TU Dresden: Mentoring-Programme (Verschiedene)
A wide range of mentoring and buddy programs at TU Dresden supporting study and career orientation, subject-specific guidance, and network building from school through the postdoc phase.
Who is it for?
Students, doctoral candidates, and prospective students
Short description
TU Dresden offers a diverse portfolio of mentoring and buddy programs that, depending on life and study phase, provide orientation, subject-specific support and access to networks — from programs for school pupils to offerings for postdocs and early-career professors.
Who is it for?
- School pupils interested in studying (e.g., Studienbrücke, Connect to talent),
- New university entrants and first-semester students (peer mentoring, subject-related buddy programmes),
- Women in STEM and early-career female researchers (e.g., Join Science, WISE),
- International students (International Tutoring, buddy programmes) and tandem partnerships,
- Students who are first in their family to attend university (Arbeiterkind Dresden) and students facing particular challenges (Rock your Life),
- Students from specific degree programmes (subject-specific mentoring and buddy groups), and
- Postdocs, early-career researchers and young professors (e.g., Mentoring Program Academia, YOU PROF).
What offers are available?
- Peer mentoring and buddy programmes to support orientation during introductory phases and for subject-specific first-semester groups,
- Mentoring by experienced students, teaching staff, alumni or professionals for study choice, specialisation, career planning and doctoral studies,
- Specialised programmes for women in STEM with workshops, peer meetings and network activities (e.g., WISE, Join Science),
- Alumni ambassador programmes offering insights into professional fields at home and abroad,
- Subject-oriented mentoring formats (e.g., MEDiC for medical students, various faculty mentoring programmes), and
- Programmes to integrate international students as well as tandems for language exchange and cultural orientation.
Benefits for mentees and mentors
- Mentees: easier start to study and student life, targeted orientation for study choice and specialisation, support in the transition to working life, and expansion of subject-specific and transferable skills and networks,
- Mentors: opportunity to pass on experience, strengthen professional and social skills and expand their own networks.
Particular features
The offers are structured for specific target groups and range from informal tandems through structured 1:1 mentoring to thematically focused programmes for particular faculties or career phases. Mentors come from various groups (advanced students, teaching staff, alumni, early-career researchers), providing diverse perspectives and types of support.
Note
The programmes at TU Dresden are offered on an ongoing, needs-based basis and are aligned with different life and career phases; specific participation or application procedures and scheduling vary by programme.
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