Information about studying

Affected students who can prove a 50% reduction in earning capacity can be exempted from tuition fees. Please submit the application to the Admissions Office in good time within the admission deadlines).

Information: https://www.uibk.ac.at/studium/anmeldung-zulassung/erlassgruende.html.de

AK grants for students

Deadline for applications from the beginning of September to the end of March. Grants also available for students abroad.

More information under:

Kammer für Arbeiter und Angestellte für Tirol -AK-Tirol
Maximilianstraße 7
A-6010 Innsbruck

ak@tirol.comwww.ak-tirol.com

Attention! Since the winter semester 2021/22, a number of innovations - mostly improvements - for recipients of student grants have come into force with the amendment to the Student Support Act.

For students with a disability of at least 50%, the duration of entitlement (per study period) is extended by 2 semesters. In addition, the duration of entitlement can be extended even further and/or a higher study grant can be awarded in the case of certain disabilities defined by decree of the Federal Minister. In general, the age limit for disabled students is raised to 35 years at the start of studies.

Further important news underhttp://www.stipendium.at/

If you are unable to continue your studies for one or two semesters, you have the option of taking a leave of absence from your studies. A leave of absence is possible in certain cases, during which your admission to the degree program remains valid. It goes without saying that no coursework may be completed during this period of leave of absence!

Information: https://www.uibk.ac.at/studium/organisation/studium/

Forms: https://www.uibk.ac.at/studium/anmeldung-zulassung/formulare/formular-beurlaubung.pdf

In the event of illness, fee payers have the option of a refund of their tuition fees if they are unable to progress during the semester due to illness. The study department will also be happy to inform you about this.

Information: https://www.uibk.ac.at/studium/anmeldung-zulassung/erlassgruende.html.de

We will keep you informed about support options on our homepage or you can enquire directly at the Admission Department.

A tutorial provides support during the course of study. The type of support can be diverse and varied and always depends on the individual needs of the student.

Examples of this would be Support in planning and organizing studies, assistance in courses or taking notes, making copies. The need (care measures are excluded from this service!) is determined during a consultation.

The service can be used subject to financial eligibility and after an informal application has been submitted in good time by the student concerned. There is no legal entitlement to a tutorial!

In principle, this study-related measure can only be granted if the disabled, impaired and/or chronically ill student is not entitled to personal assistance at the workplace (Social Ministry Service, Self-determined Life) or if the study-related support needs cannot be covered in any other way.

Tutors are students of the Leopold Franzens University of Innsbruck (if possible from the same subject area) who, due to their expert knowledge, can also provide important guidance in all questions concerning everyday study life. Tutors are financed by the university. The maximum amount of tutoring is 3 semester hours per week, which corresponds to 6 hours per week.

The need for tutors must be announced by mid-November (for the summer semester) or the end of April (for the winter semester) in an informal written application to the Disability Officer.

The Disability Officer of the University of Innsbruck grants modified examination modalities in accordance with § 59 para. 1 no. 12 UG02 and in close cooperation with the students, deans of studies and lecturers concerned.

A current medical certificate (proof of disability, impairment, mental and/or chronic illness) and a personal interview with the Disability Officer of the University of Innsbruck are a prerequisite for granting (allocation only after financial feasibility).

Activation of the modified examination modalities - rights and obligations: forms

The Department for Digitization and Electronic Archiving (DEA) of the University and Provincial Library of Tyrol offers the following services for visually impaired and blind students of the Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck:

• On request, books or scripts can be scanned and the text automatically recognized using so-called OCR software, which can then be delivered as a Word or PDF file.

In this way, a more or less error-free text is created, depending on the original. This is why DEA also offers additional proofreading of the text:

• The books and scripts are edited so that headings, footnotes and the like are also included in a Word or RTF document. Reading errors in the software are also corrected.
• The scanning and preparation of books is free of charge for visually impaired and blind students.

If you are a visually impaired or blind student and would like to make use of this digitization service, please contact the Department of Digitization and Electronic Archiving. The direct contact person is Mr. Thomas Krismer.

Contact

Innsbruck University and Provincial Library
Department for Digitization and Electronic Archiving
Mag. Thomas Krismer
Innrain 52 6020 Innsbruck

Website: https://www.uibk.ac.at/ulb/services/digitalisieren.html

Email: ub-dea@uibk.ac.at

Tel.: 0512/507/25403

The Central IT Service - ZID - offers students a range of IT services and infrastructure. The services offered range from computer workstations and the student portal LFU:online to the eCampus and support for e-learning activities at the University of Innsbruck. In all areas, the ZID strives to continuously improve usability and reduce barriers.

On the ZID-webpage http://www.uibk.ac.at/zid you will find a lot of important information on computer use at the university. As your requirements and needs can vary greatly, we are happy to offer you personal advice on your computer concerns. Please contact our tutors in the user rooms or our staff in User Services - together we are sure to find a suitable solution.

