The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar strives to enable equal access for all students and offers specific assistance and advice for students with disabilities or chronic illnesses.
The Representative for the Needs of Students with Chronic Illnesses and Disabilities as well as General Academic Advising are happy to assist with questions relating to your impairment, such as financing your studies, the provision of aids, compensation for disadvantages during assessments, choice of studies, beginning and completing your studies.
Legal Framework for Individuals with Disabilities
If the Examination Regulations do not provide examination modifications, students are responsible for contacting the examination committee, the examiner, and other responsible offices in good time to discuss compensating for disadvantage.
In such cases, students should contact the Representative for the Needs of Students with Chronic Illnesses and Disabilities in good time, for advise and support in asserting claims for compensation for disadvantages.
Legal Framework
Thuringian Higher Education Act
§ 5 Responsibilities of the Universities
(5) The universities shall contribute to the social support of students; they shall take into account the special needs of students with disabilities, in particular by compensating for disadvantages in study and examination matters (...).
The universities shall appoint a Representative for the Needs of Students with Disabilities to represent the interests of students with disabilities.
§ 49 Examination Regulations
(3) Examination Regulations must (...) include provisions for compensating for disadvantage in cases of students with disabilities or chronic illnesses.
Compensation for Disadvantages During Exams
If the Examination Regulations do not provide examination modifications, students are responsible for contacting the examination committee, the examiner, and other responsible offices in good time to discuss compensating for disadvantage.
In such cases, students should contact the Representative for the Needs of Students with Chronic Illnesses and Disabilities in good time, for advise and support in asserting claims for compensation for disadvantages.
Legal Framework
Thuringian Higher Education Act
§ 5 Responsibilities of the Universities
(5) The universities shall contribute to the social support of students; they shall take into account the special needs of students with disabilities, in particular by compensating for disadvantages in study and examination matters (...).
The universities shall appoint a Representative for the Needs of Students with Disabilities to represent the interests of students with disabilities.
§ 49 Examination Regulations
(3) Examination Regulations must (...) include provisions for compensating for disadvantage in cases of students with disabilities or chronic illnesses.
Compensation for Disadvantages During Exams
If the Examination Regulations do not provide examination modifications, students are responsible for contacting the examination committee, the examiner, and other responsible offices in good time to discuss compensating for disadvantage.
In such cases, students should contact the Representative for the Needs of Students with Chronic Illnesses and Disabilities in good time, for advise and support in asserting claims for compensation for disadvantages.
Legal Framework
Thuringian Higher Education Act
§ 5 Responsibilities of the Universities
(5) The universities shall contribute to the social support of students; they shall take into account the special needs of students with disabilities, in particular by compensating for disadvantages in study and examination matters (...).
The universities shall appoint a Representative for the Needs of Students with Disabilities to represent the interests of students with disabilities.
§ 49 Examination Regulations
(3) Examination Regulations must (...) include provisions for compensating for disadvantage in cases of students with disabilities or chronic illnesses.
Compensation for Disadvantages During Exams
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Arbeitsgruppe „Studieren mit Beeinträchtigung"
Dipl.-Kulturwissenschaftlerin (Medien) Michaela Peisker
Beauftragte für chronisch kranke und behinderte Studierende
Geschwister-Scholl-Str. 15, Raum 007
99423 Weimar
Tel.: +49 (0) 36 43/58 23 49
Fax: +49 (0) 36 43/58 23 60
E-Mail: michaela.peisker[at]uni-weimar.de
Sprechzeiten:
nach Vereinbarung per E-Mail
Dipl.-Ing. Torsten Kleinpeter-Reinke
Bauangelegenheiten
Coudraystraße 7, Raum 010
99423 Weimar
Tel.: + 49 (0) 36 43/58 22 78
Fax: + 49 (0) 36 43/58 22 52
E-Mail: torsten.kleinpeter-reinke[at]uni-weimar.de
Siegfried Kinzel
Studentenwerk Thüringen,
Leiter der Abteilung für Studentisches Wohnen
Philosophenweg 22,
07743 Jena
Tel.: + 49 (0) 36 41/93 06 60
Fax: + 49 (0) 36 41/93 06 62
E-Mail: wj[at]stw-thueringen.de