Compensation for disadvantages

For students with a disability or chronic illness, studying is often more difficult. Regulations on compensation for disadvantages are intended to ensure that these students have equal study and examination conditions.

Upon admission to the study

The compensation for disadvantages already starts with the admission to the study program with the hardship regulations. For hardship cases, 1% of the study places of a study program are reserved. For information on how to apply, please also refer to the information sheet on hardship applications issued by the Office of Student Affairs.

For exams

For the compensation of disadvantages in examinations, the KIS has an information page (only in German language available) which lists examples of measures to compensate for disadvantages in examinations and academic achievements in addition to a comprehensive brochure on the framework conditions and possibilities.

The examination board responsible for your degree program will decide on the application on the basis of the documents submitted.

To ensure that the necessary preparations can be made in good time, please note the applicable deadlines and obligatory supporting documents to be submitted.

Please use the application form for your request for disadvantage compensation and submit it to the Examination Office with the required documents for approval by the Examination Committee. Please also note the information sheet on the content of a specialist medical certificate.

For more information and forms, please visit the Examination Office page (only in German language available).

It is important that you always contact the examination office, the chair concerned, to enable the implementation of the measures. If you are approved for a laptop, please also contact the Office of the Dean of Studies.