Mentoring program of the ZIS
At the suggestion of our alumni, a mentoring program for IB students was established at the Center for International Studies at TU Dresden. Since 2012, the program has been running very successfully, with 20 to 40 mentees and over 150 mentors participating each year. The idea behind this program is that each current student is paired with an alumna or alumnus from the degree program as a mentor, who provides advice and support on all future-oriented questions related to their studies, internships, potential master’s or postgraduate programs, and future employers. Through the mentoring program, many students have already been able to connect with mentors from a wide range of graduating classes and receive professional and practical guidance.
→ Are you an IB student interested in connecting with IB alumni?
The mentoring program restarts annually during the winter semester and is open to IB undergraduate students starting in their 3rd semester and IB graduate students starting in their 1st semester. If you’d like to participate in the mentoring program, you can do so—once a new application round begins—as follows:
- Select up to three mentors from the anonymized list.
- Write a short message introducing yourself to your potential mentors. Send this message, along with the numbers of your preferred mentors, to the following email address: .
- We will match you with a mentor accordingly and forward your request. The mentors will then let us know which students they have chosen to mentor—or whether they have decided to mentor at all.
→ Are you an IB alumna or alumnus of the ZIS and would like to mentor one or more IB students?
Mentoring relationships are established anonymously through the ZIS. A call for participation in the program is issued annually during the winter semester; of course, you can be added to the mentoring list at any time throughout the year.
- Please fill out the questionnaire and send it to the following email address: .
- We will anonymize your information and add it to the regularly updated list of mentors. This list is password-protected and accessible to current IB students.
- If a student applies for your mentoring offer, we will forward the request to you promptly. You will then decide whether you would like to take on the mentoring role.
Help us improve the program!
We encourage all mentors and mentees to share their suggestions, feedback, and positive or negative experiences with the mentoring program by emailing us at . Feedback helps us stay on top of things and continuously improve the program.
On behalf of the mentoring program: Lydia Jost and Stefan Robel
January 2025