Mentors: MINGA Registration

Welcome to the Mentor registration for the MINGA Mentoring Program at TUM Department of Informatics!
All fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required. Additional information can be entered at the end of the form.
An email confirming your registration will be sent to your email address. If you have any further questions, please contact us via minga-mentoring@in.tum.de.

Your tasks as a mentor
By signing up as a MINGA Mentor, you agree to voluntarily assist your assigned Mentee during his or her stay. This includes, but is not limited to, supporting them in administrative matters, study questions, choice of courses, searching for accommodation, adaptation to life in Munich, and further questions.

Win-Win Situation - international preparation and intercultural learning
Learn more about the MINGA Mentoring Program, its activities and its benefits for MINGA Mentors: http://www.cit.tum.de/cit/minga

Your MINGA Matching
The match with your Mentee will be made based on the information you provide. That's why you should perceive this form as a way to tell us whom you would like to meet and what you would like to share with your Mentee. This registration matches Mentors with international students of the intake for winter semester 2024/2025. International students arrive usually between August and October 2024.

Commitment
You are expected to spend some time together, as much as your schedule allows it, especially at the beginning of the semester. We expect you to be available by email before and during the arrival time of your Mentee and at the start of the semester. You should approach your Mentee yourself and be active right after the matching in August 2024 (or respectively after a possible second matching, details TBA).
There might be some breaks in the communication (e.g. during examination period or travelling time) but make sure that both sides of the MINGA Mentoring Match know about it.

We expect you to get in touch with your Mentee via email as soon as possible once you are matched. Please let us know if you receive no response!

Slack Group
All event organization, communication and creation of interest groups for the MINGA Mentoring program will happen on Slack, a free app/web service. You will receive an invitation by email after you have been successfully matched. Please pay close attention to our Slack channels as we will announce news, events and important information only via Slack. If you decide to use Slack as an app on your phone, consider enabling notifications. You can find more information about it here: https://slack.com.

Senior Mentors

We are also looking for so-called Senior Mentors who will assume a responsible representative role. They will keep the Slack group active, make sure that Mentees receive assistance, help out where required and let us know of any issues. Secondly, we are inviting the group of Senior Mentors to plan MINGA Mentoring events for all current MINGA members or within a specific Slack interest group. We can provide some funding and support, so this is a great opportunity to get creative, meet new friends and organize something fun and exciting for our members. The amount of time everyone can and wants to invest in his or her activities as a senior mentor is left to everyone's individual decision. If you are interested, please indicate in the form below and we will add you to our group of experienced Senior Mentors.

Deadline

You can apply for being a MINGA Mentor in summer semester 2024 until Sunday, September 22, 2024 23:59 CET where you will be considered for the matching round! In the weeks thereafter, the matching will take place, and you will be notified by email about the matching results.

MINGA Mentoring - Registration for Mentors

Personal information

First Name(s) *	Please enter your first name(s) as it appears (they appear) in your passport.
Family Name *	Please enter your family name as it appears in your passport.
Gender *
Birth date *
Email *	This address will be used for all MINGA correspondence. Please make sure you provide a working address. Your match will receive this address in order to contact you.
Nationality *
TUM study program *	Please indicate your IN.TUM study program. MINGA Mentoring is open for students of TUM Informatics only.

Language skills

We expect all applicants to have a sufficient knowledge of English and do not consider English skills for matching.

German skills *

Are your German skills good enough to converse with a mentee learning German?

Please indicate up to 3 languages, in descending order of the level of your skills, that you would be able / would like to speak / practice with your Mentee.

Language 1
Language 2
Language 3

You can indicate a preferred Mentee country if you like. You may skip this step.

Depending on availability, we may or may not be able to consider your wish. We expect you to be open to support Mentees of any nationality.

Hobbies and interests

Indicate up to 3 hobbies or interests (min. 1), in descending order of priority, that you can imagine to share/practice with your Mentee in Munich. Consequently, you may skip one or more of these fields.
Hobbies are grouped together in interest areas; you will be able to further differentiate them according to your interests in Slack.
Please note that we do not list any hobbies like programming, hacking, etc. as we belong to the Department for Informatics - rest assured that you will have ample opportunity to practice computer science-related hobbies and skills anyway.

Hobby 1 *
Hobby 2
Hobby 3

Availability, capacities and commitment

Your capacities of mentoring support - number of mentees *	Please indicate if you have the capacities to support one, two or three Mentees.
Availability *	Please indicate the date from which on you will be available in Munich for your mentee (actual date, not start of semester). If unclear, please provide your best guess. We expect you to be in contact with your mentee via email immediately after the matching (even if you are only later available in person).

Senior mentoring

Interested in becoming a Senior Mentor? *

Commitment

You are expected to spend some time with your Mentee, provided your schedule allows it, especially at the beginning of the semester.
We expect you, as a MINGA Mentor, to approach your Mentee yourself and be active right after the matching. Send an email as soon as possible and plan a meeting immediately after his/her arrival in Germany if possible.
There might be some breaks in the communication (e.g. during examination period oder travelling time) but make sure that both sides of the MINGA Mentoring Match know about it.
We expect you to meet about once a month. It is not necessary to meet as a pair - you are very welcome to use our MINGA events to meet and catch up with your Mentee. Please pay attention to the respective Slack channels to receive relevant information.

I have read the commitment rules and agree to follow them.

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Additional comments

Additional comments

Do you have any further comments or wishes? Please note that we may or may not be able to address your remarks. If you're planning on or are in the process of obtaining an Intercultural Certificate, please inform us here.

I confirm that the data I filled in is correct and complete. I have read the information carefully and agree to take part as a Mentor in MINGA Mentoring Program. I agree that my email address is forwarded to my Mentee. I agree to join the MINGA Mentoring Slack group. I agree with the folowwing privacy policy.

DECLARATION OF CONSENT
With your permission, your data will be collected, processed, and used for the following purposes: Mentors: MINGA Registration and matching
The collection, processing, and use of your data take place on a voluntary basis. Your data will be saved for 5 years.
Furthermore, you can revoke your consent at any time without any adverse consequences.

Please send any notice of cancellation to:
Technische Universität München; CIT Informatics, Boltzmannstrasse 3, 85748 Garching; E-Mail: student-exchange@in.tum.de

In the event of cancellation, your data will be deleted upon receipt of your notice.
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DATA CHECK
I have checked my entries and confirm they are complete and correct

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