Mentoring programme for female students and alumnae

The HMTM mentoring programme focuses on female students who, due to gender, origin, language differences or personal circumstances, find it more difficult at first glance to achieve leading positions in artistic, educational or scientific cultural fields, to realise their professional goals and to become visible with their artistic identity.

In the programme, the students and alumnae form tandems with a mentor and receive valuable insights into the actual professional reality from experts from the music and cultural sector for two semesters. This allows them to work out the next steps towards achieving their individual career goals.

In addition to the meetings of the tandems, workshops and individual consultations are held with the programme coordinators, Julia-Sophie Kober and Anita Pongratz from the HMTM Career Center.

The following points are central aspects of the mentoring programme:

Empowerment: strengthening self-esteem and self-confidence

Entrepreneurial thinking: promoting personal initiative and vision

Shaping the future: developing realistic and concrete professional goals

Network building: support in building a professional network

Counselling: access to experts from professional practice with valuable, practical insights

The mentoring programme provides support for the duration of two semesters with the following modules:

• Mentoring tandems: 1:1 mentoring by managers and musicians from the industry over a period of 2 semesters
• Networking: exchange and collaboration between mentees
• Personal development: strengthening individual competences
• International perspectives: Supporting international students in their professional orientation in the German-speaking cultural sphere
• Concrete results: Development of a business plan, guidance through application processes, reorientation (e.g. towards cultural management) or the acquisition of additional qualifications

Female HMTM students (from the 2nd year of Bachelor’s studies, no visiting students, no Erasmus students, no young students) and HMTM alumnae (up to max. 2 years after graduation) can apply for the mentoring programme.

Call to enter Mentoring programme 2025 (in German)

Applications are possible from 17 March 2025.

The following documents are required for the application:

• Questionnaire
• Curriculum vitae
• Describe your professional vision and your expectations of the programme. Why do you want to take part in the programme? In which area would you like support in order to achieve your professional goal?

Please send all documents via e-mail to: mentoring@hmtm.de

The closing date for entries is 11 April 2025.