For Students
Andreas Heddergott/ TUM
Why should you participate?
- Get hands-on cybersecurity experience
- Work on interesting real-world cybersecurity problems
- Get in touch with companies and potential future employers
- Work with students interested in cybersecurity from various backgrounds
Certification
Participants of any of the Cybersecurity Polygon Program offerings may receive an official certificate of participation digitally signed via the TUM Trust Center. These certificates validate your engagement in cybersecurity activities and can enhance your professional portfolio.
Example Certificate
Offerings for Students
Offerings are generally open to TUM students. Please note that offerings that yield credits, such as lab courses or project weeks, may only be available to students enrolled in specific study programs.
As part of the Cybersecurity Polygon Program, we intend to provide the following offerings:
- Hackathons
- Project Weeks
- Lab Courses
- Working Student and Internship Positions
- IDP, Theses and Seminar Topics
- Field Trips and Events
Hackathons
Astrid Eckert/ TUM
We intend to offer cybersecurity-related challenges at various TUM-organized hackathons. We will announce challenges here.
Upcoming hackathons with challenges by the Cybersecurity Polygon Program:
- TUM Science Hackathon on June 20-22, 2025. For more information about the hackathon in general, details about the challenges, and how to register, please visit the hackathon page
Project Weeks
Astrid Eckert/ TUM
Project weeks seamlessly blend comprehensive theoretical cybersecurity learning with immersive, hands-on project work. Project topics are defined in cooperation with an organization and conducted individually or by a small team of students.
We will prepare the project weeks for the winter semester 2025/26 and provide more information on the project weeks page .
Lab Courses
Andreas Heddergott/ TUM
As part of the program, we intend to offer several lab courses that focus on different aspects of cybersecurity. Lab courses combine theoretical knowledge in the form of classes with multiple practical exercises throughout the course. We intend to provide access to virtual infrastructure for most courses to conduct practical exercises.
Please register your interest to get informed about available lab courses once the matching period starts.
Working Student and Internship Positions
The Cybersecurity Polygon Program acts as a bridge between students with cybersecurity skills and organizations in need of cybersecurity expertise. If you are looking for a cybersecurity-related working student or an internship position, registering your interest will allow us to match you with companies based on your interests and skills.
IDP, Theses and Seminar Topics
We intend to offer IDPs and thesis and seminar topics via this platform. Open offerings will be listed here once they are available. Additionally, you can register your interest, and we will match you to newly available topics based on your skills and interests.
Field Trips and Events
Field trips to security companies and academic events—such as the annually organized TUM Blockchain and Security Salon—are excellent opportunities to expand your network and stay updated on the latest trends in cybersecurity. For more details, please visit our events page.