This is the autumn cohort of Senior Advanced 2026 — same six pillars (cybersecurity, cyber hygiene, cyber awareness, open source, project management, public speaking), same three weeks of teaching, same five-day capstone hackathon judged by an external jury. The difference is the schedule: it runs October to early November instead of late July to mid-August, for participants whose summer doesn’t free up but whose autumn does.
When
- Dates: 5 October – 5 November 2026.
- Teaching weeks: 5 October – 30 October.
- Hackathon week: 2 – 5 November, capped by the public colloquium.
- Hybrid track: in-person sessions split between Craiova and Bucharest; online track joins live by video conferencing.
What stays the same
Everything in the July edition — admissions criteria, the six pillars, the cohort size, the cloud lab, the external jury at the close. See that page for the full curriculum.
Who this is for, specifically
The autumn cohort is sized for working professionals on an autumn budget cycle, doctoral researchers between summer fieldwork and spring submissions, and final-year undergraduates ready to commit a month to a structured programme without competing with summer internships.