Dear fellow students,

This Monday marked the start of the lecture period for the 2026 summer semester. To help you get off to the best possible start this semester, we’d like to share some information about the student council’s offerings during the lecture period.

Office Hours / Counseling
During the lecture period, our office hours are held every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM. You’re welcome to come around with any (organizational) questions about your studies and get advice “from students, for students”. If you have urgent problems or questions, don’t hesitate to reach out to us even outside of our official office hours. We also have a contact form [1] on our website and can be reached by email. Any last-minute changes to individual office hours will be communicated via the website and our Instagram channel (@fmc.kit) [2].

Past Exams
With the start of the lecture period, we will pause the sale of official past exams. We need some time to request this year’s exam papers from the institutes and add them to our collection. We will resume sales of past exam papers well in advance of the exam period, but we will also send out a separate email with more details.

Exam transcripts
You can still have exam transcripts / protocols printed at our office during our office hours. An overview of all available exam transcripts, along with their last update dates, can be found on our website [3]. Unfortunately, many of the collections have not been updated for years or contain only a few reports. That’s why we’d like to encourage you to write a brief exam transcript yourself after your (oral and written) exams. It usually doesn’t take much effort, but it’s a huge help to future students as they prepare for the exam. You can find a template on our website on the exam transcript page in the sidebar. Have you had exams in the last few weeks for which you would have liked more transcripts? Then now is your chance… get typing :)

Summer Party Announcement
Our summer party this year will take place on Thursday, June 11. Be sure to mark the date on your calendar right away—it’s sure to be a great evening. If you’d like to help out at the festival - for example, by working a shift behind the bar or helping with setup and takedown - please feel free to sign up for our crew mailing list [4]. We’re always looking for motivated people, and it’s a lot of fun to work together as a group of students to put something on.

We wish you all the best and hope you have a great time in the summer of 2026

Best regards,

Your Fachschaft MACH/CIW

[1] https://www.fs-fmc.kit.edu/form/kontaktformular
[2] https://www.instagram.com/fmc.kit
[3] https://www.fs-fmc.kit.edu/protokolle/mach
[4] https://www.lists.kit.edu/sympa/subscribe/fmc-helfer

Hello everyone,

your orientation phase (O-Phase) begins on April 14th. On the first day, you can look forward to an information session followed by a welcome reception. Throughout that day and the rest of the week, you’ll have the chance to meet new people and get your first insights into your Master’s program at KIT.

To complete the check-in successfully, you’ll need your certificate of enrollment (or alternatively a copy of your admission letter).

You can find more general information about the O-Phase and the other planned events here:

Google Calender

More detailed descriptions will be provided in the coming weeks.

We’ve also set up WhatsApp groups for you, where important updates will be shared and where you can connect with each other:
Master WhatsApp-groups

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to the orientation team.

Regular lectures will begin on Monday, April 20th, 2026. (Further details will also be shared in the WhatsApp groups.)

We’re looking forward to a great orientation week with all of you!
Your O-Orga

Hello first semester student,

The orientation phase starts for you on 13 October. On the first day, you can expect the math pre-course, an Introductory Lecture and Workshop on Study Skill. Before the introductory lecture, the registration for the orientation phase will take place at 11:30 a.m. For those participating in the math pre-course, this will already be done there. We will then accompany you directly to the introductory lecture.

To register, please bring your certificate of enrollment (alternatively, a copy of your letter of admission) and a valid ID (e.g. passport or driver's license). For the workshop, you should also bring weather-appropriate clothing and some cash for food.

Further information on the O-phase in general and the other events that await you can be found here:

• https://www.fs-fmc.kit.edu/en/o-phase
• https://www.fs-fmc.kit.edu/en/o-kalender

For first-semester Master's students, the orientation phase begins on 21 October 2025 with a champagne reception. You can find more details here:

• https://www.fs-fmc.kit.edu/en/master_o-phase

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the orientation organisers oorgafs-fmc [punkt] kit [punkt] edu (here).

