Tips for a Head Start

Welcome to your first semester at Heidelberg University. The following information should help you to find your way around.

The following information is intended for bachelor students. Some of the organizational information is also relevant for students in the Master programs Mathematics, Computer Science or Scientific Computing.

Links

Directions

How to Find Us

Introductory Course

Preparation Weeks

Experience has shown that the transition from school mathematics to a study program in Mathematics or Computer Science can cause some difficulty. Participation in the introductory course offered by the student council is strongly recommended to all students, as it smoothes the transition from school to university.

Questions and Answers

FAQs

Abbreviations and Designations

Table

Abbreviation	Meaning

Abbreviation	Meaning
INF	A Heidelberg abbreviation: Im Neuenheimer Feld. The first digit of the building number usually indicates the building row, counting from Berliner Strasse. You will find the institutes of the faculty in the building rows 2 and 3.
ct, st	"cum tempore", “sine tempore” for time indications. Courses usually start "with the academic quarter", for example at 9ct = 9:15 am. On the other hand, 9st = 9.00 a.m.
WS, SS	Winter semester, summer semester: The winter semester officially runs from October 1 to March 31, the summer semester from April 1 to September 30. The lecture period typically runs from mid-October to the end of January and from mid-April to the end of July. However, courses, and especially examinations, may also take place during the so-called "lecture-free period".

Sources for Information and Important Addresses

Advisory Services

Student Advisory Services

The Faculty Student Advisory Service is available to all students. With the support of the student advisor, individual difficulties in particular can be analyzed and solutions or ways out can be found.

Student Representatives

Student Council

The student council represents the student body in committees and councils of the faculty and puts forward its interest in the university's student council. Furthermore, it is responsible for the social and cultural interests of the student body (e.g. leisure activities and summer parties, the natural sciences prom or the MathPhysTheo party). Its work is voluntary and also includes lending past exams as well as running a complaints box and a website.

Advisory Services

University Center for Student Advisory Services and Secondary Education

For general questions about your studies, such as changing your major, exam stress and study organization, please contact the Central Student Advisory Service at Heidelberg University. In addition to workshops and lectures, the Central Student Advisory Service also offers individual counseling.

Seminarstraße 2
Tel: 06221 54-5454

Advice and Information

Service Portal for Students of the University

This is for example used for registration for the coming semesters.

Seminarstrasse 2, Room 036
Phone: +49 6221 54-5454

This phone number leads to a telephone portal with advice on all formal questions concerning your studies.

Mathematics and Comupter Science

Faculty Library

The Faculty Library of Mathematics and Computer Science is located on the first floor of the Mathematikon, Im Neuenheimer Feld 205. It is a reference library from which you cannot borrow books. There are also (limited) workspaces in the library.

University Library

Zweigstelle Neuenheim

You can borrow textbooks for a limited time from the textbook collection of the central university library, Im Neuenheimer Feld 368. There are also workspaces in the reading hall of the University Library.

Canteen

Zentralmensa

The “Zentralmensa” with cafeteria is located in the building Im Neuenheimer Feld 304.

Institution

Studierendenwerk

Studierendenwerk Heidelberg is responsible for the social care and development of the 49,000 students at the University of Heidelberg and other universities and colleges in Baden-Württemberg.