Cybersecurity Education at UMD is providing students with ways to engage in cybersecurity skill-building and learning during each step of their educational career, ensuring that they will become leaders among the future cybersecurity workforce.
Cybersecurity Education at UMD provided by the The Maryland Cybersecurity Center (MC2), College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences (CMNS), and the A. James Clark School of Engineering.
MC2 is taking a unique approach in educating the future cybersecurity workforce to serve industry and government needs in Maryland and the Washington, DC metropolitan area. MC2 will offer innovative, hands-on educational programs to pre-college students, undergraduates and graduate students. By targeting students as early as middle and high school, MC2 is stimulating early interest in the field of cybersecurity, and providing students with the knowledge and preparation to be successful in their future post-secondary studies and eventual career.
To facilitate the growth of the cybersecurity profession, MC2 is dedicated to introducing the field to students early on, especially those who are interested in STEM and computer subjects. From there, high school students who are already interested in the field will have the opportunity to further develop their cyber-skills, and learn about how they can practically apply those abilities in the field. Through summer programming and weekend workshops, students at different interest and knowledge levels will have direct experience to uniquely learn about cybersecurity from a variety of perspectives.
With this early understanding of the field, MC2 offers undergraduate students several ways to get involved in cybersecurity, including academic studies via ACES (Advanced Cybersecurity Experience for Students) the new University Honors Program, research opportunities through the summer Cybersecurity Scholars Research Experience for Undergraduates, to competition and teamwork opportunities in the Cybersecurity Club. These activities can be supplemented by undergraduate concentrations in cybersecurity offered by the Computer Science and Computer Engineering programs. Postgraduate opportunities in Cybersecurity are also offered at UMD, including graduate degree concentrations and certificates.
The College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences (CMNS) was established in 2010 by integrating the former colleges of Chemical and Life Sciences (CLFS) and Computer Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CMPS). This integration has facilitated and encouraged the rapid development of collaborations among faculty from across the two former colleges. As well as six research institutes, our integrated college includes the following departments: Astronomy, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, Biology, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Computer Science, Entomology, Geology, Mathematics, and Physics. Visit http://www.cmns.umd.edu/ for more information.
The A. James Clark School of Engineering is one of the premier engineering schools in the U.S., with graduate and undergraduate education programs ranked in or near the Top 20. The school, which offers 13 graduate programs and 12 undergraduate programs, including degree and certification programs tailored for working professionals, is home to one of the most vibrant research programs in the country. Visit http://www.eng.umd.edu/ for more information.
To provide K-12, undergraduate and graduate programs to help students become leaders in the cybersecurity workforce.
Programs are now supported through mcwic.cs.umd.edu
