To apply and starting your studies

Source: https://www.tu.berlin/en/studienberatung/advising-information/studying-with-impairments/to-apply-and-starting-studies Parent: https://www.tu.berlin/en/studying/advising/illness-disability

It isn’t always easy to choose a degree program that matches your preferences and interests. Different advising services can help you with your decision:

Academic Advising Service:You can find an overview to the Academic Advising Service’s individual and group offers under the following link https://www.tu.berlin/en/go176/
In addition to advisory services, there is also a Virtual Infothek with videos and podcast episodes to get to know the TU degree programs. The conversations are in German and there is an English transcript for each episode.
Course Guidance: Students are happy to share their knowledge about degree schedules, study content, and curricula for subjects you are considering. You can find contact information and office hours in the relevant degree program overview.

Feeling comfortable in the city, at the University, and at your faculty, is important. It is best to come by and get an idea for yourself. We are happy to assist you when looking around campus. We take you around the University, showing you, for instance, the shortest paths, reserved seats in lecture halls, and handicap accessible toilets.

We would be happy to make an appointment with you for a joint tour of the campus.

Take a look at our pages on Accessibility and a barrier-free campus for a first impression.

Futhermore, you can join a v irtual tour through TU Berlin.

You have chosen a degree program at TU Berlin, fulfill the admission requirements, and would like to apply. Now what?

You can directly enroll in free admission degree programs without first applying. This means you submit an application for enrollment.

If you would like to apply for a restricted admission degree program, you can increase your chance of admission by submitting one or more special requests.

Special applications are part of the application documents. What special application can you apply for?

When applying for abachelor’s program:

Application for improvement of grade point average
Application for adjustment due to delayed university entrance qualification
Application for consideration due to exceptional circumstances

When applying for amaster’s program:

Application for consideration due to exceptional circumstances

Regardless of your nationality, as an applicant with an international university entrance qualification you must apply via uni-assist. The following applies to applications for a Bachelor's degree:

nationals of the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway (Applicant group E) can claim special requirements and/or make supplemental applications. This is only possible if these are submitted together with your application to uni-assist by the deadline and in due form.
nationals of countries other than the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway and stateless persons (Applicant group C) cannot submit a supplemental application. There is already an advance quota for them.

Detailed information on supplemental applications (form, procedure, etc.) can be found on the website of the Office of Stiudent Affairs. Please note the relevant deadlines and application dates.

StudierendenWERK BERLIN gives priority to students with a disability or chronic illness when allocating rooms in its dormitories. You must have been admitted or already be enrolled at a Berlin institution of higher education to apply for a room. Applications must be submitted online using the studierendenWERK BERLIN dormitory portal. You can find additional information about renting an accessible apartment on studierendenWERK Berlin’s web page “Barrier-free housing”.

The InfoCenter studi@homecan provide advice to applicants and students on all questions concerning housing.

On the studierendenWERK BERLIN’s “Housing” website, you will find a list with links to other apartment providers in Berlin.

If you are searching for social housing, you must have a Wohnberechtigungsschein (WBS) certifying your eligibility for such housing. You can request this certificate from the housing office of the borough you live in. You can also be issued a WBS with the additional note “Rollstuhlbenutzerwohnung” (RB), or “apartment for wheelchair users”.

The project Mobidat team has spent decades dedicated to accessible life in Berlin. It offers information as well as a special database for wheelchair users looking for an apartment. The database includes accesible apartments throughout Berlin. If interested, please contact the apartment provider or rental agency.

The University Library offers the following services to users with a disability or chronic illness:

Extended loan period: 3 months for TU and UdK holdings (UdK AV media: 2 weeks, book lockers: 8 weeks)
Requests from the Open Access Area of the TU and UdK Berlin University Libraries (Fasanenstr. 88) via the Knowledge Portal Primo. Resources are made available for collection within 24 hours from the self-service collection area on the ground floor.\ \ To use either of these services, please present your disability ID or certificate from TU Berlin or UdK confirming academic adjustment at the circulation desk. This is only necessary the first time you use these services.
Support with finding resources including obtaining literature and media from department and special libraries located elsewhere
Accessible work spaces with a height-adjustable table, large monitor, and outlets for your laptop are located on each floor of the Central Library across from the information desks as well as in the department libraries. These work spaces can be used by all visitors. However, they must be vacated for individuals with a disability ID or academic adjustment.
Free copies for visually-impaired persons (in accordance with copyright law)
Quiet Room BIB 036: Please contact the library staff, they will guide you to the room. You will need to present your disability ID, a medical note, or a certificate from the University confirming your academic adjustment.
Four of 14 single study rooms are reserved for TU Berlin and UdK Berlinstudents with a disability ID or receiving academic adjustments.

If you have a disability ID which permits you to use public transportation for free, you can be exempted from the semester ticket for the duration of the validity of the disability ID. To do this, submit an application in the tuPORT app and the semester ticket will be deactivated accordingly. You can find more information about the exemption on the Office of Student Affairs website. Please take care to note how long your disability ID is valid for.

If you are unable to use public transportation due to an illness or disability and do not have a disability ID, you can complete and submit the “Application for Exemption from Payment of the Semesterticket Fee” together with the required proof to the TU Berlin AStA Semesterticket Office. Please refer to to the current information on the Semesterticket Office website.

To apply for the subsidy you must be able to demonstrate that payment of the Semesterticket fee would cause you considerable hardship, that your monthly income does not exceed your needs, and that you do not have any assets. All three criteria must be fulfilled.You can find further information about the subsidy as well as the application form on AStA’s Semesterticket Office website.