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Informations for mentors

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Informations for mentors

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🛈 International Office

- Team Services

✉œ‰ imp@uni-bielefeld.de

Important

  • There is no guarantee of a placement.
  • If no matching is possible, you will be placed on a waiting list.
  • If you no longer wish to be active as a mentor, please deregister with us immediately.

Please register early to have the best chance of finding a mentor or mentee.

  • Registration for mentors: from 1 January (summer semester), from 1 July (winter semester)
  • Compulsory introductory event for prospective mentors: Mid / end of January or end of June / mid July (next date: 13.01.2026, 6pm)
  • Matching: mainly February/March or August/September, but also later
  • After matching: initial contact between mentor and mentee, then feedback to the mentoring team
  • At least 6 meetings, which you briefly document on our Moodle platform
  • Certificate for mentors after submission of documentation and feedback forms from mentor and mentee

FAQ

  • Commitment to a good cause
  • Access to a network of fellow students from different countries
  • Expansion of social, communicative and intercultural skills
  • Confirmation of the commitment
  • Possibly credit for your degree programme (contact the faculties)
  • Dedicated mentors who support international students for 6 months from March or September
  • Open to students from all countries of origin, subject areas and genders
  • At least B2 knowledge of German and English
  • Participation in the two-hour introduction for mentors
  • Active accompaniment and support of a mentee
  • Brief documentation of the meetings
  • Participation in an event organised by the International Office for the support of international students OR in an event on the topic of a stay abroad
  • Submission of the feedback form at the end of the mentoring activity
  • For people who would like to have the activity recognised for their studies, a matching with two to three mentees will take place if required
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