Leipzig University offers a wide range of support measures for students with disabilities and health conditions. It also provides information on compensation for disadvantages due to disability or chronic diseases, access arrangements and on organising degree programmes.
Ensuring the equal participation of all students in examinations and degree programmes
is [...] a key objective of the Leipzig University.
from the guidance: Compensation of Disadvantage/ Access arrangements
News, events and regular dates
- Every Thursday, 10.30am–12pm, Leibnizladen in the central campus courtyard
Open office with the Commissioner for Students with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses team. You can send questions in advance by e-mail. - Exchange group for students with Long-/Post-Covid and ME/CFS in planning
The group is intended to provide a platform for networking and exchanging experiences. If you are interested, please register by sending an e-mail to sozialberatung(at)studentenwerk-leipzig.de. Registrations will be treated confidentially.
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Newsletter!
The Commissioner for Students with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses is publishing a newsletter twice a year. Send us an email with the subject “Registration NL” and we will be happy to add you to the mailing list! Please note, the newsletter will be in German.
INDIVIDUAL GUIDANCE AND ADVICE
Many study and examination regulations structure the course of study very strictly. You may not be able to meet deadlines or form requirements due to a health condition. To compensate for these disadvantages, you are entitled to request individual access arrangements that are designed to enable you to participate in your degree programme on equal terms with other students.
What is the work area of the commissioner?
The task of the Senate Commissioner for Students with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses is to support the students concerned in exercising their right to study on equal terms at the university. According to paragraph 56 (8) of the Saxon HSG, this applies:
- Advice to the university
- Ensuring that the needs of students, applicants and doctoral candidates with disabilities or chronic illnesses are taken into account, in particular in the organisation of study conditions, student counselling and in questions of compensation for disadvantages and accessibility.
- He or she makes proposals and may comment on all matters affecting the performance of his or her duties.
The office works in the following areas:
- Supporting the implementation of the Inclusion Action Plan at the Leipzig University
- Supporting the establishment of accessible degree programmes
- Representing the interests of students with disabilities and health conditions
- Organising and delivering internal training, e.g. on access arrangements
- Publicity (e.g. for specific university action days)
- Conducting networking meetings for stakeholders on the topic of accessible studies
- Providing professional advice to university institutions, e.g. on hardship applications/ compensations for disadvantages/ access arrangements for students with disabilities and chronic illnesses
- Assisting prospective students and current students with disabilities whith problems during their studies and in exams
Advice for prospective students and currents students
Access and admission to degree programmes
The Student Advisory Service provides advice on many issues, including general questions on applying, admission requirements, aptitude tests and the admission procedure. The Student Office advises on all administrative and organisational matters relating to admission, including making a hardship application or applying for access arrangements and the required evidence.
Examinations and study conditions
The Faculty Study Offices are the contact points for students and teachers with questions about the organisation of degree programmes. The offices advise on a range of topics, including on access arrangements and on requesting these for programmes or examinations.
Disputes and solutions
General and individual advice and support on applying for access arrangements is provided by the relevant Study Office, the Student Office or the Student Advisory Service. The Commissioner for Students with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses helps students with the implementation of an inclusive study programme, especially in complex situations and in cases of conflict.
Diverse and often invisible
Eleven per cent of students have a disability or health condition that impacts their studies. This equates to 3,245 students at the Leipzig University. Sixty-two per cent of these students are affected by a mental health condition. Thirteen per cent have a physical disability. The disability or health condition that impacts studies is immediately apparent only for 1.9 per cent of the students. Source: Internal special evaluation of the best2 survey