Industrial Mentorship Programme

WHAT COMES AFTER THE PHD?

Once the PhD is completed, many PhD students face an important decision of where to go next: stay in academia or start a career in industry and society? Even for an academic path, job experience outside of academia is indispensable, especially for a professorship at a University of Applied Sciences.

But how to master this transition successfully? What skills do you need to acquire and expand? How do you build a suitable network?

Find Guidance and Support

The Industrial Mentorship Programme supports PhD students at Trier University of Applied Sciences and our international partner universities on their way to find suitable career paths outside of academia. The goal is to prepare excellent young researchers for a successful career in various industry and society sectors, to support them in forming important networks, and to strengthen their profiles for the international job market.

THE PURPOSE FOR MENTORING

WHAT IS MENTORING?

Mentoring is a mutual, trust-based relationship that takes place outside of formal reporting or hierarchical structures. A mentor is a trusted guide, listener and role model, who supports the mentee navigating their career development by helping them discover their own path.

THE INTENTION OF MENTORING

Providing a safe and supportive space for career reflection
Offering guidance, encouragement, and constructive feedback
Building confidence and strategic thinking in mentees
Fostering a two-way learning experience

Three program components

Pair up

PhD students pair up with experts from different fields according to TUAS‘s research areas: Life Sciences, Sustainability, Digitalization. The experts are ready to share their experiences with their mentees. In regular meetings, the pairs discuss structures, strategies, and processes that will help the PhD students shape their transition into the job market.

Additional peer group meetings foster an atmosphere of trust and encourage exchange on career-related issues among the PhD students, such as the development of a career strategy or feedback on application documents or social media profiles.

Build connections

Joint digital events and networking sessions with mentees and mentors as well as interesting speakers will frame the programme and provide excellent opportunities to build strong and sustainable networks.

Expand your skills

The programme starts with a virtual kickoffe event, during which the understanding of roles is clarified and developed jointly. Throughout the programme, mentees and mentors can participate in the offered digital workshops. The topics of the workshops are based on the needs and requirements of the participants.

Industrial Mentorship Program