Karriereentwicklung für Promotionsinteressierte und Promovierende
Career Counselling
Our career counselling service helps you to clarify and achieve your individual career goals.
Some examples of topics covered in career counselling:
- Orientation to career prospects within and outside academia
- Guidance on career decisions
- Support in developing your own career strategy
- Advice on job hunting, applications, networking and self-presentation
During the first appointment, we will clarify your concerns and work together to determine how we can support you step by step. While some questions can be resolved in a single counselling session, other issues may require longer-term support.
Counselling sessions can be held in German or English. Appointments take place in confidential settings at the Bauhaus Research School, online or by telephone. It is best to book an appointment by email.
The greatest benefit of mentoring lies above all in the open atmosphere where even sensitive topics can be discussed.
Mentoring
In 2026, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar is offering the MINToring mentoring programme for female and/or TIN* doctoral candidates and Master’s students in STEM subjects who are seriously considering pursuing a PhD. The MINToring programme is funded by the Federal and State Governments’ ‘Professorinnenprogramm III’ (Programme for Female Professors III).
Through MINToring, the Equality Office, in cooperation with the Bauhaus Research School, supports committed female and/or TIN* doctoral candidates and those interested in pursuing a doctorate with a clear intention to do so, both in their current qualification projects and in their professional and academic career development.
Format
MINToring combines group and peer mentoring to guide participants along their academic paths. In the group format, female academics from external universities serve as mentors to advise small cohorts of mentees. Through peer mentoring, mentees actively support one another, share insights, and collaborate on group activities. This foundational support is paired with targeted workshops focusing on empowerment, career planning, and skill development. Together, these initiatives foster individual growth and provide actionable guidance for the mentees' future academic careers.
The program's success relies heavily on mentees' active engagement. Participants are expected to fully engage with the supporting program, contribute to their peer groups, and help shape their collective activities.
Benefits for mentees
- Gaining a deeper understanding of the structures, processes, and conventions of academia and other professional fields through meetings with mentors and peers.
- Engaging in informal exchanges with early-career researchers at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar to gain insights into diverse academic disciplines.
- Receiving guidance and support for critical career decisions through professional coaching and peer counselling.
- Building and expanding a strong professional network.
- Developing effective strategies to balance an academic career with family life or a dual-career partnership.
Mentoring Objectives
- Navigating the doctoral process and successfully transitioning from a Master’s degree to a PhD with dedicated support and guidance.
- Exchanging ideas and building networks across institutions and beyond your own university boundaries.
- Reflecting on personal potential and actively implementing strategic career steps, with a particular focus on overcoming gender-specific barriers.
- Optimising and utilising individual skills and potential to pave the desired career path following a Master’s thesis or PhD.
- Clarifying professional goals and personal needs while actively taking the first steps toward achieving them.
What we offer
- Introduction to collegial case consultation as a foundational method of peer mentoring.
- Regular, self-organized meetings among mentees, including dedicated sessions for collegial consultation.
- Small-group online meetings with mentors to ensure personalized guidance.
- In-house workshops on topics chosen by participants in the areas of empowerment, career planning, and skill development.
- Opportunities for reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses (e.g., trade fair visits or elective course fees at the Bauhaus Research School).
Official certification upon completing the mentoring program, with an estimated time commitment of approximately 6 hours per month.
Mentoring programme schedule
January - February | Introductory phase
- Kick-off meeting incl. introduction into your role as mentee on 27.01.2025 from 12 am to 3 pm
- Group finding
- Training on the method of collegial case consultations
- Planning of meetings, workshops, and events
March - November| Intensification phase
- Peer group meetings and collegial case consultations
- Meetings with mentor
December | Final phase
- final event
- evaluation
