Mentoring

Mentoring program for doctoral students

From the beginning of Autumn Semester of 2022 year, Ilia State University International Doctoral School is planning to introduce a doctoral mentoring program aiming at supporting doctoral students by successful graduate doctoral students and professors.

A Mentor is an adviser, supporter, friend who will share his / her educational and professional experience with doctoral students to promote their career and expand professional contacts. The mentor does not in any way fulfil functions of the scientific supervisor. This is an additional tool that will focus on personal development and strengthening different skills.

The role of the mentor can be:

• Sharing experience in teaching, research, dissertation work
• Sharing experience about working on a scientific article
• Support in obtaining information
• Overcoming personal difficulties
• Promoting work-life balance
• Finding contacts, social networks
• Giving advice on different aspects of doctoral life.
• Facilitate the relationship with the scientific supervisor
• Sharing different resources, etc.

Each Mentor will be working with 2-3 doctoral students.  Monthly meetings during the 6 moth period will be held face to face or online, via zoom platform.

Mentoring programme will start to operating from Autumn Semester 2022.