• To facilitate the educational, social and personal growth of mentees
• To develop mentees' fullest potential, vision and aspirations for the future
• To enhance mentees' future professional and career development
• To help groom mentees to become preferred graduates
• To empower mentees to face challenges in society

Mentors will serve as advisors, coaches and counsellors by sharing experience with mentees on social and communication techniques, leadership and management skills and advising mentees on issues related to their academic and personal growth and development.

Undergraduates can gain valuable knowledge from mentors so that they can learn to appreciate wider aspects of experience outside the classroom.

The mentor and the mentee would agree on the level of commitment, mode and frequency of interaction, as well as the preferred focus through the mentorship process.

Each mentor is encouraged to take on more than one mentee during the same period. Regular contact, by organizing individual or group meetings with mentees a few times during the year, should be scheduled so that mentees can obtain advice and guidance from mentors on topics of diverse interest.

Various communication methods may be used, such as:

• regular contacts via telephone, e-mail, etc.
• regular meetings
• campus visits conducted by mentees
• workplace visits orientated by mentors
• leisure and social activities

These will vary according to particular needs.

Mentors contribute to society by aiding in the development of PolyU undergraduates.

The scheme also provides an excellent opportunity for mentors to identify and recruit talented and promising graduates. By helping the University, alumni have the opportunity to support their Alma Mater in fulfilling its mission to produce "preferred graduates" as well as a new breed of young professionals for the community at large.

Mentors not only gain professional satisfaction, but also public recognition. The University will acknowledge mentors for their contribution and dedication.