How to Study for Exams at Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences

Frankfurt UAS is organised into faculties (Fachbereiche), and exams are handled at faculty level. A business student in Faculty 3 and a computer science student in Faculty 2 deal with different exam offices and sometimes different procedures. The pages that describe this are the faculties' own, so the details below are taken from them and should be checked against your faculty's current page.

The advice here is therefore about the system: where information lives, which mistakes cost time, and how to plan revision once you know your exam format.

Know where each piece of information lives

Put the registration period in your calendar the day it is published. A missed registration window is one of the few problems that cannot be fixed by studying harder.

• Exam registration: the faculty pages describe registering for module exams through the FranCa student portal, in the tile for exam registration and deregistration. Registration periods and exam dates are shown there.
• Exam dates and rooms: the Peregos exam database lists your exam dates and places. Rooms are assigned by the faculty, not the student office.
• Questions about registration: ask the exam office (Prüfungsamt) of your faculty. Faculty 1 uses a secretariat for study and exam matters, and Faculty 3 asks you to email the exam office or the responsible administrator first.
• Faculty-specific rules: each faculty publishes its own exam information, so a rule at one faculty does not necessarily apply at another.

On the day of the exam

Faculty 2 asks students to arrive at least 15 minutes before the start and to bring their student ID card. For illness, it requires a medical certificate on the form it provides. Other faculties may differ, so check the instructions for your own exam.

Plan the route and the time the day before, and pack what you need: ID, permitted materials, water. A calm arrival is worth more than another half hour of last-minute reading.

Build revision around the exam format

Once you know your format from the module description, set up your revision to match. For a written exam, practise producing answers under time limits and review each mistake. For an oral exam, practise speaking in full answers and handling follow-up questions. For project or paper work, work backwards from the deadline and separate research, drafting and references.

If several exams fall in the same weeks, rotate subjects and put the hardest material in your best study hours. The guide to studying for multiple exams at once explains how.

• Written exam: timed retrieval from old exams and an error log.
• Oral exam: spoken explanations, definitions and likely follow-up questions.
• Project or paper: a staged schedule with time reserved for references and checking.

A realistic four-week lead-in

If you are starting later than this, the seven-day exam plan shows how to triage.

• Four weeks out: confirm registration, dates, rooms and formats, and collect slides, exercises and old exams.
• Three weeks out: test yourself on every topic and mark each as strong, uncertain or weak.
• Two weeks out: practise weak topics in exam format and keep a list of recurring mistakes.
• One week out: do timed simulations, review the mistakes and plan the final days.
• Final days: light consolidation, a check of the route and ID, and sleep.

Official resources to check

Dates, room access, registration rules, and opening hours can change. Confirm the details that affect your exam on the relevant official page.