Dear Cohort 2025 of GTIIT, welcome to join the vibrant hub of science and technology! At GTIIT campus, you'll find not only rigorous academics and exciting campus events, but also your Peer Mentors (PMs) who will guide you through the best ways to navigate university life.

GTIIT Peer Mentor Program Introduction

Since 2018, Guangdong Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT) has implemented the Peer Mentor Program, which actively responds to various needs of the freshmen in the admission stage through the experience and resources of outstanding senior students. Since the implementation of the program, PMs have become a bridge between the university and freshmen, helping the freshmen to get through the adaptation period as soon as possible and integrate into college life smoothly, as well as gaining great recognition and support from them. At the same time, the program helps in cultivating our students into holistic individuals with a strong sense of values. It greatly facilitates PMs' comprehensive abilities and extracurricular experience.

The Peer Mentor Program provides students with appropriate non-formal educational experiences to help them integrate into the campus, realize their potential and grow in a balanced manner. It proactively responds to the needs of freshmen and supports them through the adjustment period, with the university and PMs working together. The Department of Student Affairs also collaborates with other departments of the university, as well as external resources and networks, to assist students in their pursuit of all-round development.

Functions

• Establish a long-term and stable information exchange mechanism for students;

• Create a warm and friendly campus atmosphere to enhance students' sense of belonging to GTIIT;

• PMs provide care, guidance, advice and support to facilitate students' personal growth;

• Timely reach the real needs of students and provide assistance through effective communication between PMs and team members;

• Establish a practice-oriented leadership training mechanism, improving PMs' leadership, emotion management, public speaking, co-ordination and interpersonal skills;

• Set up a PM-leader-supervisor model, with the leading of excellent PMs and the supervising of Student Affairs Department, to form a virtuous cycle of mentoring.

PM Ice-breaking 

Honorary Peer Mentor Program

The Honorary Peer Mentor Program was launched for the first time this year, aiming to build a step-by-step nurturing system by relying on excellent senior peer mentors. a "mentoring and guidance" approach where experienced mentors support newcomers, the Honorary Peer Mentors can help new peer mentors quickly understand and learn the specific tasks, while also providing real-time follow-up and guidance on their progress, so as to achieve intergenerational inheritance of peer mentor experience and synergistic development.

Remember the moments from past Orientation Weeks?

PMs transformed into "GTIIT tour guides",

leading freshmen across campus and 

organizing creative ice-breaking activities—

melting away first-day jitters and helping everyone

feel at home in the GTIIT family.

More surprises are loading this year!

moments of the freshmen ice-breaking activities

Peer Mentors consist of experienced and supportive senior students who deeply understand the challenges you may face as newcomers—whether adapting to an English-taught environment and new teaching methods, making friends in an unfamiliar setting, or balancing academics and campus life. Driven by enthusiasm and firsthand experience, Peer Mentors are ready to serve as your solid support during your initial transition into GTIIT.

During the preparatory semester, Peer Mentors will organize various activities to help you quickly adapt to university life and studies. Key activities include: Ice-breaking sessions to build connections, information-sharing workshops on campus resources, dormitory visits for personalized guidance, experience-sharing panels with practical insights, emotional support channels for well-being, etc.

Best Wishes from PMs

Hello, fellow students! Welcome to GTIIT. Here, you can not only make nationwide friends but also meet professors from around the world who are both mentors and friends, experiencing the integration of different cultures. At the same time, you will also encounter unprecedented opportunities and challenges in your studies. Just be brave, discover your potential and realize your dreams here. As your peer mentors, we will do our best to help you adapt to GTIIT as soon as possible during your early days here. Welcome again to this new world full of unknowns!

Welcome to GTIIT! Whether you are a local or come here across thousands of mountains and rivers, I want to tell you that this will be your second home! These four years will be an adventure full of possibilities. Don't be afraid of getting lost. I believe you will find love here, meet confidants, and reap your own youthful glory! GTIIT will bring you a new learning experience with its unique teacher resources and rich experimental equipment. As PMs, we will help you and share our experiences, so you can adapt to the new life here as quick as possible. Move forward with hope!

Hello, freshmen of the Class of 2025! Stepping into university for the first time, you might have many confusions. My job is to help you adjust to this new environment. Whether it's how to choose courses, how to go from being polite to getting along well with your roommates, or how to book the gym, please feel free to reach out to us anytime. Actually, the most wonderful thing about university doesn't lie in instantly fitting in, but in gradually exploring - like raising your hand to ask questions in class, sharing ideals with newly met friends, or striking up a conversation with someone who catches your eye. These little moments slowly turn the unfamiliar into something familiar. We are looking forward to being with you. Let's walk this journey together—it will surely be lively and worthwhile.

Look forward to working closely with you 

as you embark on your unique GTIIT journey! 

See you in the upcoming August!

Text: GTIIT Student Affairs Department, GTIIT News & Public Affairs

Photos: Zhao Nanxiang