Tutoring Regulations at FGGS

  1. Tutoring is conducted by staff members of the Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań who hold a Tutor Certificate.
  2. A tutor may supervise a maximum of two students in a given academic year.
  3. Tutoring is carried out in the amount of 6 hours per student, or 12 hours in the case of two students, in the form of individual meetings and is tailored to the student’s interests.
  4. Recruitment to the programme is conducted by the FGGS Council of Tutors at AMU on the basis of a student’s letter of motivation, which should include information about their interests in the field of natural sciences and their motivation for joining the programme. A consultation between the tutor and the candidate may take place. Detailed recruitment procedures are specified in the Rules for Admission to the FGGS Tutoring Programme.
  5. The topic of tutoring is selected during individual meetings between students and tutors.
  6. No later than the second meeting, the student and the tutor sign a tutoring agreement defining the rules of cooperation. The details of the agreement are established by the tutor in consultation with the student.
  7. Tutoring is completed once the arrangements defined in the tutoring agreement have been fulfilled and a positive evaluation has been issued by the tutor.
  8. Upon the student’s request, information about the completed tutoring will be included in the Diploma Supplement.
  9. Completed tutoring will be confirmed by a certificate issued by the Chair of the FGGS Council of Tutors.
  10. Any matters not regulated by these provisions shall be resolved by the Council of Tutors.

Approved by the FGGS Council of Tutors on 28 June 2022; amended on 22 February 2023, 19 September 2023, and 24 September 2024.