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Meet your Mentor

Last modified on 14-05-2025 12:35
This mentoring programme (in Dutch) provides students from non-Western backgrounds with a mentor from the business world to better prepare them for the job market.
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During Meet your Mentor, you'll spend 3 months working on your post-university career with the support of a mentor from your field of study. The UvA will find you a mentor that suits you, based on what you're studying and what you'd like help with. The 3-month programme includes:

  • A kick-off meeting where you meet your mentor, the other mentees and the Meet your Mentor team
  • An online workshop in which you get tips on how to make good use of this mentoring programme
  • An appointment with your mentor at least once a month. You'll arrange the location and duration of appointments together with your mentor.
  • After 3 months, there is final meeting for everyone to reflect together

Why take part?

Meet your Mentor is different for everyone and the results depend on what you want to learn from the programme. The Meet your Mentor team hopes that after the programme you'll:

  • Feel more confident about your chances of finding suitable work
  • Understand better what you want to do after your studies
  • Be able to present yourself to employers in a way that fits you

For whom?

You can join Meet your Mentor if you:

  • Have a non-western immigration background and/or are the first in your family to study at a university
  • Are a Master's student. (Third-year Bachelor's student who are already focused on life after studying are also welcome.)
  • Are fluent in Dutch

Registration

  • A registration link will be provided here once the registration opens. 

More information

Check out the FAQs (in Dutch) on the Meet your Mentor websiteExternal link. If you have questions, send an email to Meltem Halaceli: m.halaceli@uva.nlExternal link

For international Master's students who want an opportunity to explore the Dutch job market, we also offer an International Mentor ProgrammeExternal link in English.

Meet Your Mentor is part of the Mentoring Pathway Programme of the Central Diversity OfficeExternal link which aims to ensure that all students feel at home at university.