Counseling offers

Questions or problems which occur when studying can often be solved with in discussion with ACCESS@KIT or the counselling centres at KIT.
 
The ACCESS@KIT staff gives support, information or advice for students and lecturers at KIT on the following topics:

Appropriate working techniques and tools

• Individual modification of software and hardware
• Improving individual working techniques

Providing literature and written exams

• Literature transfer of teaching material (exercise sheets, scripts etc.)
• Accessibility of material (graphics, diagrams etc.)
• Optimisation of agreements between teaching staff and students
• Organisation and execution of exams

It is a distinctive feature that ACCESS@KIT and the Representative for Students with Disabilities and Chronic Diseases  jointly support the students when applying for the compensation of disadvantages in studies and exams. This reduces the organisational effort for each student.

Students with visual impairment write their exams at the premises of ACCESS@KIT while being allowed extra time and with the help of individually modified modern aids.
This requires a close cooperation between the examiner and only works with the active involvement of the student.

Networking and contacts

• Meeting for KIT students with visual impairment
• Mobility on the Campus
• International mobility (studying abroad)
• Contact to companies for internships and Master thesis
• Disabled rights organisations and self-help groups

For KIT-internal help ACCESS@KIT is in contact with the faculties and other counselling services so that students can get information and advice on all different kinds of questions in all stages of their studies.

Counseling offers at KIT

The Representative for Students with Disabilities and Chronic Diseases  offers counseling on all topics related to studying with impairment. Together with ACCESS@KIT she supports ACCESS@KIT students especially in the fields of accessibility, disadvantage compensation, international mobility and contact to companies.

The The Centre for Information and Counselling (zib)  offers counselling and orientation help on study-related topics in general.

The  AStA (general student committee)  represents the students.

The  service centres of the faculties offer information and counselling with the focus on study contents and exam regulations.

The student association of the faculties offer support from the student’s perspective in the individual fields.

Additional counselling offers

The psychotherapeutic centre of the Studierendenwerk Karlsruhe  offers counselling on psychosocial problems for all students free of charge.

The Studierendenwerk Karlsruhe  gives advice in accommodation, German BaFöG (financial aid) and other topics related to everyday life.