Workstations with an extensive range of software and Internet access are available at the various ZID locations. The plug-in workstations allow students to use their private laptops with special software/hardware optimally at the university.

In 2014, the ZID workplace underwent a general overhaul and was equipped with new PCs and the latest software. This makes it possible for blind and visually impaired people to work with the latest Windows software. Thanks to the connection to the university network, many programs can be downloaded from the IT center's servers. The workstations are also connected to the Internet via the network. This provides blind and visually impaired students with barrier-free access to international information.

Before using the workstations for the first time, please contact the University of Innsbruck's Disability Officer so that we can enable you to access the workstation using a chip.

By setting up this workstation, we have not only succeeded in improving the study conditions for blind and visually impaired students, but also in sending a signal that people with disabilities have equal opportunities and participation at a university.

Contact: behindertenbeauftragte@uibk.ac.at

The Public Relations Office and the ZID worked together to redesign the University of Innsbruck's website. In addition to a contemporary design, the aim is to improve accessibility for all. Accessibility is the focus of these efforts. We are also working together with other competent institutions that are constantly putting our homepage through its paces.

The challenge here should not be underestimated: The university's websites are now of considerable size and have to satisfy many, sometimes very different requirements. In addition, the content is contributed by a large number of people. We provide an editorial system that promotes barrier-free design. It helps the supervisors of the individual areas to maintain good websites that are automatically and consistently integrated into the overall website. Additional display variants, for example with a larger font or with a dark background and light font, must be provided. However, accessibility also depends largely on the actual content; at this level, it cannot be achieved through technical measures alone.

LFU:online is the student portal of the University of Innsbruck and can be accessed at http://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at.

• Students can view and partially update their master data, get an overview of the courses they have enrolled in and check their current tuition fee status and examination results.
• The course catalog of the University of Innsbruck is published via LFU:online. Registration for courses, classes and examinations takes place via the student portal.
• Numerous documents for authorities can be retrieved and printed out by the students themselves.
• LFU:online offers students the opportunity to submit various applications to administrative departments of the University of Innsbruck online - communication between administrative departments and students is handled entirely via the system.

The eCampus is the central learning platform of the University of Innsbruck. In eCampus, a separate course is created for each course, which is managed by the lecturers themselves and filled with content and information. Most eCampus courses contain learning materials, but communication areas such as discussion forums or chats and collaborative tools such as wikis or blogs are also used in some cases.

The eCampus has been operated with the Blackboard Learning System software since 2000. According to the manufacturer, Blackboard Learning System complies with the "Bobby A approved" certificate - this refers to legal regulations in the USA [Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards (Section 508)] and fulfills the guidelines for the "WCAG1 A approved" certificate.

Together with a blind employee of the ZID, we examined the learning platform more closely. Their feedback showed that the platform is easy to use with appropriate training and support measures.

A prerequisite for the approval of e-learning projects is the obligation of the project managers to take into account guidelines for accessible material design when creating the materials.

Once a year, a course on "e-learning and accessibility" is offered to university staff as part of the "e-learning certificate", a cross-university further education initiative with a workload of 30 hours.

Personal assistance gives disabled employees and students the opportunity to compensate for physical impairments at the workplace and place of training with assistance.PAA includes the personal support services in connection with accompaniment and mobility that are necessary to fulfill the defined obligations and to comply with internal company regulations or to successfully complete a course of study to compensate for disability-related functional limitations.

The support services are based on the individual needs of the assistance recipient and include the following core areas:

Accompaniment on the way from home to the place of work or education

• Accompaniment during official duties outside the workplace (e.g. attending events)
• Support activities of a manual nature during the performance of duties or during the training period (e.g. filing documents, typing, scanning, copying)
• Assistance with personal hygiene during the period of employment or training
• Other disability-related assistance services (e.g. help getting in and out of the car, putting on and taking off a jacket, help with lunch)

People with disabilities in care levels 5, 6 or 7 - in exceptional cases also in levels 3 and 4 - who

• are in an employment relationship or
• are completing a course of study or
• are completing vocational training or
• are seeking employment subject to social insurance contributions
• and require assistance to carry out this activity.

The Verein Selbstbestimmt Leben Innsbruck (SLI) is the assistance service center for the province of Tyrol and handles the application and coordination of personal assistance in the workplace.

1.     After a detailed consultation with the SLI, a written agreement is concluded with the recipient of the assistance.
2.     An informal application is submitted to the Federal Social Welfare Office.
3.     Once the application has been granted, the assistance can begin.

If you need personal assistance or would like to find out more about it, please contact the Verein Selbstbestimmt Leben Innsbruck (SLI).

Selbstbestimmt Leben Innsbruck
Anton-Eder-Str. 15
A-6020 Innsbruck

Phone: +43-512-578989

Homepage: http://www.selbstbestimmt-leben.at