IMP Certificate in cooperation with Pedagogy Institute

This certificate is specifically aimed at students of Education at the University of Koblenz.
It offers you the opportunity to gain intercultural experience, actively engage in campus life, and purposefully expand your personal network within an educational context.

Area of responsibility
(Contact and organizational time: 30 hours)

  • Initial contact with international students
    (The IRO matches new international students with their mentors and provides the contact information.)

  • Attendance at IMP training – 1.5 hours
    (Organized and conducted by the IRO.)

  • Support for international students during their first weeks – 3 hours
    (Mentors independently decide which events they want to accompany the new students to and inform the IRO via email.
    Examples: Accompanying them to the immigration office, city registration, accommodation matters, being a team member at the university rally, meetups in the city/on campus, etc.)

  • One independently organized excursion – minimum of 4 hours
    (Mentors inform the IRO about the excursion program via IMP OLAT course.)

  • Only in the winter semester:
    Participation in 7 sessions of the seminar "Intercultural Communication and Multilingualism", offered by the Institute of Cultural Studies – 10 hours (7 sessions)

  • Meetings with first-semester students – 5 hours
    (E.g. accompanying them to the immigration office, city registration, accommodation, etc.)

  • Participation in events – minimum of 5 hours
    (Including involvement in planning and organizing.)

  • Attendance at the reflection event (thank-you party from mentees to mentors) – 1.5 hours
    (Organized and conducted by the IRO.)