Mentorship at Domuni Universitas

18 august 2025

Distance learning is a valuable opportunity. It enables students to reconcile university education with other personal or professional commitments, without the need to travel or depend on a rigid timetable. This learning method opens the door to greater autonomy, organizational freedom, and better adaptation to individual life circumstances. However, this freedom also comes with challenges: how can students navigate through the vast number of online courses available? How can they structure their work, set priorities, establish a timetable, and remain consistent? How can they remain on course when studying alone in front of a screen? These questions are common among distance learning students, especially at the beginning of their academic journey, but sometimes also throughout the academic year.

Personalized Support to Progress with Confidence in Your Studies

Aware of these challenges, Domuni Universitas has implemented a mentoring programme. This initiative is designed to provide regular and personalized support, aimed at assisting students throughout their academic journey. It is not an additional course nor an extra assessment, but rather a methodological and human support system. The mentoring programme seeks to make the distance learning experience smoother, more motivating, and more successful.

Role and Objectives of Mentoring

The mentoring programme offered by Domuni Universitas does not replace courses, instructors, or the academic team. It is a complementary support system, focused on transversal skills and essential work methods required for success in an online learning environment. The objectives are multiple.

First, the programme aims to help each student develop a work method adapted to their pace and personal constraints. Distance learning requires a specific type of autonomy: managing one’s time effectively, setting realistic goals, planning the stages of an assignment or dissertation, and avoiding dispersion. The mentoring programme provides concrete tools to support these competencies.

Second, mentoring offers a space for dialogue and motivation. Academic work is demanding, and students frequently experience periods of discouragement or doubt. Being able to share experiences with other students, benefit from the supportive guidance of an experienced mentor, and receive practical advice are all factors that help strengthen perseverance.

Finally, mentoring provides regular human contact. Studying online does not mean being isolated: the programme allows students to connect, even remotely, with peers facing similar challenges, fostering relationships that enrich the academic journey.

A Simple and Structured Operation

The mentoring programme is organized around groups of ten to fifteen students at the same level, either bachelor or master. Each group is supported by a mentor who facilitates the sessions and ensures the smooth conduct of interactions.

Specifically, the programme includes ten collective online sessions spread over the academic year, from October to June. Meetings are held via videoconference, approximately once per month. Each session lasts one and a half hours, allowing the discussion of a specific topic while leaving time for exchanges.

The environment is intentionally supportive and pressure-free. No assessments are conducted during the sessions: the space is designed as a practical learning environment and a place for mutual encouragement. The regularity of the meetings fosters group dynamics that sustain students over time.

Practical And Relevant Themes For All Students

Mentoring sessions focus on practical topics that are transversal across disciplines and academic programmes. The aim is to provide students with strategies to organize themselves and work more effectively.

Topics include, for instance:

How to read a course effectively and retain the essential content?
Which note-taking methods are most suitable for distance study?
How to prepare for a synthesis exam?
The steps involved in writing an academic assignment or a master’s thesis?
How to use the digital tools provided by Domuni, particularly the Moodle platform, digital libraries, and online resources?
What strategies enable effective communication with the academic team to obtain necessary assistance?
How to stay on track, maintain motivation, and overcome periods of fatigue or doubt?

Each session combines methodological input from the mentor with exchanges among students, allowing everyone to share challenges and solutions. Emphasis is placed on practical application: the goal is for each student to leave with methods they can immediately implement in their personal work.

Support That Can Go Further

While the primary framework of mentoring is collective, the programme also provides the possibility of individual follow-up. At times, a student may go through a more difficult period or require personalized advice for a specific issue. In such cases, the mentor may offer an individual meeting in order to provide more targeted support.

The mentor’s role is not to replace instructors nor to provide subject-specific answers, but rather to listen, encourage, and guide students towards the appropriate contacts within Domuni Universitas. This dimension of personalized support represents a reassuring safety net for students.

A Voluntary And Free Programme

Mentoring is offered free of charge to all bachelor’s and master’s students who wish to benefit from it. Registration is voluntary, either upon entering Domuni Universitas or at the beginning of the academic year. Interested students simply need to express their wish to join a mentoring group corresponding to their level.

This free access reflects Domuni Universitas’ commitment to providing comprehensive support to its students. Academic success does not depend solely on the quality of courses or the richness of resources, but also on students’ ability to stay organized, remain motivated, and feel supported.

Why Choose Mentoring?

Enrolling in the mentoring programme first means choosing not to be alone. It is a decision to move forward with others, to share both difficulties and achievements, and to benefit from the experience of a mentor who understands the challenges of distance learning.

It is also a way of learning how to learn. The methods acquired through mentoring are not only useful during the bachelor’s or master’s years, but also constitute transferable skills that remain valuable throughout one’s professional journey. Finally,

mentoring embodies one of the core values of Domuni Universitas: even at a distance, each student belongs to a community, and this community is built through exchange, mutual support, and solidarity.

Mentoring at Domuni Universitas offers a concrete response to the challenges of online learning. By combining study methods, group interaction, individual follow-up, and supportive guidance, it helps students succeed more effectively and experience their academic journey with confidence. Free, voluntary, and accessible at all levels, this programme is fully aligned with Domuni’s mission: to provide an education that is both rigorous and humane, where every student can find the help they need to move forward.