The HAWKarriere mentoring program of the Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS) as part of the federal-state program FH-Personal is a cross-university mentoring program for young academics and newly appointed professors (mentees).

In the HAWKarriere program, mentees are individually supported on their path of personal and professional development. The HAWKarriere mentoring program offers them the opportunity to gain clarity about their next career steps or how to deal with current challenges, to set individual goals and to approach them in a self-determined manner with the support of suitable mentors (usually UAS professors). The program is based on a collaboration between several universities in order to offer participants a broad spectrum of experiences and perspectives for exchange. It is primarily aimed at the universities participating in the HAWKarriere mentoring program and can be opened up to other UASs in Baden-Württemberg in the future.

As advisors, knowledge brokers, role models, career advisors or door openers, the individually addressed mentors offer mentees support in questions relating to professional and career planning with the overarching goal of an UAS professorship or its organization. As experts in their field, mentors can provide well-founded insights into the current professional world of the UAS professorship and advise and support their mentees in a variety of ways.

Your path to becoming a mentee or mentor

Who can be a mentee?

  • Former or current doctoral candidates
  • Post-docs
  • Lecturers
  • Newly appointed professors

 

Requirements to become a mentor:

  • Your mentoring commitment is for at least 1 year
  • You are motivated and enjoy passing on experience and knowledge to the mentees
  • You are a professor at a UAS or an experienced and suitable person from science, business, administration and culture

 

Possible subject areas

The mentoring content and thematic focuses are based on the individually defined goals of the mentees, are specified in consultation with the respective mentor and are designed according to the wishes and needs of the respective exchange relationship.

  • Professional and career planning
  • Job application coaching
  • Insights into the everyday working life of a professor
  • Professional/academic exchange
  • Building and expanding a (specialist) network
  • International career / stays abroad
  • Cooperation with practice partners
  • Further development of leadership and social skills
  • Transfer: transferring research content into practice
  • Support services, e.g. for third-party funding applications
  • Compatibility of family and career / work-life balance

Procedure of the mentoring program

Registration phase from 27.06.2024 - 15.11.2024

Introductory workshop

January 16, 2025 | in-person | Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences Mentoring begins with an introductory workshop for mentees. There, the mentees get to know each other and define their individual program goals as well as a suitable mentor.

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Kick-off event

April 3, 2025 | in-person | Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt Nürtingen-Geislingen The kick-off event will take place in presence at the Protestant University of Applied Sciences Ludwigsburg with all mentees and mentors and we will start the 12-month mentoring program HAWKarriere together.

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Mentoring phase

Regular (online) meetings between mentor and mentee every 6-8 weeks.

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Supporting program

Workshops and network meetings are held throughout the year.

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Closing event

March 19, 2026 | in-person After 12 months, the program ends with a joint, festive closing event.

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How can I apply?

Please send the completed application form by e-mail to Theresa Krinke (theresa.krinke(at)hft-stuttgart.de) by November 15, 2024. Important note: In order to ensure that the mentoring program runs as smoothly as possible, places in the program are limited.

Contact person

Theresa Krinke
Theresa Krinke theresa.krinke@hft-stuttgart.de +49 711 8926 2972

Participating universities with contact persons

UniversityContact personE-mail address
Protestant University of Applied Sciences LudwigsburgSandra HabeckS.Habeck(at)eh-ludwigsburg.de
Biberach University of Applied SciencesKatharina Moserkatharina.moser(at)hochschule-bc.de
Furtwangen UniversityNathalie Schrammnathalie.schramm(at)hs-furtwangen.de
Stuttgart University of Applied SciencesTheresa Krinketheresa.krinke(at)hft-stuttgart.de
Nürtingen-Geislingen University for Economy and EnvironmentKinga Janischkinga.janisch(at)hfwu.de
Karlsruhe University of Applied SciencesSilvia Brunnersilvia.brunner(at)h-ka.de
Offenburg University of Applied SciencesCharlotte Brenncharlotte.brenn(at)hs-offenburg.de
Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied SciencesLisann Kaiserlisann.kaiser(at)rwu.de
Ulm University of TechnologyTheresa Denzeltheresa.denzel(at)thu.de