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MAS MTEC Mentoring Programme

The mentoring programme pairs current MAS MTEC students with industry experts and alumni to promote personal and professional development, as well as career and network building.

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All mentors participate in the programme on a purely voluntary basis and can call on a great depth of professional experience and extensive industry networks. They come from fields as varied as IT start-ups, national infrastructure companies and global manufacturing companies. They enjoy helping students make an impact and achieve to the best of their potential.

The MAS MTEC Student Board carefully considers the individual goals of the student mentees and the profiles of the alumni mentors in order to create optimal one-to-one partnership matches. The mentoring process is backed up by a framework that emphasises the expression of mutual expectations, on-board training, networking, and ongoing assessment and support.

“The mentoring programme has been the most rewarding experience among the many great offerings of the MAS MTEC programme, from a professional and personal point of view. I can only encourage everyone to participate.”
Dr Christian Peters | MAS MTEC mentee, graduated in 2022.

Mentors offer support in:

  • Developing leadership skills and broadening business perspectives
  • Developing collaborative and systemic cross-functional/cross-segmental modes of thinking
  • Developing an entrepreneurial mindset characterised by initiative, creativity and ownership
  • Identifying career-development opportunities in alignment with ETH’s talent development model
  • Identifying ways to make a difference in society

Mentee focus areas include:

  • Applying knowledge gained in the MAS MTEC programme to practical situations and professional challenges
  • Identifying projects that could become the subject of their Master’s thesis
  • Differentiating themselves and negotiating more responsibilities in their current job
  • Exploring new career opportunities
  • Starting and growing their own business

Programme Details

The Mentoring Programme runs for six months, with a programme-wide kick-off meeting and monthly one-on-one personal coaching sessions between mentors and mentees.

The Mentoring Programme starts every year in September (third semester students) and in March (fourth semester students).

Students can apply one month before the start of the Mentoring Programme and will be informed via E-Mail about the application process by the MAS MTEC Board in advance.

The Mentoring Programme was initiated in 2019. Management and guidance for the programme is provided by Dr Isabel Spicker and the MAS MTEC Student Board. Together with the MAS MTEC Programme Manager and experts from industry, Isabel Spicker promotes the programme to industry partners, and, together with the MAS Student Board, she identifies suitable mentors. The MAS MTEC Student Board promotes the programme within the student body, administrates the programme, matches mentors to mentees and facilitates regular communication among the stakeholders.

Student participation is voluntary, and only a limited number of mentorships are available. Mentor participation is by invitation only. 

If you are interested in participating as a mentor, please contact .

Contacts

Dr Isabel Spicker
Coordinator Alumni Relations & Mentoring

ETH Zurich
D-MTEC

MAS MTEC Student Board
Mentoring Programme Administration

ETH Zurich
MAS MTEC

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