Women and Girls in STEM  2025

Aiming for Cybersecurity Awareness

16 October 2025 | Brussels, Belgium

For the first time, the EIT Community brought together four flagship education initiatives in a unique two-day event in Brussels, the EIT Education and Skills Days. And Girls Go STEM was part of it with the Women and Girls in STEM session on 16 October 2025. 
The EIT Education and Skills Days 2025 are the occasion to recognise five years of the Girls Go STEM’s impact in raising awareness of gender gaps in STEM and promoting inclusive digital innovation across Europe.

This year’s Women and Girls in STEM theme was Cybersecurity – and we spotlighted bold ideas, practical tools, and fresh thinking on ethics, privacy, and sustainability. It’s all about smart, impactful solutions and the women and girls leading the way. 

The Winners of the 2025 Cybersecurity Student Challenge and Audience Choice Awards are:

The Cybersecurity Student Challenge winner, selected by the jury is: LegIT, from Cyprus.

The Cybersecurity Student Challenge winner, selected by the audience is: Cookie Crumblr, from the United Kingdom. 

Congratulations to the winning teams!

About the Challenge

 

Girls Go STEM alumnae were invited to come up with a cool idea for a solution that helps people stay safe online, design their tool and pitch their concept in a short video to show how it works and why it matters.

 

Schoolgirls had the opportunity to:

  • Design a solution for a real-world challenge
  • Get their idea seen across Europe
  • Get the chance to meet students from 30+ countries
  • Join a powerful community of young innovators

Award Criteria and Prize

Students were encouraged to think outside the box and develop a creative idea and pitch. The best teams are selected based on the creativity and relevance of their cybersecurity idea, the quality of their research and thought process, and the persuasive power of their pitch.
Their submission will be reviewed and scored by an expert jury according to the following criteria:

  • Creativity and uniqueness
  • Quality of reasoning
  • Quality of design
  • Quality of verbal and non-verbal communication
  • Clear and compelling expression of the message