Mentoring and Support Programs
Would you like to attend intensive courses, get an early start into research, or collaborate with students from different departments? Or maybe you’d like to establish a network for your future career, or get career coaching from an experienced professor?
Mentoring and special programs offer all these possibilities and more for TUM Informatics students. If you’re looking to get more out of your studies, have a look at the offers – there’s something for everyone!
To find the best suitable scholarship European Funding Guide will help you!
The Department of Informatics promotes the best two percent of its students by a special program, independent of the participation in another program and without obligation for the promoted students. In particular, the promotion shall confront the best students with open and especially difficult issues in Informatics. It could be a task for your generation to find solutions! Besides, you get advice as to your study, opportunities for discussion, tools, and in some favourable cases even a working place in the institute. Prof. Arndt Bode and Vivija Čeprkalo-Simić (Arndt.Bode(at)lrz.de, ceprkalo(at)in.tum.de) guide the promotion, which comprises the following elements:
- Getting an early insight into current and (maybe) open issues in informatics research at a chair of your choice. Information about external promotion opportunities.For external study, internships, and research, support is given for selection and application, in Germany and abroad, in science and industry.
- Recommendations to the department with respect to the development of Informatics Teaching, in particular from the point of view of the best students.
- Continuous information about scientific events of the department.
- Nomination for the central TUM promotion programs “Junge Akademie” (Young Academy) with its focus on interdisciplinarity, soft skills and personality evolution. The Young Academy comprises an interdisciplinary project, meetings with exponents from economy and public life, evening meetings devoted to particular themes, excursions, weekend seminars.
- Special courses, e.g. “Pearls of Informatics”.
- Certificate which states that you belong to the best two percent of the Department’s students.
Membership in best.in.tum is based on the study of performance (by the end of the third term), or on recommendations based on particular contributions to the Department. The Department will invite you, if you are qualified for membership. The membership ends with exmatriculation.
Mentoring and support programs offered by TUM Informatics include:
best.in.tum – mentoring program for outstanding students
Pearls of Informatics – during their basic studies, selected students take part in a special two-hour course every semester
Summer School Marktoberdorf – a two-week summer course on Software Engineering and (formal) techniques and tools for development of dependable Software Systems
State Subsidies
Academic Advising Informatics – personalized support from TUM Informatics staff
Deloitte foundation - Scholarships for the best students of STEM fields and economic scienes, selection by the chair of Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Bungartz (information only in german available)
TUM Informatics students are able to participate in the many programs arranged by TUM centrally for talented students, including:
Mentoring at TUM – professional and supplementary skills training programs in all areas
TUM: Junge Akademie – supports outstanding, highly dedicated students and young alumni
Ferienakademie Sarntal – intensive summer courses in specialized subjects
Deutschlandstipendium - The Germany Scholarship provides financial and non-material support to high-achieving and committed students from all over the world.
TUM Diversity - Services to support the professional and personal development, as well as career planning for female students and young female professionals
Manage and More Scholarship - Teaches students to think and act entrepreneurially through hands-on projects, workshops and coaching
TUM Scholarships - Scholarship programs offered directly through TUM
TUM Informatics professors are engaged in many nationwide and Bavarian organizations that organize courses, scholarships, and mentoring programs for selected students.
Learn more:
Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation) - Promotes academic consolidation, interdisciplinary dialogue, a cosmopolitan world view and international experience
Elite Network of Bavaria - Designed for gifted students and young scientists
Bavarian Elite Academy - Supports gifted and motivated students from all of Bavaria’s universities on their way to becoming responsible leaders in the future.
Stipendium Plus – Promoting Young Talent in Higher Education - Provides an overview of support possibilities to students and young researchers with special talents
Software Campus - Trains and professionally develops tomorrow's senior IT executives while opening up excellent career prospects to young IT experts in Germany
Avicenna-Studienwerk - only for students and PhD candidates with very good German language skills
informatica feminale - Each year, Informatica Feminale offers compact teaching on computer science for female students at all levels of higher education and for women interested in continuing education.
Hilde Domin Programme - The funding is intended to support students at risk worldwide as well as doctoral candidates who are denied the right to education in their country of origin by enabling them to take up or continue their studies in Germany