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Students with impairments, disabilities or illnesses

This website provides comprehensive information about accessible studying for students with impairments, disabilities and/or illnesses. The Accessible Studying Team uses the term "students with impairments" as a short form. This term includes all persons belonging to the target group.

Do not hesitate to ask if you are not sure whether you belong to the target group!

Closing days of the Team Barrierefrei

For organisational reasons, the Team Barrierefrei will not be available from 15.07.2024 until 04.08.2024. No emails, telephone, online or personal inquiries will be answered during this period.   

We will use this time to work through open inquiries and improve processes for you.  

You will be able to reach the team again from 05.08.2024 onwards. Please send your request again, as inquiries received during the closure period will not be answered retrospectively.

Guide to accessible studying   

Make the most of the time. You can access a lot of information and take steps independently.   

  • Find out about the actual services offered by Team Barrierefrei. If the service is not covered by the team, you can contact other responsible offices at an early stage.   
  • If you require alternative examination methods to compensate for disadvantages due to a disability/illness, please read the information on Alternative Modes of Assessment.   
    • Obtain specialist/psychotherapeutic/clinical-psychological proof of impairments relevant to your studies. This is the basis for the approval of the Alternativ Mode of Assessment.   
    • Complete the application form for Altenative Modes of Assessment.   
    • If you have no further questions about the application for Alternative Modes of Assessment, you can submit it directly to your Directorate of Studies. 

Counselling service in English possible

Information online for students with disabilities, impairments and/or chronical diseases are currently not fully available in English.

Counselling of the "Accessible Studying team (Team Barrierefrei)" is held in German and English. Students can contact the team via E-Mail, during the phone counselling times or in the personal counselling times, which can be found (in German) under "Informationsangebote und Beratung".

Persons who experience disadvantages during their studies due to e.g.

  • disabilities,
  • physical and/or motor impairments,
  • sensory impairments,
  • mental impairments,
  • chronic illnesses,
  • autistic perception,
  • dyslexia,
  • acute illnesses, injuries, consequences of an accident
  • or similar conditions.

Who does not belong to the target group?

Persons who experience difficulties that have no medically verifiable cause, such as

  • language barriers (e.g. language of instruction is not the first language) or
  • (general) organisational difficulties, fatigue or similar issue.

You can find further information on the following pages: