Students with disabilities and/or chronic illnesses are entitled to compensation for disadvantages if they are at a disadvantage compared to their fellow students when completing their studies and/or taking examinations as a result of their impairment and/or disability.  This entitlement is enshrined in law. At the Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society, protective provisions for students with disabilities are listed in Section 25 of the General Examination Regulations.

The protective provisions include not only students with sensory or movement impairments, but also students with chronic illnesses, e.g. epilepsy, rheumatism or multiple sclerosis, as well as mentally ill students or students with partial performance disorders, such as dyslexia or autism.

The application for compensation for disadvantages must be submitted to the Student Service Center. Therefore, please contact the responsible administrative office. Applications for compensation for disadvantages must always be submitted before the exam or written examination, or two weeks before the meeting of the examination board of your degree programs. Ideally at the beginning of the semester. The dates of the examination board meetings are published on your department's website in good time. After approval, you will receive a letter authorizing you to claim the respective compensation for disadvantages . To protect your privacy, this letter will not contain any diagnoses! The granting of compensation for disadvantages may not be noted in the transcripts.

• Students are obliged to justify and provide evidence
  No official (severe) disability has to be established. However, in order to assess the application, appropriate specialist medical evidence must be provided and the impact of the disability and/or chronic illness on the course of study must be explained.
• There is no entitlement to a specific form of  compensation for disadvantages. The examination board decides on the form of compensation for disadvantages.

There is compensation for disadvantages in relation to

• the organization and implementation of studies, e.g. individual timetable in the context of full-time studies and
• Examinations and evidence of academic achievement, e.g. change of examination form.

In the download area you will find a list with all the information, which also includes examples of compensation for disadvantages. Please note that these are only examples! The list does not claim to be exhaustive. It is only intended as a guide. You cannot derive any claims from the list, as the examination board always assesses the individual case.

You will also find a formulation aid for applying for compensation for disadvantages.

We will be happy to advise you on the subject of compensation for disadvantages and studying! 

Contact persons:

• Jessica Heuser, representative for students with severe disabilities and chronic illnesses
• Assistants of the degree programs

Please do not hesitate to contact us!

We can recommend the handbook "Studying and disability - information for prospective students and students with disabilities and chronic illnesses" as a very good guide.

You can download our information brochure "Barrierefrei durch die Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society" in the download area.

This brochure provides an overview of the accessibility of the buildings of the Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society for people with reduced mobility. In principle, all buildings are accessible for people with reduced mobility. However, this does not apply to all rooms in the buildings. There are particular restrictions in the M building in Maxstraße.

Please note that the C building (new building in Ernst-Boehe Str.) is not yet listed in the brochure.

If you have specific questions about the accessibility of certain buildings or rooms, you are welcome to contact Jessica Heuser (representative for students with severe disabilities and chronic illnesses) or the study assistance of the individual degree programs.

Of course, we are also happy to take you on a tour of our university. Please make an appointment with us.

In principle, you can apply like any other prospective student. If you have any questions about the application procedures, please contact the staff at the Student Service Center.
If you have any questions about the content of our degree programs, please contact the relevant degree program assistants (you can find their contact details on the department websites).

Admission chances can be improved by

• hardship application, an
• application for preferential consideration of your first choice of study location, an
• application for improvement of the average grade or an
• application to improve the waiting time

can be improved.

Strict standards are applied, particularly with regard to the recognition of a case of hardship.

Please note:

• The specialist medical report required must meet certain formal and content-related requirements (for more detailed information, please refer to the above-mentioned publication by the Foundation for University Admissions).

Recognition of a hardship case does not guarantee a study place, as only 2% of the total available places can be allocated within the hardship quota

Barrier-free through the HWG

Brochure Study and Disability

Compensation for disadvantages: Formulation aid

Compensation for disadvantages: Information

Jessica Heuser

Room: C.2.121
Mail: Jessica.Heuser@hwg-lu.de
Phone: +49 (0) 621/5203-384