Getting Started for Winter Seemester 2025/26
We, the maths student council, are happy to welcome you to the department of mathematics at Humboldt-Universität. For your convenience, we’ve gathered some links to pages that will help you prepare for you first semester. Just work your way through the checklist!
Checklist for First Years
| What? | Why? |
|---|---|
| Register HU / CMS Account | Account for any kind of communication (agnes, moodle, email). |
| "Campus-Card" (student ID) | You will need to print your student ID at a designated terminal. For this you will need a QR-Code, which you will find on Agnes. More information and the location of the terminals can be found here. |
| Join the moodle course Erstsemesterstudierende Mathematik WiSe 2025/26 course1 | Serves as an information hub and contains important details for starting your studies and the WarmUp. |
| Read the Erstibrief and Erstiheft (only in german) | They contain general and useful information for starting your studies. |
| Create your own time table on Agnes | Read through your study regulations (only in German) to know which courses you need to take. |
| Participate in the WarmUp and enroll in the Moodle course1 | Highly recommended (only in german) |
| Join our Orientation Events | Non-academic events for networking. |
| Attend the introductory event of the Institute of Mathematics |
Further information will follow. |
| Join our Student Council Trip | The trip is for networking, solving exercises, and much more. |
| Join the Math Discord Server | Serves for networking among all Mathematics students. |
| Set up WLAN eduroam | Help is available on the CMS pages |
1 You must enroll in the Moodle courses only after receiving your CMS Account. You do not need to create an external account for Moodle!
Master's Students in Mathematics
If you are new to HU, you can't go wrong with the non-academic points of the Bachelor's checklist (e.g., creating CMS Account and Campus Card, registering for the student council trip and newsletter, setting up WLAN, etc.).
- Erstibrief for Master's students
- There will be an orientation event specifically for Master's students; find out more here.
Computer Science Students (Single and Combined Bachelor's)
The Math WarmUp is coordinated with the Unix Crash Course and the Computer Science First-Year Introduction, so you can attend both without overlaps. The following pages contain important information for you:
- Computer Science Student Council First-Year Page
- Unix Crash Course
- Math WarmUp
- Institute's First-Year Page
IMP Program
Students in the IMP program can't go wrong with the checklist above. However, you should also keep an eye on the websites of the other student councils (and institutes):