The requirements for a good term paper in Germany a quite strict and very particular. For international students who have either never written any academic paper before or who have had written papers following different academic standards, this can be quite challenging. To counteract that, this lifehack will give a brief overview of the requirements and expectations professors in Germany usually have for a good term paper. We will cover the basic structure of a term paper, the different components (like title page, table of contents, core text, appendix, declaration of independence, bibliography) as well as the formal layout.