General measures

The following are some of the measures available for students with disabilities:

• Enrolment in fewer credits than the required minimum for a part-time MA course.
• Disabled students, considered as those who have a disability of at least 33%, have the right to a waiver of all public fees in studies leading to a university degree.
• Extensions are contemplated in special circumstances as regards the deadline for the application to register the doctoral tesis.
• Special support for access to spaces and resources.
• Accommodations in evaluation systems as to a disabled student’s special needs, for example: extra time to do an exam, adjustments to the way the exam is carried out, etc.
• Special attention will be given to students requesting a resit.
• Any other measure proposed by the RAED on the condition that it is justified.

In all cases, the RAED should notify the support unit of the UIMP (DISUIMP) of any proposed or adopted measures for disabled students.

General behavioural guidelines 

University personnel will at all times take privacy laws into account. Any information regarding a student’s disability will be strictly confidential and used exclusively to attend the needs of the student.

All those responsible for the paperwork, spaces, teaching and all processes related to the student’s stay at the university, must understand and attend to the needs of the disabled student.

If a university teacher or employee notices that a disabled students does not have the necessary accommodations in the classroom, they should immediately notify the RAED in case they are unaware of the circumstance.