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MarMento - Mentoring Program for International Students

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Would you like to strengthen your intercultural skills and make new contacts? To learn more about intercultural communication processes and discover and develop new potential? Then become a mentor or mentee in the MarMento mentoring program!

At MarMento, students from higher semesters (mentors) support their new fellow students from abroad (mentees) for a semester with study-related challenges or in everyday life. This can make it easier to settle in at the university and in Marburg and perhaps even to make friends.

MarMento is a win-win process in which you deepen your skills and grow personally as both a mentee and a mentor!

    • Requirements: you come from abroad, are at the beginning of your studies (Degree Seeker), are motivated and open-minded
    • Duration: 1 semester (only takes place in the winter term)
    • Registration: Ilias online form
    • Registration period: every year in September
    • Program: Introductory workshop for all mentees (digital), mentoring in tandem/small groups (digital or face-to-face), final workshop for all participants (digital)

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    • Requirements: You are studying in at least the 2nd semester, are motivated and open-minded 
    • Duration: 1 semester (only takes place in the winter term)
    • Registration: via Marvin (MarSkills) or Ilias (not MarSkills)
    • Registration period: every year in September
    • Program: Training to be a mentor through a seminar on several consecutive days during the semester (in presence) - option to gain ECTS! (see below) - and mentoring in tandem/small group (digital or face-to-face)

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  • All mentors take part in the seminar and are trained on intercultural and communication skills.

    Students who have MarSkills integrated into their degree program can take the module "MarMento: International Mentoring Skills" via the central study area in MarSkills and earn 3 ECTS points for participating in the seminar and engaging as a mentor. Registration for the modul runs via Marvin. In the course catalog under "MarSkills Center" you will find "Marburg Skills" and in "Zentrale Angebote des Studienbereichs Marburg Skills" the module "MarMento: International Mentoring Skills" with the corresponding seminar. Further information is available from the MarSkills examination office (German).

    Other students register as a mentor via Ilias (link will follow in September). Priority is given to MarSkills-students. You can participate in the seminar if places remain free. We will inform you accordingly.

    Precondition for gaining ECTS: students have to fulfill and hand in the examination, a reflective portfolio. Students who do not want or cannot gain ECTS can receive a confirmation of participation if handing in a short self-reflection and feedback. Further information will be given in the seminar. This option is only available for mentors!

  • Registration for mentees via Ilias: https://ilias.uni-marburg.de/goto.php?target=svy_4040607&client_id=UNIMR (available until October 14)

    Registration for mentors via Marvin (September 15 - October 14) and via Ilias (September 4 - October 14): https://ilias.uni-marburg.de/goto.php?target=svy_4058242&client_id=UNIMR

    Confirmation of registration and matching take place October 15-17. Please check your mails on these days. 

    Dates for Mentors:
    whole-day-seminar, Saturday, October 19 and October 20 (in presence, in German)
    reflection session, Friday, November 22, 2-4 p.m. (online, in German)
    whole-day-seminar, Saturday, December 14, 9 a.m to 1 p.m. (online, in German)
    closing reflection session together with Mentees, Friday, February 21, 2025, 2-4 p.m. (online, in English)

    Dates for Mentees:
    Introductory Workshop Monday, October 28, 1-5 p.m. (online, in English)
    Closing Workshop Friday, February 21, 2025, 2-4 p.m. (online, in English)

  • If you have any questions, please contact: marmento@uni-marburg.de  

The Mentoring Program and MarSkills module were (re-)developed as part of the PlanForSuccess@Marburg project. The project is part of the Quis project UMRdivers at Philipps-Universität Marburg, which is funded by the Hessian Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and the Arts.