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Old exams and exam reports are a central service of the student council for you! There are two ways to access materials from old exams in our student council office: Old exams, which can simply be copied, and exam reports from oral exams, which we also send by e-mail (see below).
Old exams
There are old exams from all subjects (Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science) from Bachelor’s and Master’s lectures. They are based either on the willingness of the professors to cooperate or on the willingness of students to “transcribe” the tasks of an exam for us (i.e., to copy them, of course in anonymized form). We are always happy to receive new input at fachschaft@mathphys.stura.uni-heidelberg.de (also handwritten; we then convert the whole thing into LaTeX).
Copying old exams is very easy: you just have to come to the student council office during office hours, register in our system and you can then borrow the folders for copying.
In addition, we also have an online old exam service, which is also worth a look.
Flashcards
Another service provided by the student council is a collection of Anki flashcard stacks. This can be found at
The collection depends on you as students sending us your stacks for courses. You can do this by clicking on the “Anki Stapel einreichen” button in the top right-hand corner. We will check each stack to see if it meets the general requirements. However, we cannot check whether the content of all cards is correct. So if you notice an error, please let us know!
Examination reports (for oral exams)
Exam reports can help you prepare for an oral exam (especially MVMod in the Physics Master’s program and “Staatsexamen” of all kinds) and are usually sent by e-mail. Simply send us an e-mail with your name, your Uni-ID (this is 5 digits and consists of 2 letters and 3 numbers) and the desired lectures and examiners.
Submit examination reports
We only have exam reports thanks to you students who submit your own exam reports! Please help us by sending us your exam report by e-mail in PDF format (optionally attach a TeX file) to
fachschaft@mathphys.stura.uni-heidelberg.de.
Thank you very much!
Formal requirements for examination reports
Apart from the file format, it is entirely up to you what you write in the report and what you don’t. Tip: Put yourself back in your shoes before the exam and think about what questions were on your mind. Feel free to pick up ideas from other reports or even improve them.
For the MVMod exam in particular, it is advisable to write the report in English, but you are of course welcome to choose the language in which you feel most confident.
In general, it is advisable not to state the exact date of the exam, but only the month and year, for the purpose of anonymization. We also like to read how much time you spent studying and what previous knowledge you had in order to put this number into context. A conclusion at the end as to whether you can recommend the examiner—does he give helpful tips or does he not even let you finish?