LMU Career Mentoring program - Your tandem to success

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If you are enrolled at LMU – whether as an undergraduate or doctoral student – you can register as a mentee at any time. Your field of study or semester of study are irrelevant. After you register, we will support you in selecting your mentor in a personal consultation.

LMU Career Mentoring process:

• Register as a student at any time via the Career Service Portal.
• Fill out your personal profile completely.
• Register for the Career Mentoring Programme via the portal (important: include a brief description of your motivation).
• Select a date for the ‘mentoring interview’ (Zoom or on-site).
• After the interview, we will provide you with a selection of suitable mentors. Please select up to two mentors.
• As soon as the person you have chosen has agreed to the tandem, you will receive a confirmation email from us.
• Get in touch with your mentor!

You and your mentor will design your tandem individually. You will decide together how often you meet, whether in person or virtually, whether you keep in touch beyond that, and what you talk about.

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Are you an academic with three or more years of professional experience? Then we would be delighted to have you join our programme as a volunteer mentor.

We welcome LMU alumni and graduates from other universities who have the time and desire to volunteer as mentors to support LMU students in their career choices. We welcome mentors from all industries and professional fields.

We offer virtual exchange and networking meetings for our mentors several times a year. In addition, we organise cultural or sporting exchange meetings in and around LMU at regular intervals. Mentors also receive a free copy of our Mentoring Compass book.

LMU Career Mentoring procedure:

• Please register once on the LMU Career Service Portal.
• Fill out your personal profile in full.
• Then register for the Career Mentoring Programme via ‘Events & Services’. It is important to provide information about your professional background and your motivation, as this information will be displayed to the students.
• If you are interested, please register directly for a virtual introductory webinar or further exchange meetings. Late registration is possible at any time.
• As soon as a student has chosen you as their mentor, we will notify you. You then have the option of accepting or rejecting the pairing via the portal.
• Once you have agreed, your mentee will contact you shortly.
• Please be patient – it can sometimes take a few weeks for the first match to be made. We hold weekly selection interviews with students from all departments.
• If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at any time by email.

You and your mentee will design your tandem individually. You will decide together how often you meet, whether in person or virtually, whether you keep in touch beyond that, and what you talk about.

• LMU Mentoring-Forum: annual networking and exchange event with keynote speeches on the topic of mentoring (6–9 p.m., Literaturhaus Munich)
  • Thursday, march 5 2026 Sign up!

• Introductory webinars for new mentors (18:30 - 19:30, Zoom)
  • Tuesday, May 19, 2026 Sign up!
  • Tuesday, September 22, 2026 Sign up!
  • Tuesday, December 8, 2026 Sign up!

• Mentoring consultation hours for mentors – questions, exchange, networking (18:30 - 19:30, Zoom)
  • Tuesday, April 14, 2026 Sign up!
  • Tuesday, October 27, 2026 Sign up!

Voraussetzung: Vollständige Registrierung als Mentor / Mentorin