Thesis X CISPA

Saarbrücken, St. Ingbert, Dortmund, Hannover, Hamburg; Germany

Are you passionate about cybersecurity, privacy, or trustworthy AI?

CISPA—the world’s leading cybersecurity research centre—offers top-tier supervision for Bachelor’s and Master’s theses in collaboration with our partner universities.

Your thesis can contribute to solving major challenges in the digital age—whether through foundational research or real-world applications at the intersection of computer science and adjacent fields like medicine, law, or the social sciences.

Follow these steps and find your perfect thesis match with CISPA:

  1. Explore our research topics and find out which Faculty match your interests here.
  2. Let us know you’re interested – fill out this web form by July 31, 2025.
  3. CISPA will reach out to you to discuss the details of your thesis project.

Thesis X CISPA info sessions:

Join our regular Thesis X CISPA info sessions to learn more about the exciting opportunities available!
While attendance isn’t required for writing a thesis with CISPA, these sessions offer valuable insights into current thesis topics proposed by our Faculty. You’ll also get the chance to meet our researchers, ask questions, and explore how your interests could align with their work.


The next “Thesis X CISPA” info session will take place on Monday, 14th July 2025 (11 am - 1 pm). Please sign up via this web form for the next event. Feel free to email us (thesis@cispa.de) if you have questions or would like to stay informed about upcoming info sessions.


Recommender System: Find a CISPA Thesis Advisor
1. What general topic excites you most?
2. What sounds interesting to explore?
3. Which of these specific questions or problems would you want to learn more about?

Examples of completed theses with CISPA (made available with permission by the students)

*The theses were made available with permission by the respective students and their supervisors.


About CISPA

CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security is a German national Science Institution within the Helmholtz Association and provides a unique work environment that offers the advantage of a university department and a research laboratory alike. CISPA has the mission to rethink the digitized world of the future from the ground on up an make it safer through innovative cutting-edge research. CISPA is committed to the highest international academic standards. We offer a world-class research environment that grants extensive resources to a wide range of researchers and constitutes an attractive destination for the best talents and scientists from all countries.

CISPA is located in Saarbrücken, in the tri-border area of Germany, France and Luxembourg. The CISPA campus is located close to Saarland University, which is known for its excellence in Computer Science, the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, and the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)

CISPA provides a highly international and diverse working environment, currently hosting researchers of over 50 nationalities.

For more information about CISPA, see https://cispa.de/en

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