Newsletter

Student Tech Alliance
for New Defence

We want to make students a driving force in Nordic and European defence and security innovation.

Europe is rebuilding its defence, and it cannot do so without engineers.

Many students want to contribute but don’t know where to begin. STAND gives them a way in: talks with the people behind the problems, hackathons to build, and project teams that take the best ideas further with our defence mentors.

Defence work depends on trust.

  • Independent

    We are student-run and independent of DTU.

  • Open challenges

    We only take challenges that can be discussed openly.

  • Checked first

    Before each project, we clarify security, export control and access requirements with DTU and the partner.

  • EU and NATO

    Our board, leadership and organisers are citizens of an EU or NATO country.

  • Transparent

    We are open about who we work with.

Supported by an innovation project at DTU Compute and DTU Electro.

Run by students, for students. An independent association based at DTU, founded in 2026.