Mentoring programme
The transition from everyday school life to studying is an exciting but also challenging phase. New ways of learning, unfamiliar freedoms and the responsibility for your own academic success can be overwhelming, especially at the beginning. In order to provide you with optimal support from the first semester onwards and to offer you firm guidance, we have launched the mentoring programme for Bachelor's students.
This programme accompanies you throughout your studies and ensures that you never feel alone. You will be assigned to fixed groups of student assistants as mentors who will support you in group and individual meetings throughout the semester. At these meetings, they will not only explain important aspects of the degree programme, but also discuss your individual questions and concerns. This means you will always have a reliable contact person who will guide you through the challenges of your degree programme and help you achieve your goals.
Organisation
For easier organisation, you will be assigned to your mentor after the start of your studies. Even if your study progress may differ as the semesters go on, you will still remain in the same familiar groups and will not have to be reassigned each time. Ideally, the mentors will accompany you over several semesters and are always available to answer your questions. They also organise all individual and group appointments.
In the group appointments, you will get together in groups, learn what you should pay attention to in the current phase of the semester and can exchange ideas. In the individual appointments, you can talk to the mentors alone or in smaller groups, as you wish, and discuss individual concerns and problems.
Participation in the mentoring programme is voluntary. However, we believe that it can provide you with good support and help with the often difficult start to your studies!
Bachelor:
At the beginning of the lecture period, we will introduce you to the mentors responsible for you in the "Introduction to Computer Science" course. The further organisation is then integrated into the event.
If you missed the introduction, you can still contact the mentors personally at any time. Your current mentors are:
- Josephine Mönnich (jomo2@mail.uni-paderborn.de)
- Carina Sivakumar (scarina2@campus.uni-paderborn.de)
Master's programme:
In the Master's programme, the mentoring programme is primarily aimed at international students in order to make their start at a German university as easy as possible. However, other Master's students can of course also take part in the programme.
You will get to know your mentor during the Welcome Week. If you missed it or did not take part, you can simply contact her by email.
- Ann Francis (afrancis@mail.uni-paderborn.de)
Questions and feedback
If you have any general questions or feedback about the programme, you are welcome to contact the Student Office at any time. And if the mentoring programme has made you want to become a mentor for one of the next cohorts, get in touch there too!
Study Office Computer Science
Department of Computer Science
Fürstenallee 11
33102 Paderborn
Opening hours
Thu.
10:00 - 11:00 h