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Do you have an impairment or chronic illness and are looking for ways to optimise your studies? Then you’ve come to the right place! On this page, you will find information on the compensation mechanisms in place for people with impairments, your contact persons and networking opportunities.
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Flexible time management
Virtual community
Your motivation can move mountains!
You have a family, job or impairment? None of these things need to stop you from being a success. Our students are living proof and tell you their story here.
Equal opportunities for all
We want to offer equal opportunities to everyone. That’s why you can apply for impairment compensation when taking exams. These are the impairments we have compensation mechanisms for:
a mental illness (e.g. depression or anxiety disorder)
a chronic illness (e.g. an illness of the immune system)
partial performance disorders (e.g. dyslexia or dyscalculia)
visual impairment or blindness
Hearing impairment or deafness
speech impairment
movement impairments
autism
any other impairment
Our tip: Contact the Examinations Office (Prüfungsamt) directly as soon as you are enrolled at IU and one of the above conditions applies to you. Our Examinations Office will be happy to show you which compensation mechanisms are available to you, e.g.
Extension of the writing time
Extension of exam duration
Personal/technical assistance
Our Student Registrar’s Office (Studierendensekretariat) and Examinations Office (Prüfungsamt)
Your contact persons
If you are a student with a health-related impairment, you face challenges big and small every day to achieve your goals. We want to be by your side:
The Student Registrar’s Office (Studierendensekretariat) and our Study Coaches will help you organise your online study programme.
Our Examinations Office (Prüfungsamt) will support you in applying for compensation mechanisms for your impairment.
We embrace inclusion!
Our volunteer networking team for inclusion, consisting of lecturers and interested students, contributes to the inclusive design of IU. You want to network with other students with impairments or chronic illnesses? Then simply send the team an e-mail: teaminklusion-fernstudium@iu.org
Equal Opportunities Officer
Our institution is based on the principle of equal opportunities for all. Therefore, we attach great importance to maintaining and strengthening equal rights and opportunities for all members of IU International University of Applied Sciences. Our Equal Opportunities Officer is responsible, for example, for ensuring equal opportunities for all members of the institution and eliminating disadvantages.
What counts is you: We are here for you!
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You can try out your study programme for four weeks – no commitment. The fees for this period only apply if you decide to continue your studies with us.
Simply register online for your desired programme.
How to master your distance learning as a parent
You’re a parent and are wondering if you can handle studying and parenting at the same time? You can! With a study programme that fits in with your family life and offers you a lot of freedom. This makes your distance learning a breeze!
Advantages of distance learning for parents
We offer parents many advantages that make their distance learning easier so they can pursue their personal and professional goals.
Study online
Flexible time & cost models
Maximum support
Write your exams online 24/7, 365 days a year. No matter when, no matter where!
You want to take more time for your family in between? Take a semester off!
Our teachers and study coaches look forward to getting to know you.
Financing your distance learning as a parent
Financing their distance learning is not always easy for parents. However, there are certain financial aids in place that can help you. Both the state and some foundations provide financial support for students who are also parents. With the help of parental benefits, housing subsidies, child allowances and other offers, you too will be able to fulfil your dream of studying!
How to organise your distance learning as a parent
A few simple tricks can make it easier for you to balance family life and distance learning. One of them is creating an individual study plan that fits perfectly with your family life.
Here's how: Set up your individual study plan by first roughly dividing up your semester. By when do you want to be through with the content of which module? When do you want to do which exam? Then you should be more specific: When are there gaps in the coming weeks that you can use for your studies? Don’t just consider fixed times – such as your working hours – but also childcare time, shared rituals and time for your hobbies. Once you have worked out your time slots for learning, fix them in your calendar – like fixed professional appointments.
Tip: Plan only approximately 60% of your time – with the remaining 40%, something unforeseen will probably happen anyway. This helps you avoid frustration if you cannot stick to your plan.
3 tips on how to stay on the ball
Do you have the feeling that you are treading water and not really making any progress in your distance learning as a parent? These three tips will help you stay on the ball!
Set sub-goals
Share with your family
Exchange with fellow students
With over 130,000 students, our network is very large. You have the opportunity to connect with your fellow students on various platforms such as Microsoft Teams. Exchange ideas with other parents in the same situation, get the best tips for your distance learning with child and let yourself be motivated by like-minded people in learning groups.
You can try out your study programme for four weeks – no commitment. The fees for this period only apply if you decide to continue your studies with us.
Simply register online for your desired programme.
Distance learning for seniors
Retired people are fitter than ever these days – both physically and mentally. Just put your feet up and do the crossword puzzle? For many, that is out of the question! That is because now, you're at the best age to tackle all the things that you didn't have time for before, alongside your job and family: for example, your dream of going to university!
Why it pays to study in old age
Mental training
Broadening horizons
New challenges
With your studies, you are always on the move, making new contacts and facing exciting challenges.
Study without a university entrance qualification
Flexible time management
Location-independent
Make sure you are well-advised on your studies in old age
Do you have questions about the right study programme for you or financing it with a small pension? For these and other concerns, advice centres, as well as further websites are available on the internet. Here you will find an overview of various advice services so that you are well informed on all topics related to your studies in old age.
You can try out your study programme for four weeks – no commitment. The fees for this period only apply if you decide to continue your studies with us.
Simply register online for your desired programme.
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