Tallinn University of Technology

Cyber Security Engineering

Program ManagerValdo Praust
Assistant to Program ManagerDagmar Tamme
Study programme code: IVSB 

Messages

Consultation hour of the programme manager at TalTech IT College (Raja 4c, Tallinn) in room ICO-512: 
3, 10 and 17 September from 16.00-17.00; 
from 24 September until 17 December on Wednesdays from 15.00-16.00. 

For first-year students (2025/26): 
* Meeting with the programme manager, 27 August 2025: 
recording 
presentation slides 

* Briefing about studies in the School of IT, 28 August 2025: 
presentation slides

Study information system (ÕIS) video guide 

Internship

Internship is a mandatory part of your curriculum and must be performed before defending the final thesis. You can find more information regarding the internship procedure here
In case you have questions regarding internship please contact the internship curator Pille Beldman.  

Thesis

Deadlines regarding defences of graduation theses in 2025/26 autumn semester: 
1 September at 16.00-17.30, ICO-221 seminar for the 3rd-year students: meeting with theses supervisors 
8 September submission of a graduation thesis in the semester's individual study plan 
(only for students who defend theses in the autumn semester) 
29 September submission of a thesis task specification in Moodle 
(for all students who defend their theses either in the autumn or spring semester) 
6 - 17 October defence of a thesis task specification 
(for all students who defend their theses either in the autumn or spring semester) 
NB! If the task specification has been previously defended, it does not need to be defended again! 
27 October submission of a digitally signed thesis task specification in Moodle, signed both by a student and a supervisor 
(for all students who defend their theses either in the autumn or spring semester)
1 December submission of a graduation thesis for the preliminary defence in PDF-format in Moodle 
(for all students who defend their theses in the autumn semester)
8 - 12 December preliminary defence of graduation theses 
15 December submission of applications for the defence in the study information system (ÕIS) 
5 January in Moodle: 
- submission of a digitally signed thesis and separately in PDF-format (under different topics); 
- filling the file with metadata 
5 January confirmation of applications for the defence in ÕIS by supervisors 
13 January completion of the curriculum
NB! Before defending the thesis, grades from extracurricular subjects and all grade improvements must also be reflected in ÕIS! 
13 January publishing the names of students permitted to the defence of graduation theses
13 January deadline for reviews of graduation theses 
20 - 23 January defence of graduation theses 
June 2026 graduation ceremony in TalTech Assembly Hall 

Seminar about defending theses in the 2024/25 autumn and spring semester: recording, slides 

Compiling and defending graduation theses on programmes related to IT College 

School of IT: general information about theses and graduation 

For more information regarding theses please contact Toomas Lepikult

Programme Advisory Committee

  • Andrus Padar - Security Expert, chairman 
  • Margus Ernits - Security Expert 
  • Raido Orumets - Security Expert 
  • Kaido Raiend - Security Expert 
  • Olev Sepp - Security Expert 
  • Kaido Kikkas - Associate Professor 
  • Rain Ottis - Associate Professor 
  • Tsun Sing Jason Fong - Student 
  • Mattia Roveri - Student