If, due to an impairment and existing barriers to accessibility, a personal assistant, a sign language interpreter, or a speech-to-text interpreter is required in order to participate in courses and in everyday university life, the assistant may attend the relevant lectures and seminars as an accompanying person. The students are responsible for organizing the assistance services.
Assistance and guide dogs
Students who need to be accompanied by an assistance dog or guide dog for the blind require a certificate issued by the university. For further information, please contact the Student Counseling Office.
Assistance during studies and with communication
The German Association for Student Affairs (Deutsches Studentenwerk) provides answers to important questions about financing, organizing, and applying for study-related additional assistance services and assistive technology in an FAQ. In Hesse, the state welfare association (Landeswohlfahrtsverband) Hessen is responsible for financing higher education assistance services.
Higher education assistance services (Landeswohlfahrtsverband Hessen) (in German only)
Mikroport systems for hearing assistance
RheinMain University of Applied Sciences currently offers FM/microport hearing amplification systems for students with hearing impairments on loan on all its campuses. These can be used during classes. Students at RheinMain University can borrow the microport systems using a valid library card from the university libraries for a period of three consecutive days. The loan can be renewed repeatedly.
Height-adjustable and wheelchair-accessible desks
At the Bleichstraße / Bertramstraße Campus, students can use electrically height-adjustable, wheelchair-accessible desks in the following PC pools:
- N-IV-01, N-IV-03, N-IV-05
- A-D-01, A-U-07
- Library PC pool (hand crank)
Information about the rooms (in German only)
At the Kurt-Schumacher-Ring Campus, electronically height-adjustable desks are available for use in the following PC pools:
- Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering (D building): KSR D 118, D 206, A 318, and A 322
Information regarding the use of the PC pools (in German only) - Faculty of Applied Social Sciences (C building): KSR C 1.10 and C 2.09
Information regarding the use of the PC pools (in German only)
At the Unter den Eichen Campus (DCSM), electrically height-adjustable desks are available for use in the following PC pools:
- B2 212, B1 117, C Süd 265, C Süd 377, D 12
Further information about access to the PC pools is available from your degree program's office.
In addition to wheelchair users, the tables can also be used by students with other health impairments (e.g. spinal disorders and chronic pain).