Mentoring
The Mentoring Department, which was established in the winter semester 2012/2013, organises the mentoring programme and offers first-year students the opportunity to take part in group mentoring in their core subject. The main objectives of this mentoring programme are to support students at the beginning of their studies, to assist them in planning their studies, developing learning strategies, writing term papers, and dealing with or reducing exam anxiety. The programme also provides information about the comprehensive range of advisory services offered by the Department of Philosophy and the Humanities and Freie Universität Berlin and encourages and supports networking among students. In the mentoring groups first-year students of a subject (mentees) are guided by experienced students (mentors). In addition, the Mentoring Department, in cooperation with the institutes and the Career Service, organizes events to support students at the beginning of their studies as well as in their transition to professional life.