Mentorship

2025 UXPA Mentorship Program

Apply by September 30, 2025

Fall cohort: October 2025 - January 2026

What It Is

UXPA International’s mentorship program is a four-month, structured program that connects experienced user experience (UX) professionals with students and early-career practitioners. Pairs are matched based on goals, areas of expertise, and interests of support practical growth, career guidance, and professional networking.

The program launched in spring 2019. The first cohort matched 111 mentees with 83 mentors and created long-lasting friendships that continued beyond the program. Since then, UXPA International has run cohorts annually, matching additional mentees with mentors each year. We look forward to welcoming you to the program.

How It Works

A simple four-step process:

Key Dates

Completing a mentee application does not guarantee that you will be matched. In the event that we do not have enough mentors, you may be added to a waitlist for the next cohort.

Why Join?

For Mentors: Give back to the UX Community, strengthen coaching and leadership skills, and expand your professional network.

For Mentees: Learn from experienced practitioners, get personalized guidance on your goals, and build skills and confidence.

Who Can Apply?

Learn more about membership and its benefits

FAQs

Here are some frequent questions we receive about the program from both mentors and mentees. Have a question you don’t see here? Email us at education@uxpa.org.

If you make a few attempts to connect with your mentor or mentee and don’t hear back, let us know and we’ll find you a new person to work with.

Yes! We understand that not all matches are perfect. If you feel that you and your mentor aren’t a good fit, let us know and we’ll match you with someone else.

Yes and many mentors do! As long as you have time to work with more than one, we are happy to match you with more than one mentee.

Of course! If you and your mentor are able, we would hope that you would continue to work together past the duration of the cohort.

Yes! You can join the program as long as you like. We don’t have any restrictions on how many times you can sign up.

Sign Up Before September 30, 2025!

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