Accessible environment

Source: https://english.spbu.ru/about/openness-policy/accessible-environment Parent: https://english.spbu.ru/admission/admissions-procedure

This section contains information on providing education for people with disabilities at St. Petersburg State University

St. Petersburg State University creates special conditions for the education of persons with disabilities, pursuant to the Federal Law ‘On Education in the Russian Federation’

Individualised curriculum

If necessary, students with disabilities are provided with individual study plans and personalised learning schedules, taking into account the specific needs and educational requirements of a particular student, which may involve:

• Extending the period of higher education
• E-learning tools, network and distance learning systems, such as Blackboard
• Alternative forms of classes as lecture recordings, webinars, online individual consultations, testing, etc.
• Access to educational website network

All e-learning tools can be accessed from any location in the world via the Internet without installing additional software on their computers.  These systems enable students to combine individual and collective forms of work in the learning process. They are used to: support face-to-face and distance learning, collaborative work, including research groups, team discussion and decision making; and create individual user portfolios.

Assessment of students with disabilities and special needs is organised taking into account their psychophysical development and individual capabilities.

In addition to the conditions listed above, there are specific arrangements for training in physical education and sport. Classes for persons with disabilities and persons exempted from practical training shall be conducted in accordance with a special methodology.

Physical education and sport classes for these categories of persons include:

• aerobics (with an exercise ball, stretching, fitness)
• oriental martial arts (wushu)
• skiing
• athletics (recreational and fitness walking and running)
• swimming
• Nordic walking
• walking tourism
• special programmes in recreational systems
• general physical training (GP)
• checkers
• chess

Resources

In accordance with the State Programme 'Accessible Environment 2011-2020' and the provisions of the Interdepartmental comprehensive plan to ensure accessibility of vocational education for disabled people and persons with special needs, St. Petersburg State University undertakes measures to ensure access to buildings for people with disabilities. Planning of major renovations of buildings shall include a mandatory section on 'Accessibility for Disabled Persons'.

Nine mobile ramps and one stairclimber were purchased in 2019 as part of the measures to organise access to the facilities of St. Petersburg State University. The Committee on Urban Planning and Architecture of St Petersburg issued instructions for engineering of amenities (stationary ramps) for seven university facilities. These instructions were used to develop technical specifications and calculate cost estimates for the project.

The Admissions Office building of St. Petersburg State University at 13B Universitetskaya Embankment and the adjoining territory have been fully equipped with a ramp, a bell at the entrance door for disabled people to enter the building, internal access routes (including evacuation routes), and a lift.

The entrances of 65 buildings have been equipped with bells to call for assistance and contrasting markings, including eight buildings that traditionally host the information centres of the Admissions Office located at: 7-9-11 Universitetskaya Embankment; 3 Volkhovsky Lane; 62 Chaikovsky Street; 5 Mendeleevskaya Line; and 71 Bolshoy Prospect, Vasilyevsky Island.

Two halls of residence have been equipped to accommodate seven students with locomotive disabilities:

• Hall of Residence No 3 (27 Solidarnosti Prospect): three-bed apartment (33.9 m2) on the ground floor with a kitchen and a shower/bathroom
• Hall of Residence No 8 (15 Khalturina Street): an apartment (26.9 m2) and an apartment (30.1 m2). Apartments are located on the ground floor. Each apartment may accommodate two people and is equipped with special furniture and lavatory facilities with handrails.
• The entrance to Hall of Residence No 6 (27/1 Solidarnosti Prospect) has been equipped with a ramp.
• The entrance to Hall of Residence No 8 (15 Khalturina Street) is equipped with an electric stairlift.

Number of residential premises adapted for use by disabled people and persons with special needs: none.

Access to buildings

As part of the first phase, accessibility data sheets have been developed for 71 buildings of St. Petersburg State University.

