Malta Further Higher Education Authority MFHEA deems this degree programme to be at level 7 of the Malta Qualification Framework and the European Qualification Framework for Lifelong Learning.
Modules
- Blockchain Fundamentals
- Public and Private Blockchains: Infrastructure, Cryptocurrencies, Smart Contracts, and NFTs
- “SWOT Analysis” of Blockchain Technology
- Basics of Business Administration and Business Innovation: Use Cases
- Blockchain Frameworks and Token Standards
- Capstone Project – Final Essay
The MBA programme aims at:
- junior executives who aim to enhance their professional skills with a solid managerial qualification and wish to broaden their decision-making and management orientation expertise
- entrepreneurs and managers with relevant experience who hold important headship positions in technology, innovation, digitality, and blockchain companies
- Blockchain Consultant
- Cryptocurrency Trader
- Blockchain Project Manager
- Business Development Director
- Investment Consultant
- Digital Banking Manager/Consultant
At the end of the programme, students will be able to:
- Identify and define both concepts and components of blockchain technologies, including benefits, risks, and regulatory requirements of private, permissioned blockchain vs public permissionless blockchain.
- Assess different types of applications developed in both private and public spaces, and identify real-life use-dynamics of blockchain and cryptocurrencies.
- Delineate the strengths and weaknesses of blockchain technology in given national or transnational contexts. Students will also be able to identify any shortcomings in previous cryptocurrency platforms in terms of accessibility, monopoly, privacy, theft, censorship, transparency, and integrity, as well as in how blockchain responds to such problems.
- Identify the main concepts and protocols of decentralized finance and its relation to contemporary business practices, alongside NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) and DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations).
- Assess the fundamentals of blockchain technologies, as well as the different functions of corporate and product management in the cryptocurrency space.
- Create a positive, forward-looking environment for teamwork via interacting with both internal and external stakeholders.
- Identify best practices for blockchain and cryptocurrency technology development, deployment, and implementation.
- Professionally advise on the impact of blockchain across different sectors and in different contexts, identifying ethical frameworks for assessing strengths and shortcomings.
- Appreciate the diverse usages of blockchain technology to solve technical challenges in the cryptocurrency space, most notably for NFTs, DAOs and in the retail and financial sectors.
- Adjudge the most effective uses of blockchain technology under different circumstances; alongside an ability to assess the different advantages of public and private applications.
- Respond to compliance needs and legal requirements of cryptocurrencies and blockchain applications in both national and transnational contexts.
- Evaluate practical risks and opportunities relating to the use of specific blockchain applications.
- Perform SWOT (Strengths – Weaknesses – Opportunities – Threats) analyses on blockchain-related technologies and projects.
- Articulate a practical and inclusive business case for blockchain and cryptocurrencies given specific tasks and challenges.
- Identify technology-specific risks of cryptocurrency protocols and applications.
- Navigate tools and instruments needed to interact with blockchain and cryptocurrency protocols.
- Understand and carry out development tasks related to DeFi (Decentralized Finance) building blocks, NFT investments and the DAO business model.
- Demonstrate business acumen by leading cross-functional teams and operations, both at strategic and operational levels, by responding to opportunities and challenges in a given blockchain-related space.
- Define business requirements aligned with externally set targets and customer needs, while demonstrating the ability to propose a viable marketing strategy and plan.
- Ensure practical application of business models to execute competitive analyses, benchmarking existing projects, financial forecasts, financial analysis, strategic planning and product management, applying cost and revenues management.
The assessment methods will vary depending on the type of module:
- Written examination (with open and closed questions)
- Report (the student will be asked to fill in a schematic report on a specific subject)
- SWOT analysis application (the student will be asked to apply this method to a specific case)
- Written essay
- Presentation (the student will be asked to present on a specific subject)