The fastest way to find a tutor for a university course is to search by the course itself, not by the subject. AskYourClass now has a tutor directory at /tutors where every listing is attached to a real course at a real university, published by a student who already passed it.
TL;DR:
- Open askyourclass.io/tutors, pick your university, then filter by subject, price or format
- Each listing shows an hourly rate, session format, languages, group availability and the tutor's own study program
- Send a request through the site and pick how you want to be reached: email, WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Instagram, Discord or phone
- The tutor accepts or declines, and an accepted request opens a normal message thread
- AskYourClass takes no commission and handles no payment. You agree that directly with the tutor
Why "maths tutor" is the wrong search
Type "maths tutor Munich" into a search engine and you get people who can teach maths. That sounds right until you are three weeks from a specific exam, with a specific professor's script, a specific set of past papers and a specific reputation for what gets asked.
A tutor who knows the subject has to reverse engineer all of that from your materials. A tutor who took the exact course two semesters ago already knows it. They know which chapters the lecturer skips, which tutorial sheets predict the exam, and which topic everybody underestimates until they see the grade distribution.
That difference is why the tutor directory is built on courses rather than subjects. Every offer a tutor publishes is linked to a real entry in the course catalog, so "Analysis I at TUM" is a different thing from "maths".
How do I find a tutor for a specific course?
Four steps, and none of them require an account until you actually want to contact someone.
- Open the directory. Go to askyourclass.io/tutors. If you have used the site before, it remembers your university and starts you there.
- Narrow to your university. Each university with tutors on it also has its own page, for example
/tutors/uni/tum. That page is the one worth bookmarking or sharing in a course group chat. - Filter down. Filter by subject, session format, maximum hourly rate, and whether group sessions are on offer. Sort by rating, price, number of completed sessions, or newest.
- Start from the course page instead. If you are already reading reviews for a course on AskYourClass, look for the "find a tutor for this course" link. It only appears when somebody actually tutors that course, so it never sends you to an empty result.
Filters live in the URL, which means a filtered view is a link. "Here are the four people tutoring statistics under 25 euros an hour" is one paste into a WhatsApp group.
What does a tutor listing actually tell me?
Enough to shortlist without messaging anyone. Every card carries:
- Hourly rate. An indicative price in euros, set by the tutor.
- Format. Online, in person, or both.
- Group sessions. Whether they will teach two or more of you at once.
- Languages. German, English, or whatever else they teach in.
- Study program and semester. How far ahead of you they actually are.
- Rating and review count. Left only by students whose request they accepted.
- Sessions completed. How much tutoring they have already done through the platform.
- Response time. Median minutes to reply, once they have replied to anything.
- Verified badge. Their university membership, confirmed through their university email domain.
- Materials. Sample notes, summaries or past papers they chose to attach.
The verified badge is deliberately conservative. It means the email domain on their account matches the university they claim, not that anyone has audited their transcript. Treat it as one signal among several rather than a guarantee.
What happens when I send a request?
You need an account to send one, which is intentional. An open contact form on a public directory is a spam relay and a way to harvest people's phone numbers, so the request goes through your logged-in account instead.
The form asks for four things: which offer you are interested in, your preferred format, how you want to be contacted, and a short message. The contact field is the useful part. Email is prefilled from your account, but you can switch to WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Instagram, Discord or a plain phone number, because most tutoring gets arranged in whichever app both people already have open.
The tutor gets an email and an in-app notification, then accepts or declines. An accepted request opens a normal message thread on AskYourClass, so the conversation has a home even if you later move to another app. You can see everything you have sent under /tutors/requests.
Write a message that lets someone answer quickly. "Hi, I am taking Linear Algebra I this semester, I am fine with the proofs but lost on eigenvalues, and the exam is on 14 February. Could we do two sessions before then?" gets a faster and more useful reply than "hi are you available".
Online or in person?
Both work, and the directory lets you filter for either, but they fail in different ways.
Online is better for anything you can talk through: concepts, exam strategy, walking through a past paper on a shared screen. It is also the only realistic option if the best tutor for your course is doing a semester abroad.
In person is better for anything you need to write out, which in practice means most maths-heavy engineering and science courses. Two people at one table with paper beats two people describing equations to each other over a call.
If you are unsure, book the first session in whichever format is easier to organise, then switch. Nothing on the platform locks you in.
What does it cost?
The tutor sets the rate, and rates vary by subject, level and city. Independent student tutoring in Germany usually sits somewhere between 15 and 30 euros an hour, with the higher end for graduate level courses and scarce subjects.
AskYourClass adds nothing to that. There is no commission, no booking fee and no payment processing, because the platform is a discovery layer rather than a marketplace that holds your money. You and the tutor settle payment however you both prefer.
Group sessions are the obvious lever if the rate is more than you want to pay. Three people splitting 30 euros an hour is 10 euros each, and for exam preparation a small group is often better than one on one anyway, because someone else asks the question you did not know you had. Filter for tutors who offer group sessions and bring your own group.
Our guide to university tutoring rates in Germany goes through the numbers in more detail, from both sides.
What if nobody tutors my course yet?
The platform is early, so this happens. Three things worth doing:
- Widen to the subject. Somebody who tutors a neighbouring course in the same department is usually far more useful than a general subject tutor from a commercial site.
- Check whether your university is on the platform at all. If it is not, suggest it and we will add it.
- Consider publishing an offer yourself for a course you already passed. The directory only gets useful when the people who cleared a course stick around long enough to help the next cohort.
Frequently asked questions
How do I find a tutor for a specific university course?
Open askyourclass.io/tutors, select your university, then filter by subject or open the tutor link directly from the course page on AskYourClass. Every offer in the directory is attached to a real course, so you are matching on the exact course rather than on a broad subject label.
Do I need an account to browse tutors?
No. Browsing, filtering and reading tutor profiles and reviews is open to anyone. You only need an account to send a request, save a tutor, or leave a review.
How does AskYourClass verify tutors?
Verification checks that the email domain on the tutor's account matches the university they list, and every profile and photo passes through manual moderation before it is published. That confirms university membership, not academic performance, so ratings, reviews and your own first conversation still matter.
Does AskYourClass take a commission?
No. The platform introduces you and takes nothing. Rates are set by tutors, payment happens directly between the two of you, and there is no booking fee.
How do I contact a tutor?
Click the contact button on a listing, choose the offer and format, tell them how to reach you and write a short message. They receive an email and a notification, then accept or decline. An accepted request opens a message thread on AskYourClass.
Can I get a tutor for group study?
Yes, when the tutor has enabled group sessions on that offer. Use the group filter in the directory, then bring your study group. Splitting the hourly rate is the cheapest way to use the platform.
Can I leave a review for a tutor?
Yes, once a tutor has accepted a request from you. Reviews are gated on a real accepted request precisely so the ratings mean something.
What if the tutor never replies?
Send a request to a second tutor. Listings show a median response time once a tutor has replied to anything, which is the best available signal for who is actually active. You can also pause and revisit, since tutors can put their profile in vacation mode during exam periods.
Course reviews tell you what a course is like before you take it. Tutors help you get through the one you are already in. Both work better when they come from students at your own university who did the same thing one or two semesters earlier.
Browse the directory at askyourclass.io/tutors.