The Peer Mentoring is a group mentoring for new international students in certain Master degree programs. Up to five students from higher semesters will offer support and network opportunities for the first semester students. This is voluntary and open to all first semester students. Events range from help with organizational questions at the beginning to casual meet ups in the city. Currently the following Master degree subjects are part of the peer mentoring:
- Electrical Engineering
- Computer Science
- Computational Linguistics
You are seeking help from a peer mentor?
Please write an e-mail to peermentoring@ia.uni-stuttgart.de, we will get you in touch with the peer mentors (if available).
You want to become a peer mentor? What is required?
If you are in at least the second semester and you want to help the new international students, you can sign up as a mentor. We will then invite you to a personal meeting and explain the program further. Before the semester starts, we will have a one-day preparation workshop. During the semester you are required to hold at least one event for the international students and help with incoming questions that the new students might have. The Peer Mentoring team will additionally support you along the way.
The Peer Mentoring is part of the specialized Mentoring, an offer by the International Office.
Registration as a peer mentor
Responsible body under data protection laws
University of Stuttgart
Data protection officer
Breitscheidstr. 2
70174 Stuttgart
Tel: +49 711 685-83687
Fax: +49 711 685-83688
Email
Information concerning the controller and data protection officer can be found in the data protection declaration of the University.
Description of data
An uncoded email in clear text with the registration form, will be sent by you to the Peer Mentoring Program, which is located within the International Office of the University of Stuttgart. The provided information is necessary in order to organize and sign up for the Peer Mentoring Program as a mentor. This is not a guarantee for participation but for contacting you with further information.
Purpose
The registration form enables the coordination to organize the program and to ensure that the participation was successful. This is required for participation.
Legal basis
The legal basis is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter e) GDPR together with Article 6 Paragraph 3 GDPR and § 4 of the State Data Protection Act (Landesdatenschutzgesetz).
Recipients
Your message is received by the employees in charge of the Peer Mentoring Program of the International Office of the University of Stuttgart. After a successful registration, participation lists including first name and surname are generated.
Storage duration
The personal data you enter in the registration form will be processed solely for the purpose stated and will be saved for five years. After five years all related data will be deleted.
Consequences of non-provision, right of objection and correction
The use of the form is voluntary. If you do not wish to use the registration form, you can also get in touch with the Peer Mentoring Program of the International Office of the University of Stuttgart personally. You are free to provide your name and email address in the form of a pseudonym when entering data, which means that the University cannot assign the information to a person. Should you not wish for your identity to be disclosed, it may then be the case that your matter cannot be processed.
You have the right to receive information from the university concerning the data saved in relation to your person and/or to have incorrectly saved data corrected. In addition, you have the right to deletion or to have the processing restricted or to object to the processing. For this purpose, please contact the International Office at the University of Stuttgart. Please note that in case of the deletion of data, optimal support may not be guaranteed.
Your rights
Information concerning your rights can be found in the data protection declaration of the University of Stuttgart.
International students are often confronted with major challenges at a German university. The Specialized Mentoring aims to create opportunities to meet and overcome these challenges with various offers tailored to the different subject programs. With a focus on mentoring programs (especially group mentoring) and the training of various stakeholders involved with international students, the Specialized Mentoring was relaunched in winter semester 2023/24. The offer is to be expanded, depending on demand and resources.
The specialized Mentoring Program and Peer Mentoring has derived from the Intercultural Mentoring program and is part of the support programs by the International Office.
The following measures have been or are currently being implemented:
- Start of the Peermentoring for the Master Electrical Engineering degree program (WiSe 23/24)
- Cooperation with the International Service Points of all faculties
- Extension of the Peermentoring to Computer Science and Computational Linguistics (WiSe 24/25)
- Intercultural training for all international students
- Cooperation with the Language Center on the topic of technical language
- Propaedeutic offers on culture and knowledge
- Intercultural training for tutors and staff throughout the university
Your Master program is not part of the Peer Mentoring but you think it should be? You have questions or suggestions? Then please write us an e-mail: peermentoring@ia.uni-stuttgart.de
Additional offers for international students
Sarah Walz
Intercultural Mentoring Program Coordinator
- Profile page
- +49 711 685 68667
- Write e-mail
- Upon request