We created WhatsApp groups for you, where important information will be shared and you can exchange ideas with each other.

• Bachelor WhatsApp groups
• Master WhatsApp groups

Regular lectures will then begin on Wednesday, 29 October 2025. For MIT students, there will also be a lecture on digital technology on 28 October 2025 (further information will also be provided in the WhatsApp groups).

We look forward to a great orientation phase with you!!!
Your O-Orga

Dear fellow students, the lecture period is over and the exam phase is just ahead. We hope you had a great semester and that, in addition to academic knowledge, you were able to gain many valuable experiences and enjoy some wonderful personal moments. We are keeping our fingers crossed for you for the upcoming exams and wish you good luck and success.

Office hours

As usual during the exam period, we will be moving our office hours to the afternoon. From now on, we will be available for you in the student council office on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. In addition to old exams and exam protocols, you will of course have the opportunity to receive advice “from students for students.” If you have urgent problems or questions, please do not hesitate to contact us outside of our official office hours. We also have a contact form on our website and can be reached by email.

Exam preparation

Speaking of exam preparation, here are a few facts about our materials: "past exams” are officially provided to us by the institutes. Most are updated every semester, but some are only updated sporadically, or we have an official collection of exam questions from the institute. In addition, we have a big collection of “(oral) exam protocols”. These were written by former students after their exams as memory records. By the way, there are also records for many written exams for which there are no official past exam papers.

Of course, such a collection depends on being updated regularly. So, after your exam, please take some time to write a short protocol of your exam. This is very easy to do, especially if you sit down with 2-3 fellow students or briefly review the lecture slides. You can find a corresponding Word template here.

On our website, we have an overview of all past exams and exam protocols available to us, as well as their current status.

O-Phase

Although we in the student council also have to take exams ourselves, we are already busy preparing for the next O-Phase in October. We would like to invite you to support us as tutors at this major event. Without your active help, we would never be able to carry out the O-Phase on this scale. This year, the O-Phase will take place from October 13 to October 26. Here is a link to the tutor registration form. Help us giving the new fellow students a good start at KIT and ensure they have two great weeks here. And don't worry, there will be plenty of fun for you and us too ;-)

Best regards,
Your MACH/CIW student council

FMC Sommerfest mit ETIT am 05.06

Liebe Master-Erstis,

als Fachschaft MACH/CIW am KIT möchten wir dich zu dem Beginn deines Masterstudiums willkommen heißen.

Hiermit möchten wir dich herzlich zur Master-O-Phase für das kommende Sommersemester einladen. Hier hast du die Möglichkeit, neue Leute kennenzulernen, Infos rund um Karlsruhe, die Uni und das Studium zu erfahren, entspannte Aktivitäten zu genießen und deinen bestandenen Bachelor zu feiern.

>>> Hier findest du alle Infos zur Master O-Phase fürs Sommersemester 2025 <<<

In the coming summer semester 2025, a new study and examination regulation (SPO) for the Master's degree program in Mechanical Engineering will start at KIT. This is characterized by its great freedom of choice and at the same time strong profile development.

Instead of traditional compulsory subjects, the key skills in mechanical engineering are acquired in a series of different elective catalogs, so that everyone can acquire the basic knowledge they need. These include topics from the fields of data science, design, simulation and modeling.

In addition, the Master's degree, with its wide range of interdisciplinary compulsory electives, offers an excellent opportunity to think outside the box. The new subject “Technology & Society” explicitly addresses the future responsibility of engineers in society.

In two major specializations, a strong personal profile is then created. The more than 20 specializations cover the entire broad professional field of mechanical engineering at KIT. Among other things, there are specialization options in the fields of energy technology, automotive engineering, lightweight construction, microsystems technology, production engineering, product development, robotics & AI, supply chain technologies and materials-oriented technologies. The very popular specialization in Medical Engineering will continue to exist in the new Master's degree. This is currently being fundamentally revised, further information will follow as soon as available.

