Dear fellow students,

we hope you’ve had a good start to the 2026/27 winter semester. To ensure that everything continues to run smoothly, we’d like to share some information with you about the activities our fachschaft is offering during the lecture period.

Office Hours / Counseling

We have changed our office hours. During the lecture period, our office hours will be on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., as well as on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.. We hope these new office hours will allow us to better accommodate your class schedules and be there for you :)

During office hours, you can stop by with any organizational questions about your studies and get help “from students, for students.” If you have urgent problems or questions, however, don’t hesitate to reach out to us also outside of our official office hours. We have a contact form on our website for this purpose, and of course, you can reach us by email. Last-minute changes to individual office hours will be announced on our website and our Instagram channel (@fmc.kit).

Past Exams

With the start of the lecture period, we are temporarily suspending the sale of official past exams. We need this time to request this year’s exams from the institutes and add them to our collections. We will resume the sale of past exams well in advance of the start of the exam period and we will also send out a separate email to inform you when the sale starts again.

Exam protocols

You can still have exam protocols printed at our office during our office hours. An overview of all available exam protocols, along with their last update dates, can be found on our website. Unfortunately, many of the collections have not been updated for years or contain only a few exams. That’s why we’d like to take this opportunity to encourage you to write your own exam notes (both oral and written) after your exams. It usually doesn’t take much effort at all, but it helps future students tremendously as they prepare for the exam. You can find a template on our website. Have you taken any exams in the last few weeks for which you would have liked to see more protocols? Then now’s your chance… get typing :)

Winter Party Announcement

This year’s MACH/CIW Winter Party will take place on Friday, December 4, as usual in the AKK Hall. You should go ahead and mark the date on your calendar right away so you definitely don’t miss the evening. Perfect for your lunch break, we’ll be serving mulled wine and crêpes in front of the AKK starting at noon. The official start in the hall is at 7:00 p.m., rumor has it we’ve even found a few professors who’ll be spinning some excellent tunes for you that evening :-)

If you’d like to help out at the party - for example, by working a shift behind the bar or helping with setup and takedown - please feel free to get in touch with us. This year, we’ve created a dedicated web form where you can let us know how you’d like to help: FMC Winter Party Crew Form. We’d be thrilled to plan and celebrate this evening together with you.

If you'd like to help us more often (e.g., at the summer party or during orientation week), feel free to sign up for our crew mailing list. We're always looking for motivated people who want to get involved in our activities, and believe us - it's just plain fun to work together as a community of students to make things happen.

We wish you every success and hope you have a great time this coming semester

Best regards,

Your Fachschaft MACH/CIW