Mentoring: The University of Cologne offers several mentoring programs to students, among them:

• The Cornelia Harte Mentoring (CHM) is aimed at women on their professional path in business, science and industry: https://verwaltung.uni-koeln.de/abteilung43/content/mentoring/cornelia_harte_mentoring/index_eng.html
• The IFS Mentoring program is directed at international female scholars: https://pe.uni-koeln.de/karriere/mentoring/ifs_mentoring/index_eng.html
• First Generation Doctorate Mentoring: The program is a unique mentoring program in Germany for doctoral candidates and advanced master students with a non-academic family background. https://pe.uni-koeln.de/karriere/mentoring/first_generation_promotion_mentoring_/index_eng.html

Support:

• The Department of Physics has established a team of ombudspersons who can offer support in cases of discrimination. Contact information as well as an anonymous mailbox and other contact points at the University of Cologne can be found here

• Students struggling with mental health can find a collection of information and support here