Students with special needs

The UE in Bratislava and its faculties creates a generally accessible academic environment also by creating appropriate study conditions for students with special needs without reducing the requirements for their study performance.

Student with special needs, according to § 100 sec. 2 of Law No. 131/2002 Coll. on Higher Education Institutions and on Amendments to Certain Laws (Slovak version):

1. with sensory, physical and multiple disabilities,
2. with chronic disease,
3. with impaired health,
4. with mental illness,
5. with autism or other pervasive developmental disorders,
6. with learning disabilities.

Pursuant to § 100 par. 4 of Law No. 131/2002 Coll. on Higher Education Institutions and on Amendments to Certain Laws, a student who agrees to the assessment of his / her specific needs is entitled, according to the scope and type of specific need, to support services, in particular to:

1. ensuring the possibility to use specific educational means,
2. individual educational approaches, especially individual teaching of selected subjects for students with sensory disabilities,
3. special conditions for the performance of study obligations without reducing the requirements for study performance,
4. individual approach of university teachers,
5. waiver of tuition fees in justified cases, if the study is longer than the standard length of the relevant study program.

Details on the minimum requirements of a student with specific needs for support services according to the type of specific need are laid down in the Decree of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Slovak Republic No. 458/2012 Coll. on the minimum requirements of a student with special needs Slovak version).

The provision of support services is not automatically claimable, it is subject to the submission of a written application for inclusion in the register of students with special needs. Student, or an applicant addresses the faculty coordinator for students with special needs with the request for the evaluation of his / her specific needs.

INTERNAL REGULATION of the UNIVERSITY of ECONOMICS in BRATISLAVA NUMBER B/14/2023 Ensurance of a generally accessible academic environment for students with special needs (Slovak version)