Institution: University of Leipzig
Name of the tool: open university day for potential students with impairments
Key actors: Students with special needs
Students
Support office
State of the tool: Testing phase
Student's areas involved: Studying
Relation with supporting staff
Peers relations
Other
Description of the tool:

Information about support services offered, degree programs feasible with certain impairments and the equipment available at the university are crucial facts for potential students with impairments to come to a decision wether or not to study at a certain university or choosing a field of study.

User manual:

At the university of Leipzig the student organisation, a non-profit state-governed national organisation, hosts an annual open-university day with the following foci (examples):

- get students aquainted with the premisses

- inform students about support services available

- answer questions to help students with special needs find their way into higher education more easily