Six of the 78 academic buildings at St. Petersburg State University are accessible to people with limited mobility:

1. 29 14th Line, adjacent territory, entrance from the courtyard – entrance door equipped with a bell for persons with disabilities to enter the building; routes for moving inside the building (including emergency escape routes) with two ramps (portable/folding); for moving up and down staircases (one stepwalk); one cabin for disabled people in the lavatory on the 1st floor and one cabin on the 2nd floor
2. 21-23-25A Tavricheskaya Street – fully accessible to all visitors, including: adjacent area; entrance hall with ramps; routes for moving inside the building (including evacuation routes); lifting equipment (two lifts with wide doors to the 4th floor, lifting platform from the 4th floor to 5th floor); lavatory for disabled people. The building is equipped with braille labels for the visually impaired, a mobile induction system for the hearing impaired, a folding wheelchair for persons in wheelchairs and persons with musculoskeletal disorders
3. 109A Sankt-Petesburgskoe Shosse – adjacent territory, entrance group, access routes inside the building (including escape routes), sanitary facilities for disabled persons, lifting equipment
4. 7A 22nd Line – entrance, route(s) inside the building (including evacuation routes), ramps, electric lifts, fully equipped lavatories, safety zones
5. 58-60A Galernaya Street – adjacent area, entrance hall, internal routes (including evacuation routes), lifting equipment
6. 20/1 Korablestroitelei Street (simulation centre) – equipped adjacent area, entrance hall, routes inside the building, lavatories for disabled people, electric stairlift
7. 6A Makarova Embankment – partially accessible (lit. K,O); accessible adjacent area; entrance from the courtyard equipped with a ramp; lavatory with a cubicle for persons with limited mobility on the ground floor
8. 5 Mendeleevskaya Line – partially accessible to visitors; adjacent area, entrance from Tiflissky Lane equipped with a ramp; routes for moving inside the building; mobile ramp stairlift; lavatory for persons with limited mobility on the 3rd floor
9. 7-9-11В (Peter II Palace), Universitetskaya embankment. Partially accessible (lit. K,O). Adjacent area is accessible, a parking area for persons with disabilities is available. Entrance from the courtyard equipped with a ramp. Lavatory with a cubicle for persons with limited mobility on the ground floor

The research building at 17A Botanicheskaia Street, Peterhof, St Petersburg is partially accessible for people with disabilities and people with limited mobility.  There is a parking place for persons with disabilities, a ramp at the entrance to the building, and an equipped lavatory.

The buildings are equipped for different categories of people with limited mobility: for persons with locomotor disabilities – partly; for persons with visual impairment – partly; and for hearing impaired persons – partly.

Technical facilities and equipment

Information on access to information systems and telecommunication networks adapted for use by persons with disabilities and persons with special needs

Information on electronic educational resources adapted for use by persons with disabilities and persons with special needs:

• Personal Account
• Blackboard SPbU
• Online courses of St Petersburg University
• Digital library and information resources
• Version of the website of St Petersburg University for the visually impaired

Information on the availability of special technical equipment for shared and individual use by persons with disabilities and persons with special needs:

35 Universitetsky Prospect, Peterhof

• braille display
• braille printer
• screen readers

7 22nd Line

• screen readers, a workstation for the blind and visually impaired

21–23–25A  Tavricheskaya Street

• portable induction system 'Potok A4'

Centre for Inclusive Education

St. Petersburg State University is a member of the partner network of Resource Educational and Methodological Centres for the education of persons with disabilities in the Russian Federation, acting as a partner university of the Herzen Pedagogical University's Resource Educational and Methodological Centre.

The main objectives of the Centre are to support inclusive education within the University by providing necessary informational, educational, and methodological assistance to students with disabilities and health limitations, and to facilitate their adaptation to the learning process and personal development in order to ensure high-quality professional training.

Centre resource page (in Russian)

To switch to a website version for the visually impaired, click on the ‘Version for the visually impaired’ button at the bottom of the page or the eye symbol at the top of the page.

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