For further information on the new Master's in Mechanical Engineering, we would like to refer you to the slides from our information event. There is also a file on the faculty website with an overview of the current curriculum and the specializations offered, and also the slides from the information event of the faculty.

If you have any questions about the new SPO MACH, you are welcome to leave us a message at any time via our contact form on the website, and if you have questions about individual courses, we recommend that you contact the respective professors directly.

Best regards
Your MACH/CIW student council

Shortly before the winter break, there is another update on the new Master Mechatronics and Information Technology (start from summer semester 2025):

In the downloads area, you can now find the Fields of Specialization with their contents [1]. This document represents the current planning status of the Study Commission. There may still be changes, but we consider it unlikely that modules will be removed. However, there will certainly be individual adjustments to the credit points (CP) or language (German or English) of the modules. The whole thing will only be final when the module handbook is published (probably about 6 weeks before the start of lectures).

Further information on the structure and the Studien- und Prüfungsordnung (SPO) can be found in the slides from our information event in July [2]. You can also find a recording of this event in the Ilias course of the MACH/CIW student council [3]. The official publication of the SPO by the KIT should take place in the next few weeks.

We would also like to draw your attention to the information event on the Master's degree program “Mechatronics and Information Technology”, which will be organized by the Studiengangservice. This will take place on Wednesday, 08.01.2025 from 15:45 - 17:15 in the NTI (30.10) [4].

[1] https://www.fs-fmc.kit.edu/sites/default/files/downloads/MIT%2520Master%25202025_FieldsOfSpecialization_2024_12_19.pdf 

[2] https://www.fs-fmc.kit.edu/sites/default/files/downloads/20240716_MasterMIT2025_Presentation.pdf 

[3] https://ilias.studium.kit.edu/goto.php?target=fold_2462240&client_id=produktiv 

[4] https://www.etit.kit.edu/3785.php             

Hallo liebe Kommilitonen,

gemeinsam mit euch durften wir vor knapp zwei Wochen unser traditionelles MACH/CIW-Winterfest in der AKK-Halle feiern. Wir freuen uns sehr, dass wir so viele von euch als unsere Gäste begrüßen durften und hoffen, ihr hattet einen super Abend. Unseren besonderen Dank möchten wir an dieser Stelle nochmal allen Helfern des Festes aussprechen, egal ob regelmäßig in der Fachschaft aktiv oder das erste Mal als Helfer mit dabei. Nur mit euch allen können wir so ein Fest auf die Beine stellen.

Für alle, die davon noch nicht genug haben, möchten wir gerne auf unseren Crew-Verteiler hinweisen. Dort werden wir 1-2 mal pro Semester für unsere anstehenden Veranstaltungen (Feste, O-Phase, ...) nach Unterstützung suchen. Außerdem an dieser Stelle direkt mal ein Save-the-Date für unser Sommerfest, welches für Donnerstag den 05.06.2025 geplant ist.

Wir wünschen euch allen eine frohe und gesegnete Weihnachtszeit und hoffen, ihr habt eine schöne Zeit gemeinsam mit euren Freunden und Familien. Kommt anschließend gut ins neue Jahr und und dann sehen wir uns alle im Januar zur zweiten Hälfte des Semesters wieder.

Viele Grüße
Eure Fachschaft MACH/CIW

Hello fellow students,

we hope you all had a good start to the new semester. When it gets darker and colder outside, it's time for us at the MACH/CIW student council to counteract this with our traditional winter festival and let the campus shake up a bit again. 

So save the date now:

• MACH/CIW winter party 
• Friday December 6th, 2024 from 6:00 p.m. 
• AKK hall and forecourt

For such a big festival, we obviously need a lot of helpers. So if you can imagine supporting us at the festival, we have set up a form on our website where you are very welcome to register.

Best wishes 
Your MACH/CIW student council