Engineering students particularly struggle with mathematics in the first year of their university studies. A result of these difficulties are high drop-out rates among the engineering students. There are various measures to support the students in their studies such as preparatory courses or bridging courses. The contribution of this research is to investigate the impact of certain factors on engineering students’ success in their first year of studies in a supportive environment which includes a preparatory course, tutorials, a bridging course and a drop-in centre. First, we ask how the students’ use of support measures impact the students’ success. Second, we clarify which affective, motivational and cognitive factors affect the students’ success in mathematics. Our further aim is to investigate the relationships between the factors that impact students’ success. We consider potential factors during the first year of studies. Our results suggest that particularly students’ mathematical abilities before the first semester and a support in tutorials during the first semester account for students’ success in the final exams in the first year of engineering studies.

工科学生在大学学习的第一年尤其要与数学作斗争。这些困难的结果是工科学生的辍学率很高。有各种支持学生学习的措施，例如预备课程或衔接课程。这项研究的目的是在支持性环境中研究某些因素对工科学生在其第一年学习中取得成功的影响，该环境包括预备课程，辅导课，衔接课程和下沉中心。首先，我们问学生使用支持措施如何影响学生的成功。其次，我们弄清哪些情感，动机和认知因素会影响学生在数学上的成功。我们的进一步目标是研究影响学生成功的因素之间的关系。我们在研究的第一年考虑潜在因素。我们的结果表明，特别是学生在第一学期之前的数学能力以及在第一学期期间提供的辅导支持，说明了学生在工程学第一年的期末考试中取得了成功。