Mentoring programme
The mentoring programme in cooperation between the Uni Wü Community and the Career Centre brings students, doctoral candidates or young graduates together with working alumni of the University of Würzburg, who support them with questions and problems relating to their professional development. Thanks to the mentoring programme, you can benefit from the experience of these alumni, who are now firmly established in professional life and hold various interesting positions.
- Would you like to know what the requirements are for certain professions?
- Or what your chances are in a particular sector?
- Would you be grateful if someone with experience could help you with your application, job interview or contract negotiations?
- Would you like to find out whether your self-image matches the image you project to the outside world?
- Are you wondering whether it would make sense for your professional future to go abroad or do a doctorate?
Then the mentoring programme at the University of Würzburg is the right place for you! All participants take part in an enriching exchange according to their individual capacity and needs.
The programme offers you the opportunity to sign up for an orientation meeting with a potential mentor or to take part in a one-year season.
The aim of mentoring is to bring together students of the University of Würzburg (so-called "mentees") with experienced, working alumni (former students) or doctoral candidates (the "mentors"). This brings enormous advantages for both sides: the mentees benefit from the experience of their mentors, e.g. with regard to career planning, internships & dissertations, leadership and social skills. The mentor remains in contact with academic life through his or her participation; he or she first-handedly experiences current developments in teaching and research and can gain inspiration from them. In addition, the mentor trains his soft skills by supervising his mentee.
As part of the mentoring programme, the Career Centre supports interested students with consultations and potential analyses in order to show them the options for action and orientation for mentoring matching. Students can then use this knowledge in a targeted manner when applying for the programme.
In the 4h workshop "Potential analysis - Well prepared for the mentoring interview", the self-presentation is strengthened by the instructions for a potential analysis, so that you can go into your interviews with the mentors with more precise ideas.
If you are also interested in a preparatory consultation, you can contact the Career Centre team at any time: career@uni-wuerzburg.de
If you would like to take part as a mentee, please register on the alumni portal here.
