Cybersecurity Summer Camp for High School Students
The University of Tampa offers cybersecurity summer camps for high school students. Gamified learning content focuses on giving participants fundamental cybersecurity knowledge and opportunities to gain skills towards offensive and defensive cybersecurity competencies. In addition to the educational content, camp activities also include interactions with industry professionals, University of Tampa professors and students, admission counselors and career service professionals for a comprehensive introduction to the cybersecurity education and career.
For questions email ayayla@ut.edu, Alper Yayla, camp program director.
For more information on the 2024 summer camp and registration, please visit the 2024 Summer Camp information page.
The University of Tampa’s GenCyber camp, CyberSpartans, is geared towards high school students with the objective of providing foundational cybersecurity knowledge, increasing the interest of a diverse group of students in cybersecurity education and careers, and creating awareness for safe online behavior. The five-day camp with pre- and post-camp activities aims to ignite students’ interest and give them the opportunity to have hands-on experiences through microcomputers, games, puzzles and group exercises, and the opportunity to interact with computer science and cybersecurity professors and industry experts.
Camp activities involving group work and gamified content will offer a student-centric learning environment. The participants will interact with instructors and experts with varying backgrounds for exposure to different perspectives in cybersecurity and cyber ethics, preparing them for a successful post-secondary education and cybersecurity career.
The camp will be hosted on UT’s campus in the Jenkins Health and Technology Building, which houses a Security Operations Center, Cyber Range and the Makerspace lab. After completing the camp, participants will receive a completion certification, camp T-shirt and camp bag.
Camp Dates and Locations
Pre-camp Date: 9 a.m.—12 p.m. on April 29, May 13, May 20, and June 3, 2023
Location: Online
Camp Date: June 5-9, 2023
Location: Jenkins Health and Technology Building, University of Tampa
Post-camp Date: updated - Fall meetings will be announced
Location: TBA
Camp Program
June 5: Introduction to Cybersecurity
June 6: Cryptography
June 7: Defense in Depth
June 8: Identification and Authentication
June 9: Think Like an Adversary
Important Information about the Camp
- No background in cybersecurity is needed.
- We encourage students with diverse abilities and from diverse communities to apply.
- Priority will be given to rising sophomores and juniors at the time of the camp.
- Barring sickness, every student is expected to have full participation in online meetings and camp meetings.
- The camp is free for all attendees. Materials, snacks and lunch will be provided.
Space is limited. The selected students will be contacted through the provided email in April.
For questions email ayayla@ut.edu, Alper Yayla, camp program director.
The application period is over.
The camp is funded by a grant from the National Security Agency and the National Science Foundation through their GenCyber program.
