Our doors are open to all students facing challenges, especially those who, due to illness, impairment or disorder, have permanent, occasional or temporary difficulties in carrying out everyday academic activities.
These may include students with:
- visual impairment
- hearing impairment
- language, speech or voice communication impairment
- motor disabilities
- multiple disabilities
- chronic illnesses
- mental health difficulties
- specific learning disabilities (dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia)
- autism spectrum disorders
- attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
- two or more disabilities
- temporary disabilities
- other health conditions or difficulties that may affect the course of studies
Contact us with full confidence if you need:
- information on how to exercise your rights to: individually adapted additional tests for admission to the faculty and exams during studies, direct enrolment, exemption from study fees, direct placement in a student dormitory, reimbursement of part of transportation costs
- peer support (student assistant) or mentor support
- information on the possibility of obtaining a scholarship based on disability
- specialised transportation from your place of residence within Rijeka and the surrounding area to the faculty and back
- digitised and adapted literature
- adapted accommodation and support in student housing
- specialised equipment (hand-held scanner, desktop or hand-held electronic magnifier, Braille notebook, small laptop with built-in speech unit and screen reader, etc.)
Application form
If you wish to claim any of your rights or use the opportunities offered at the University of Rijeka, you will need to provide documentation of your difficulty. The required documentation may vary depending on the nature of the difficulty, and you will be informed about the relevant and acceptable documentation during your initial conversation with one of our advisors.