So that you can complete your degree programme with equal opportunities, you are entitled to individual compensation for disadvantages. This includes, for example, organisational or formal adjustments to examinations and the course of study.
16% of students have an impairment that makes studying difficult. This includes students with sensory and physical impairments, chronic somatic and mental illnesses, as well as dyslexia, ADHD and autism spectrum disorders.
If you also belong to this group, you will find important information on this page. Studierendenwerk Oldenburg supports you in organising your everyday life on campus and beyond. Because we want to help you exercise your right to higher education without restrictions.
Specialised advice
The Studierendenwerk offers you individual counselling on studying with a disability or chronic illness. The counsellor has many years of experience and can provide you with comprehensive information on all questions. we have also compiled detailed information on the counselling topics on her website.
All consultations are by appointment. You can choose between an in-person consultation, a phone consultation or a video chat.
Is your preferred time slot already booked? Feel free to send me a quick email, and we’ll find a suitable time at short notice.
Accessibility
Our aim is for all our facilities to be easily accessible for everyone. Unfortunately, in some cases this is not within our control or is not (yet) possible for other reasons. However, so that you can plan ahead, we would like to inform you here about the accessibility of our facilities.
Eating on campus
For students, visiting canteens and cafeterias is an inexpensive and sociable alternative to their own cooking skills. With the following service offer, the Studierendenwerk would like to enable disabled and chronically ill students to participate (independently) in canteen meals.
In general, if you have special needs, the Disability Counselling Service is there to find a solution together with the respective departments in all areas of the Studierendenwerk so that you can use our services as fully as possible.
For guests with limited mobility
Here you can get help with serving and carrying the tray to your seat. After the meal, the tray can be cleared away, please let the cashier know briefly. In the Uhlhornsweg canteen, there are two specially marked tables with wheelchair access in two areas of the canteen in the immediate vicinity of the serving area. People with walking difficulties can find a free, easily accessible seat at these tables, even at "peak times". Empty trays are cleared from these tables even without a special request.
If you need a special table in the cafeterias or another canteen, the disability counsellor can arrange this for you.
For sensory impaired guests
The current meal plans can be found on the Studierendenwerk website. From there, they can be converted into the required form on the PC. The staff will continue to provide information about the dishes at the serving counter, guide you to the table and help you transport the tray. As with mobility-impaired guests, the tray can be cleared away by the staff. The so-called "wheelchair table" in the Uhlhornsweg canteen is also available to people with sensory impairments and has established itself as a kind of regular table among students.
For chronically ill guests
Additives and supplements are declared on the menu in accordance with the statutory labelling requirements. Sugar-free dishes and desserts are specially labelled. Alcohol is not added at all. The majority of dishes are offered in components so that you can put together your menu according to your needs.
For guests with food intolerances
In the case of food intolerances, for example, ingredients such as sauces and side dishes can be exchanged or sandwiches can be made to order in the cafeterias. Our staff will be happy to answer any further questions regarding food preparation.
Needs-based living
The Studierendenwerk Oldenburg offers specially equipped flats for disabled and chronically ill students. Preferential consideration is regularly given not only to wheelchair-bound and mobility-impaired students, but also to sensory-impaired and chronically ill students. As proof of disability, students can submit a specialist medical certificate as an alternative to a severely disabled person's pass. In addition to this, a statement from the disability counselling service can be recognised as proof.
What needs can be taken into account?
The Studierendenwerk Oldenburg endeavours to support students with special needs by providing suitable accommodation. As far as possible, we can also make certain adjustments to meet your personal needs (e.g. with regard to the furnishing of a room or flat).
We are not only thinking of students with physical disabilities: We also want to consider chronic illnesses or other restrictions. For example, if you are dependent on living in a single flat due to a mental illness or a severe food allergy, we can take this into account. If you are unsure whether and to what extent we can support you, please do not hesitate to contact our disability counsellor or the staff in our student housing department.
When applying, you should enter your needs in the comments field and also contact the department directly. This applies in particular to non-visible impairments.
Offers for different needs in Oldenburg
In the Johann-Justus-Weg residential complex, there is a combined residential group for physically disabled students who require specially equipped rooms and for two non-disabled students each. A wheelchair-friendly kitchen is shared, in which the cooker, sink and work surfaces are wheelchair-accessible. In addition to a normally equipped bathroom, there is also a wheelchair-friendly shower room and WC. This provides the space required for all-day individual care if required.
There are two 4-bed flats in the Artillerieweg residential complex, each with a wheelchair-friendly bathroom and a wheelchair-friendly room. However, the cooker, sink and worktop in the kitchen are not wheelchair accessible.
There are three wheelchair-friendly single flats in the campus flats . The flats with barrier-free bathrooms and wheelchair-accessible kitchens are 32m² in size.
The Alte Färberei residential complex offers four individual flats that are completely wheelchair accessible. Many other structural features, such as the size of the shared laundry room in the complex and the arrangement of the appliances there, enable wheelchair-using tenants to be as independent as possible.
Wheelchair-accessible flat in Wilhelmshaven
The Wiesenhof residential complex in Wilhelmshaven has a wheelchair-accessible flat on the ground floor, which consists of an approx. 24m2 living room, a small kitchen and an accessible bathroom.
Further compensation for disadvantages
The Studierendenwerk Oldenburg endeavours to take into account the special needs of disabled students. For example, it is possible to have your own parking space marked if you have a walking disability or to have a light bell or tactile labelling installed if you have a sensory impairment. It is also sometimes possible to accommodate a guide dog or an assistant in the flat. However, the assistant must also be a student in the Studierendenwerk's area of responsibility.
Alternative housing options
As a member of the working group for accessible housing, the Studierendenwerk's disability counsellor has a good overview of other flats for people with disabilities in Oldenburg. This working group has compiled a guide to barrier-free housing in Oldenburg and the surrounding area.
Communal living
The disability counsellor herself helped to set up the inclusive housing project in which she lives and is well connected in the field of communal living.
Links on the subject of barrier-free living
City of Oldenburg - Housing entitlement certificate and housing agency
→ Information on the housing entitlement certificate.
The contact person for the housing agency is Uwe Wißner, Zi. N363 Tel: 0441/235-2257 Fax: 0441/235-3210 E-Mail: wohnungsvermittlung(at)stadt-oldenburg.de
SELAM-Lebenshilfe
→ Assistance with living
NORLE
→ Outpatient assisted living
City of Oldenburg - Housing subsidy
Expert for accessibility and communal living
→ Oldenburg interior designer Karin Kleinefeld provides expert advice on barrier-free building and furnishing. She has also been involved in accessibility and neighbourhood living for many years.
GSG
→ Contact person for people with disabilities: Ms Brinkmann-Gerdes Tel.: 0441/9708-154 (9.00-13.00) (this company has a number of accessible flats in its portfolio, including a residential complex in which only people with physical disabilities live)