Ap­p­ly for com­pen­sa­ti­on for dis­ad­van­ta­ges

If you have a disa­bi­li­ty, ill­ness or fa­mi­ly si­tua­ti­on that makes it dif­fi­cult for you to per­form cer­tain tasks, you can ap­p­ly for com­pen­sa­ti­on for dis­ad­van­ta­ges.

The com­pen­sa­ti­on for dis­ad­van­ta­ges can re­la­te to in­di­vi­du­al stu­dy and ex­ami­na­ti­on achie­ve­ments or af­fect the en­t­i­re stu­dy cour­se. Com­pen­sa­ti­on for dis­ad­van­ta­ges will not ap­pe­ar on your tran­script.

Rea­sons

Pos­si­ble rea­sons can be

• Disa­bi­li­ty
• Chro­nic ill­ness
• Dys­le­xia
• Pregnan­cy/bre­ast­fee­ding
• Rai­sing child­ren
• Ca­ring for re­la­ti­ves

Im­portant: A mea­su­re to com­pen­sa­te for dis­ad­van­ta­ges does not chan­ge the pro­fes­sio­nal re­qui­re­ments. Howe­ver, the frame­work con­di­ti­ons can be ad­ap­ted so that the exis­ting im­pairment does not stand in the way.

Mea­su­res

Pos­si­ble mea­su­res can be, for examp­le

• Lon­ger pro­ces­sing time for writ­ten exams or as­sign­ments
• Chan­ging the type of ex­ami­na­ti­on (writ­ten / oral / prac­ti­cal)
• Tech­ni­cal aids

Sub­mit­ting an ap­p­li­ca­ti­on

Whe­ther com­pen­sa­ti­on for dis­ad­van­ta­ges is gran­ted and in what form is al­ways de­ci­ded on an in­di­vi­du­al ba­sis. The­re­fo­re, plea­se tell us as pre­cise­ly as pos­si­ble what your im­pairment is and what mea­su­res could help you. The­re is no le­gal en­t­it­le­ment to a spe­ci­fic com­pen­sa­ti­on mea­su­re.

It can take several weeks to pro­cess the ap­p­li­ca­ti­on and pre­pa­re the com­pen­sato­ry mea­su­re. The­re­fo­re, plea­se al­low suf­fi­ci­ent time and sub­mit the ap­p­li­ca­ti­on as ear­ly as pos­si­ble. You can sub­mit the ap­p­li­ca­ti­on con­ve­ni­ent­ly on Cam­pus­Web un­der "My stu­dies / My ap­p­li­ca­ti­ons".

Ques­ti­ons?

If you have any ques­ti­ons or need ad­vice, plea­se do not he­si­ta­te to con­tact us! You will find the con­tact de­tails at the bot­tom of this page.

Plea­se note

• If you are cur­r­ent­ly wri­ting your Ba­che­lor's or Mas­ter's the­sis and would like to ap­p­ly for an ex­ten­si­on of the pro­ces­sing time due to an acu­te ill­ness - i.e. not as part of com­pen­sa­ti­on for dis­ad­van­ta­ges - plea­se con­tact the Ex­ami­na­ti­ons Of­fice.
• If you would like to sub­mit a hardship ap­p­li­ca­ti­on as part of the ap­ti­tu­de test, plea­se con­tact us di­rec­t­ly by email.