Contacts for disabled students
If you are a student with a disability and need somebody who will listen readily to your problems, please contact Horst Brandschert. In his function as representative of disabled people at the Studentenwerk Karlsruhe he helps to facilitate life on the campus and within our halls of residence.

He will be pleased to provide assistance in all matters disabled persons are concerned with:

* correspondence with authorities
* appliances for hearing impaired persons
* information about parking licenses for wheelchair users
* finances
* social inquiries
* information about the Studentenwerk's facilities for disabled persons

Just give Mr. Brandschert a call or send an email.
Phone: 0721 6909-140
wohnen@studentenwerk-karlsruhe.de

"Free from barriers" - prospects for disabled people

"Free from barriers" (Barrierefreiheit) is the keyword in the law regulating the construction of public buildings. Unfortunately, many of the older buildings were not constructed according to this law. Information on buildings and facilities adjusted to the needs of disabled people is available through the information-webpage of Karlsruhe University.

In Karlsruhe and in Pforzheim the Studentenwerk offers a sufficient number of rooms and apartments which are "free form barriers". In our Wohnheim Klosterweg 7 all 72 rooms are handicapped accessible. Our Wohnheim Willy-Andreas-Allee offers 4 rooms which are handicapped accessible, too. You will also find an apartment with 4 single rooms in our Wohnheim Hagenschießstraße 1 und 3 in Pforzheim which is handicapped accessible.

We encourage you to consult the homepage of the “Deutsches Studentenwerk“ for more information on studying with a disability.

Angelika Scherwitz-Gallegos, the representative for the concerns of disabled students at Karlsruhe Institut of Technologie (KIT), will be pleased to provide assistance, too. Partially sighted or blind persons are encouraged to contact the Studienzentrum für Sehgeschädigte (SZS).