Discover

DISCOVER MENTORING PROGRAM

🔗Application for Discover mentoring for the academic year 2026/2027

Discover Mentoring is a free five-month programme that connects you with a Discover tutor or organiser who can support you in working towards your academic, professional, or personal goals. Through one-on-one mentoring, personalised guidance, and exclusive career-development events, you’ll gain practical advice, feedback, and support along the way.

Programme at a glance

Duration: 5 months (5 September 2026 – 6 February 2027)
Free of charge: Participation is completely free.
Open to everyone: Programme communication and events are held online and in English, making the programme accessible to Czech, Slovak and international participants. You are, however, free to communicate with your mentor in any language that suits you both.
Individual mentoring: Meet independently with your mentor throughout the programme to work towards your personal or academic goals.
Exclusive events: Gain access to mentees-only online workshops and events, including topics such as personal statement writing, CV preparation, career planning, and soft skills development.

WHAT IS DISCOVER MENTORING?

Discover Mentoring is a five-month programme that extends the Discover experience beyond the academy week.

As a mentee, you are paired with a mentor of your own choice- one of Discover’s tutors or organisers (young professionals) whose experience and career path resonate with your own aspirations. Their role is not to tell you what to do, but to help you identify your goals, think through your next steps, and provide personalised guidance based on their own experiences.

Whether you want to prepare a university application, explore a particular field of study, improve your time management, become more involved in your community, or simply gain advice from someone who has already been where you are, your mentor is there to support your journey.

The programme is built around your initiative and commitment. You decide what you want to achieve, take ownership of your progress, and regularly discuss your development with your mentor. Additonally you become part of the Discover Mentoring community and gain access to exclusive online workshops and networking opportunities available only to programme participants.

Although all official programme communication and workshops take place in English, your meetings with your mentor can happen in any language. If English is a concern, don’t hesitate to join anyway- we are happy to provide bilingual communication whenever needed.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Think about your goal

Start by asking yourself what you would like to achieve over the next five months. For example, you might want to:

receive feedback on university applications,
learn what studying a particular subject is really like,
improve your study habits or time management,
explore career options,
become more involved in extracurricular activities,
or work towards any other personal or academic goal.

2. Contact a mentor

Reach out directly to a Discover tutor or organiser whose experience matches your goals and ask whether they would be willing to mentor you. You can do this either in person during the academy, or via email afterwards.

Please contact your chosen mentor first before submitting your application form.

3. Submit the application form

Only after your mentor has agreed should you complete the application form by 21 August 2026.

By start of September, the mentoring coordinator, will contact you with all further information.

Please note that we will also confirm your mentor’s availability with them once more. In the unlikely event that they are no longer able to participate, we will do our best to figure out an alternative with you. Regardless of mentor availability, you will still be welcome to attend the programme events.

4. Kick-Off

The programme officially begins on 5 September 2026 with an online Kick-Off meeting.

WHAT MAKES DISCOVER MENTORING UNIQUE?

Discover aims to encourage ownership in students, teaching them to actively seek out support and make the most of opportunities. Unlike many other mentoring programs, students are responsible for forming their own mentoring pairs.

Students have the chance to meet potential mentors during the Discover Summer Academy and discuss their goals with them directly. This allows them to try out mentoring collaboration before officially entering the program and see if the partnership is a good personal and professional fit.

After completing the Discover Mentoring program, which typically lasts six months, mentoring pairs can continue their journey through the Yoda Mentorship program (if the student and the mentor are able to communicate in Czech or Slovak). This offers them the opportunity to join a wider mentoring community and participate in a further series of events.