What is Alumni Mentorship Programme?
The NUS College of Design and Engineering Alumni Mentorship Programme is an initiative to build a strong and dynamic relationship between the alumni and student community, one that is mutually beneficial to both parties professionally. The programme aims to provide opportunities for students to learn about work and life outside university, from established alumni of NUS College of Design and Engineering.
Mentorship Information
The mentorship programme is conducted once a year. Each mentor is matched with one to three students over a 7-month mentorship period from October to May.
Activities
- Recommended three meetings between mentor and mentees during the mentorship period.
- Average length of each meeting around one hour, or as the mentor sees fit.
- Meetings can also take the form of email exchanges, phone chats, tea/lunch chats, office or site visits, or even attendance at a company event or meeting as the mentor sees fit.
- Meetings to include advice on matters regarding the Mentor’s area of expertise, work and life outside the university, career path development, and matters relating to professional practices.
Welcome and Sharing Session
A Welcome and Sharing Session is held at the start of each semester. Mentors and their new mentees are introduced to one another during this session and at the same time, mentees who are joining the programme for the second time will also share their experiences.
Volunteer as an Alumni Mentor
We are looking for CDE alumni with at least 5 years of working experience to volunteer as mentors. Each mentor will be matched by the college on a best-match basis with one or two students over a 7-month mentorship period. Read more about it here.
CDE Alumni Mentorship Programme appeals for alumni who graduated from the Department of Architecture, Built Environment or Industrial Design to join as mentors.
If you have already been a mentor in the past, there is no need to re-apply as we have you recorded in our mentor database and will reach out when there is a match. In the event that there are changes to your personal particulars, please have them updated here.
Sharing
Mentor Sharing by Ramya Bhaskar
Listen to what NUS Alumni mentor, Ms Ramya Bhaskar, has to say on building successful Mentor-Mentee relationships.
Mentee Sharing by Ethan Kwong
"The Alumni Mentorship Programme provides insight into the engineering work-life that is typically unavailable to undergraduates. Life experience, company culture and the appropriate skills to pursue are rarely obtainable as an undergraduate and the wealth of advice from mentors will provide a stable outlook on a typically uncertain future."
Welcome & Get-Together Sessions
