Just in time for Diversity Day, the mentoring program for female Master's students at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering “Breaking the Glass Ceiling - early installation of professional networks for female engineers” is entering its third round. Interested parties can apply until June 30, 2024.

Female role models in industry are still hard to find and even harder for female students to reach. This is where the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering comes in with the mentoring program BreakING, which connects female Master's students with experienced female managers. The structured program teaches skills that support successful career entry and strategic career planning - above all, it brings female students together with women who have been holding their own in “typical” male industries for many years.

In discussions with their mentors, with other mentees and as part of coaching sessions, BreakING participants have the opportunity to talk openly about topics that concern them, to exchange ideas with each other as equals (peer mentoring) and at the same time to be supported by experts in specific areas and to advance their personal development. In addition, the participants meet other female managers at fireside evenings, from whose experiences they can also learn and benefit.