Mentoring

Mentoring refers to the personal support and advice students receive from a professor during the first semesters of their studies. As part of the mentoring program, students are given the opportunity to talk to their mentor outside of everyday seminars and lectures. Fundamental questions about their studies can be discussed, plans for a well-structured course of study can be worked out, but motivation problems, obstacles to learning or academic frustrations can also be addressed. If necessary, the mentor will also work with you to develop specific and individual steps to solve problems.

Organizational notes and information on mentoring at the IfG:

A total of three mentoring appointments are offered in the first four semesters of your studies:

• The first mentoring meeting takes place as a group event with all professors at the IfG for all students in their first semester.This has the advantage that you can get to know all professors once. At the end of this event, you will have one opportunity to change your mentor if you wish. To do so, please send an e-mail to the IfG secretariat at the end of the event. Students who do not attend the first mentoring meeting will keep the mentor assigned to them.

• The second mentoring meeting takes place at the beginning of the summer semester. This meeting is organized by the respective mentor and takes place either as a group event for the respective group or as a consultation hour. All German Studies students in the second semester will be contacted by the mentor in charge regarding the date and form of the event. 

• The third mentoring appointment takes place in the following summer semester (your fourth semester of study) and is organized in the same way as the second appointment.

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