Buddy-/Mentoring-System
Our faculty's Buddy/Mentoring System (BMS) helps students develop their personal, social and academic skills within the university's vibrant environment.
The Buddy Mentoring System (BMS) is an initiative offered by the University of Innsbruck aimed at providing optimal support to students in their everyday university life. In addition to successfully completing courses and exams, a primary goal of the BMS is to help students become familiar with the university in an informal setting. Furthermore, we strive to encourage students in their academic progress, answer questions, and assist them in identifying their own challenges and goals. Although the program is not a form of coaching or similar, mentors are happy to help students access more specialized support when needed.
Buddys
Buddys are experienced students. They are happy to answer any questions regarding your study experience, especially early on in your program.
Mentors
Mentors are the university's academic staff, such as professors or research assistants. They are happy to help with various student concerns, and provide insights into research and career opportunities at the university. Mentors help students with problems during their studies and, depending on the situation, refer them to the right contact person.
Students
Students connect with each other through the program and can reach out to mentors/buddys for help with any questions related to their studies.
The BMS accompanies students throughout their entire studies. Especially at the beginning of the program, buddys and mentors help new students navigate everyday university life. For example, during the first meeting, the "first-semester tutorial", students can familiarize themselves with the university and make new friends. As the semester progresses, students receive useful tips and tricks from their buddys and mentors for successfully passing exams and planning the rest of their studies. In addition, regular exchanges take place, for instance, via the learning platform OpenOlat. The BMS OpenOlat course, which is accessible to all first-semester students at the start of their studies, can be viewed here.
The Buddy-Mentoring-System for the master's degree in experimental and empirical economics is supposed to support students not only in the beginning phase, but throughout the whole program. In addition to successfully completing courses and exams, a primary goal of the BMS is to familiarize students with the university in an informal setting. For further information join the OpenOlat course here.
More information on the Buddy-Mentoring-System for the PhD programm in Economics and Statistics can be found here soon...
New students will be informed about all details concerning the BMS at the beginning of their studies. However, feel free to reach out to the following contacts at any time!
The BMS Representatives:
Your Student Representatives: