Mentoring Meetings

The mentoring meetings are designed to establish a trust-based and productive student-mentor relationship, to clarify mutual expectations and working relationships, to guide the PhD students through their professional development, and to assess the overall status and direction of the project.

Yearly mentoring meetings are a mandatory requirement and the PhD program recommends that they occur more frequently at the start of the PhD. For students employed by the University of Vienna, the annual staff appraisal (Jahresgespräch) can serve as a substitute.

The Mentoring Meeting Guide (PDF) contains discussion points and questions that aim at helping students to independently review their project progress and overall professional development in preparation for the mentoring meeting