Mentoring and Buddy Programmes

A course of studies often is exciting and brings a challenge or two with it. The various mentoring and buddy programmes at Heidelberg University offer a (student) contact to help you with questions and offer advice.

Support with managing your studies – subject-specific offerings

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Programme	Intended participants	Contact person

Programme	Intended participants	Contact person
Tandem programme	Students of law	Faculty of Law
Iur. coach programme	Students of law in the lower and intermediate semesters	Faculty of Law
Comenius programme	First-semester students of psychology	Institute of Psychology
Student consultation hours	Students of European art history	Department for European art history
Ambassadors	Students of philosophy	Department of Philosophy

Support in managing your studies – Offerings for international students

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Programme	Intended participants	Contact person

Programme	Intended participants	Contact person
Buddy programme	International students	International Relations Division
Dorm tutors	International students	Student services organisation (Studierendenwerk)
GeoBuddy programme	International students of the Institute of Geography	Department student committee for Geography
AWI buddy programme	International students of economics	Alfred Weber Institute for Economics
Tandem programme	International students of the Medical Faculty Mannheim	Medical Faculty Mannheim

Coaching and counselling services from students for students

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Programme	Intended participants	Contact person

Programme	Intended participants	Contact person
Coaching for students by students	All students of Heidelberg University	Institute of Psychology
Steadi – Students advise students	All students of Heidelberg University	Institute for Education Studies
HeiCoB-Z	Students of dentistry	Medical Faculty Heidelberg
Self-regulation project	Students of the Faculty of Law	Faculty of Law, with external coach

Psychosocial support and coaching – offerings from the departmental student committees

Try contacting the respective departmental student committee if you need low-threshold support from other students in your department. They are a group of students who are committed to the interests of the subject and represents student interests within the university. The following departmental student committees offer explicit psychosocial support for students of the respective subject:

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Programm	Zielgruppe	Ansprechpartner

Programm	Zielgruppe	Ansprechpartner
Research group advisory service	Students of the Faculty of Law	Departmental student committee Law
Research group MoBi Mental Health	Students of molecular biotechnology	Departmental student committee molecular biotechnology
Mental Health meet-up	Students of the faculty of chemistry	Departmental student committee of chemistry and biochemistry

Psychosocial support and coaching – offerings from student groups

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Programm	Zielgruppe	Ansprechpartner

Programm	Zielgruppe	Ansprechpartner
Listening hotline	All students of Heidelberg University	Nightline Heidelberg e. V.
Arbeiterkind.de	People who are the first in their family to study	Arbeiterkind.de

Legal advice – offerings from student groups

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Programm	Zielgruppe	Ansprechpartner	Link

Programm	Zielgruppe	Ansprechpartner	Link
Student legal advice	Specifically for students, people with low incomes, and other people in need	Pro Bono Heidelberg e.V.	https://probono-heidelberg.de/
Student legal advice	Specifically for students, people with low incomes, charities, and other people in need	Law & Legal Studentische Rechtsberatung e. V.	https://lawandlegal.de/standorte/heidelberg

Learning languages

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Programm	Zielgruppe	Ansprechpartner

Programm	Zielgruppe	Ansprechpartner
Language tandem	All students of Heidelberg University	Institute for German as a Foreign Language
Language café	All students of Heidelberg University	Student services organisation (Studierendenwerk)

Career and networking – also for alumni

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Programm	Zielgruppe	Ansprechpartner

Programm	Zielgruppe	Ansprechpartner
Mentoring programme	All students of Heidelberg University	Heidelberg Alumni International
AWI.net	Students of economics	Alfred Weber Institute for Economics
Upstream	Students of mathematics and natural sciences	Heidelberg Graduate School of Mathematical and Computational Methods for the Sciences