BeBuddy

Contact

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Dominika Lichteveld

Betreuungsprogramme / BeBuddy / Interkulturelle Trainerin

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+49 241 80 90833

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"Be Buddy" is an informal mentoring programme initiated by the International Office of RWTH Aachen University which aims to enable newly enrolled international students to adjust to university life and living in a new city, and to meet, mix with, and learn from other RWTH students. Thus the International Office is intent on matching up each international student with an experienced RWTH student – if possible from the same faculty – who is to provide support and general information.

The BeBuddy programme is also a part of the Certificate-International initiative.

 
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What is a Buddy?

Buddies are socially engaged RWTH student volunteers from all faculties who would like to meet international students and support them in the process of settling into university life in Aachen and adjust to their new surroundings. Buddies support their mentees by offering informal advice on practical issues and by discussing with their mentees the specifics of their degree course. As experienced students, they act as informal mentors of the newly arrived international students, who are thus also called "mentees".

You are an RWTH Student and you Wish to Offer your Assistance as a Buddy?

For more information, e.g. on how to register as a buddy as well as benefits involved in doing this sort of voluntary work, please visit our Buddies web page.

 

You are a (prospective) international student (Mentee) who would like to be supported?

If so, please find more information on our Mentees web site.

 

Testimonials

Anton Shavin Copyright: © Martin Braun
“The BeBuddy Program is cool, because freshmen can ask their personal Buddy about studying and living in Aachen. This way, it is much easier to get all the information you need for starting your life in a new city.”

Anton Shavin

Anton Shavin Copyright: © Martin Braun
“The BeBuddy Program is cool, because freshmen can ask their personal Buddy about studying and living in Aachen. This way, it is much easier to get all the information you need for starting your life in a new city.”

Anton Shavin

Bruno de Castro Copyright: © Martin Braun
“The BeBuddy program helped me start my life here in Aachen because there was somebody I could always ask about anything that I needed or wanted to know.”

Bruno de Castro

Hannah Wienecke Copyright: © Martin Braun
“When you are a stranger in another country, sometimes even the smallest tasks are too difficult, whereas it isn't a problem at all to a buddy. I've gone through two days of intercultural training with the IO in order to become a buddy.”

Hannah Wienecke

Fanyu Meng Copyright: © Martin Braun
“I joined the BeBuddy program just before I left for Germany. I was looking forward to finding a friend, who could communicate with me in English and German.”

Fanyu Meng