Career and professional development mentoring: Finland

Mentoring can help you plan your next professional step and look at your career from a new perspective. This category includes programs that support skills development, career changes, promotion, entering a new industry, and making more informed career decisions.

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Finland

SeAMK Mentoring Programme

A mentoring offer from SeAMK for SeAMK students and alumni or other professionals. Applications are accepted throughout the year and matching is carried out in September. The programme information describes 4–8 pair meetings and three common events.

Who is it for? SeAMK students and alumni or other professionals

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Student Mentoring Programme

A mentoring offer from University of Turku for students nearing graduation and alumni or other professionals. The next documented cycle runs from January to June 2027, with applications open from 7 September to 12 October 2026. Students are connected with alumni and professionals through the university's mentoring programme.

Who is it for? students nearing graduation and alumni or other professionals

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Talent Hub Eastern Finland Mentoring

Talent Hub Eastern Finland Mentoring is a mentoring programme organised by Talent Hub Eastern Finland / UEF / regional partners for international students and professionals in Eastern Finland. The organiser reports an annual scale of roughly 120–160 students and 25–35 mentors. The programme brings international students and professionals into a regional mentoring setting in Eastern Finland.

Who is it for? international students and professionals in Eastern Finland

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Tradenomit Mentoring

Tradenomit Mentoring connects Tradenomit members and business professionals through a structured mentoring offer from Tradenomit. The documented 2026 programme starts on 24 November 2026 and includes three common programme events in addition to the mentoring relationship.

Who is it for? Tradenomit members and business professionals

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University of Oulu Mentoring Programme

University of Oulu runs University of Oulu Mentoring Programme for students, including international degree students, using mentoring as the core format. The 2026/27 programme is structured as an approximately four-month mentoring period. The stated scale is 50 pairs: 25 international and 25 Finnish pairs.

Who is it for? students, including international degree students

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Veturi Mentoring Programme

Regional State Administrative Agencies / AKE library networks runs Veturi Mentoring Programme for library managers in six regions, using mentoring as the core format. The 2026 Veturi programme covers six regions and runs from May to November for library managers. The programme uses the Liboppi learning environment as part of its implementation.

Who is it for? library managers in six regions

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Villa Victor Mentoring Programme

Villa Victor Mentoring Programme connects highly qualified immigrants in Oulu through a structured mentoring offer from City of Oulu / Villa Victor. Villa Victor runs a recurring mentoring programme for highly qualified immigrants in Oulu. The previous documented edition included 16 mentees and 14 mentors.

Who is it for? highly qualified immigrants in Oulu

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WAYFINDER Mentoring Programme

A mentoring offer from BiotechClub / University of Helsinki ecosystem for doctoral researchers in health, life sciences and biotechnology. The programme runs from January to June 2027. The documented structure includes at least four mandatory one-to-one mentoring sessions and two workshops.

Who is it for? doctoral researchers in health, life sciences and biotechnology

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We in Games Mentorship Program

We in Games Finland runs We in Games Mentorship Program for professionals in the games industry, using mentoring as the core format. We in Games Finland runs an annual mentorship programme for games-industry professionals. Applications for the 2026 cycle are documented for June–August 2026.

Who is it for? professionals in the games industry

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YKA Mentoring Programme 2026

Yhteiskunta-alan korkeakoulutetut YKA runs YKA Mentoring Programme 2026 for YKA members, using mentoring as the core format. The 2026 programme is designed for approximately 20 mentoring pairs. The cycle lasts around six months and includes four programme events.

Who is it for? YKA members

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Young Crew Mentoring Program

Young Crew Mentoring Program connects young project professionals through a structured mentoring offer from Project Professionals Finland / PRY Young Crew. The recurring Young Crew programme runs from September to February and specifies at least six meetings for each mentoring pair.

Who is it for? young project professionals