Open mentoring programs in Europe

See also European mentoring programmes in other languages: Polish , English , German , Czech , Norwegian , Romanian .

Universität Koblenz: Mentoring-Programme (Verschiedene)

Various mentoring programs for students, including subject-specific mentoring and mentoring for teacher training students.

Category: University, Students (Subject-Specific), Teacher Training, Peer Mentoring

Technische Universität München (TUM): Mentoring-Programme (Verschiedene)

Diverse mentoring offers for students, doctoral candidates, early career researchers, and alumni for personal and professional development.

Category: University, Students (Diverse), Early Career Researchers, Startups, Women's Empowerment, Inclusion

RWTH Aachen University: Aachener Mentoring Modell & „Junior meets Senior“

Comprehensive, individual mentoring system for RWTH Aachen students and a specific program for international doctoral students and researcher alumni.

Category: University, Students (General), Doctoral Candidates, International, Career Development

Politechnika Śląska (Gliwice)

The mentoring program for the best high school graduates taking up studies at the Silesian University of Technology is dedicated - as the name suggests - to the best graduates of post-primary schools taking up studies at the Silesian University of Technology. The aim of the program is to develop the intellectual potential of the best students of post-secondary schools, while supporting their personal development and preparation for taking up their first job. Students taking part in the mentoring program are covered by its activities throughout the duration of their first-cycle studies.

Category: at universities

Healthcare Frauen e.V. Mentoring Program

One-year mentoring program to strengthen women in leadership positions in healthcare and promote diversity.

Category: Women's Empowerment, Leadership Development, Healthcare

TU Wien: Mentoring-Programm

Peer mentoring program to facilitate study entry and support students in difficult phases or when re-entering studies.

Category: University, Students (General), Peer Mentoring

Mentoringový program Amigo

The program connects active former high school students with current high school students to help them develop projects, extracurricular activities, and navigate life after high school.

Category: Academic & Scientific Development, General Personal Development

TH Köln: Mentoring4Beginners (MentoRing4Beginners)

Pilot project supporting first-year students with orientation and study entry through experienced students.

Category: University of Applied Sciences, Students (First-Semester), Peer Mentoring

Mentors4starters

Mentors4starters is a mentoring and development programme for ambitious individuals who want a change after several years of career. M4S includes individual mentoring sessions with leading representatives of Polish business, NGOs and culture, as well as meetings with the alumni and mentor community and workshops.

Category: Career path

Sunnaasstiftelsens mentorprogram

A program connecting individuals with reduced functional ability with experienced mentors (who themselves live with an injury/illness) to strengthen self-development and mastery in the transition from hospital to everyday life.

Category: Health/Rehabilitation

Reverse mentoring

The rapid technological, social and cultural changes have created a huge gap between the generations of today's business decision-makers (aged 40-60+) and young adults - people entering the labor market and the consumer market (aged 16-25). This gap in understanding the world and approach to life is greater than ever. It poses new challenges for management staff. It is impossible to meet them without insight into what understanding of what is happening today and what vision of the world in the future young adults have. That is why Reverse mentoring creates a program of intergenerational education and inspiration, in which the dialogue of people from different worlds becomes an innovative development tool for managers and an incentive to create a business development strategy that will respond to current and upcoming challenges.

Category: for women ...Business/Innovation in the dialogue of generations

Lata - Vrstevnický mentoringový program

A peer mentoring program for young people (12-26 years old) that connects clients with trained volunteers to address issues in relationships, self-perception, and risky behavior.

Category: Social & Community Support

Uniwersytet Sukcesu

The largest scholarship program in Poland aimed at young women aged 18-25. It enables them to gain skills of the future, allows them to find their way in a digitalized and changing world and gives them a real opportunity to get a well-paid and interesting job.

Category: for women

MentorUp - Startup Mentoring Program

Free mentoring program to scale the impact of startups in Germany aiming to solve global challenges.

Category: Startups, Entrepreneurship, Social Impact

NFS Mentorprogram

A mentoring program aimed at young pharmacists, established in 2010, connecting recent graduates with experienced pharmacists in leading positions for career guidance and networking.

Category: Professional Development/Industry-Specific

Programul de Mentoring AFIST 2025: „Învață. Inspiră. Evoluează!”

The fourth edition of a free, dynamic and innovative program designed to facilitate the personal and professional development of young people, providing access to experienced mentors and essential resources to achieve career goals in technical, business and personal development fields.

Category: Personal and Professional Development, Technology (STEM), Business, Entrepreneurship, Soft Skills

LSVD Berlin-Brandenburg: Mentor*innenprogramm für queere Geflüchtete

Support for LGBTQI* refugees and individuals with migration experience in Berlin through 1:1 mentorships with volunteers.

Category: Social Mentoring, Refugees, LGBTQI+, Integration

Włącz uważność

‘Enable Mindfulness’ is the only mentoring programme in Poland that prepares people and businesses to include people with disabilities in their organisations. Its aim is to support companies, corporations and public administration units in consciously shaping a friendly and inclusive working environment for OzN.

Category: OzN, diversity, HR

Fundacja Liderek Biznesu

The Mentoring Program of the Women in Business Leadership Foundation is a comprehensive project supporting women and men in consciously shaping their professional careers, developing self-awareness and improving leadership competences.

Category: for women

ScrumDzielnia

ScrumDzielnia is a five-month mentoring program for people who use an agile approach at work. The program is dedicated to people who want to develop as Scrum Master, Agile Coach, Product Owner, Product Manager or Manager.

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