Offers for students (free of charge!)

Science subjects are popular at the University of Münster and have a lot to offer. However, it is well known that drop-out rates in science subjects are high throughout Germany. There are various reasons for this. Especially in the introductory phase of their studies, many students are faced with new and high demands. In our experience, in addition to subject-related difficulties, difficulties in self-organization and self-control are often reasons why students cannot keep up with their workload. For example, they may have problems with regularly completing their exercise sheets and lose touch early on. This can lead to demoralization, performance problems, a high perceived study load and even dropping out.

Our special “STEM.projekt” offer is aimed in particular at students in their first three Bachelor's semesters. After an orientation and in-depth discussion and diagnosis of the issue, we offer individual counseling and group training.

In detail, we have the following offers for students in the STEM.projekt:

Self-test

In a 30-minute German self-test, you can have your own procrastination behavior assessed anonymously online. There is immediate feedback and, if necessary, recommendations as to which further steps would be useful.

STEM.advice

In specific individual and group counseling sessions, the respective problems in connection with procrastination and other work disorders are worked on in up to 10 sessions. Appropriately trained therapists provide support on topics such as “strategies against procrastination”, “problems with study groups”, “lack of motivation”, “personal study organization” or “thoughts of dropping out”.

Further information and registrations can be made by telephone on 0251-83-31344 or mint.projekt@uni-muenster.de. We look forward to hearing from you!

Offers for lecturers, advisors and colleagues

In addition to specific offers and measures for students, we are also active in the area of prevention and education on the subject of procrastination and study organization. Here are some examples of our current projects for lecturers, advisors and colleagues:

Mentoring workshops

We have been supporting science mentoring programs at the University of Münster since 2014. With our expertise on topics such as *conducting conversations* or *dealing with difficult situations*, we support prospective mentors in chemistry and mathematics, for example, with *practical workshops*

Pre-courses

We have been active in the preliminary mathematics courses since 2015: in addition to the excellent subject-specific preparation by lecturers from the Department of Mathematics, we offer an interdisciplinary section on *self-management*. It is about *study orientation*, *learning and working strategies* and a *“smooth” start to your studies* so that your studies can be successful - and also feel good. The feedback from participating students is very positive every year.

Information events

We present our services at numerous university events and offer to support lecturers who want to integrate the topic into their courses.

Cooperation

•  We cooperate with the student councils of the relevant subjects and are present with our offer during the O-weeks, for example.
• We work together with those responsible from the departments of Mathematics & Computer Science and Chemistry in mentoring programs and preliminary courses.
• We are in regular contact with the departmental student advisors in order to coordinate the services offered to students and provide targeted support as quickly as possible in individual cases. Of course, maintaining confidentiality always remains our top priority.

Are you interested in further information, a presentation from us at one of your events or a collegial exchange?  Then we look forward to hearing from you! You can do this by telephone on 0251-83-31344 or by e-mail to mint.projekt@uni-muenster.de.

Contact

Are you interested in further information, a presentation from us at one of your events or a collegial exchange?  Then we look forward to hearing from you! You can do this by telephone on 0251-83-31344 or by e-mail to mint.projekt@uni-muenster.de.