Studying with disabilities and chronic illnesses

The Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt is part of the project "eine Hochschule für Alle" - a university for everybody. If you are a student with a disability, a chronic illness, or another impairment, we will help you identify and overcome barriers in your daily academic life so that you can pursue your studies independently and successfully.

Impairments can be visible or invisible. These include, for example, mental health conditions, mobility, vision, or hearing impairments, speech and perceptual impairments, chronic illnesses, and specific learning disabilities.

Five steps to receiving adjustments to compensate for disabilities/impairments

Seek advice: Make an appointment with the Officers for Students with Disabilities via studieren-mit-behinderung(at)ku.de. If you would like them to, the officers will also provide a recommendation regarding the type and extent of adjustments to compensate for disabilities/impairments, which you can include with your application.
Obtain supporting documentation: Have a medical certificate issued that justifies the nature and extent of the adjustments to compensate for disabilities/impairments. This Letter to your doctor will help your doctor in creating a certificate with everything that needs to be included.
Submit your application: Submit the original application and supporting documentation to the Examinations Office, preferably at the start of the semester and no later than the end of the exam registration period.
Wait for the decision: The relevant Board of Examiners will make a decision and notify you and the Examinations Office of the result in writing.
Inform your lecturers: Present the decision to your lecturers no later than four weeks before the exam.

Adjustments to compensate for disabilities

Here, you will find all the information you need on existing rules and the procedure in case of examinations and study achievements.

Studying with a disability

Here, you will find helpful tips, offers and support for your uni life at the KU.

Financial aid

Information on funding possibilities and advisory services

Where we offer support

The Officers for Students with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses serve as a first point of contact for prospective students and current students. We provide confidential, individualized advice and advocate for inclusive academic conditions – in particular:

making the teaching practice and exams as accessible as possible,
expanding physical and digital accessibility,
and providing guidance and answers to questions regarding accessibility in higher education.

Information for lecturers

Here you will find information on adjustments to compensate for disabilities/impairments and how you can appropriately take students with disabilities into account in your teaching practice.

Contact

Dr. Anna Fiona Weiß

Officer for Students with Disabilities, Chronic Illnesses and Impairments at the KU

Phone +49 8421 93-21681
E-mail studieren-mit-behinderung@ku.de

Room: UA-225

Postal Address
Ostenstraße 26-28
85072 Eichstätt, Germany

Office hours
Online consultation by appointment via email

Dr. Daniel Romić

Officer for Students with Disabilities, Chronic Illnesses and Impairments at the KU

E-mail studieren-mit-behinderung@ku.de

Building Marktplatz 7

Postal Address
Ostenstr. 26-28
85072 Eichstätt

Student representatives for equal opportunities

The student representatives for women and equal opportunities are contacts for any question on study-related questions of students with a disability or chronic illness and on any other questions and problems.

Cosima Wislsperger and Gloria Janecki, students representatives for women and equal opportunities at the KU

E-mail: konvent-gleichstellungsreferat(at)ku.de

Web: www.ku.de/konvent