Disabled students

Disabled students

We respect your right to privacy and independence. This means that until you tell us about your health condition or individual needs related to your disability, we will not be able to help you.

Health Insurance

Students are obliged to have health insurance for the duration of their studies, which entitles them to benefit from medical care in Poland.

Students who are citizens of a Member State of the European Union and EFTA Member States (Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein) are entitled to benefits in kind under the rules applicable to a Polish insured person. To obtain a free European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), you have to contact the health insurance institution where you are insured and which is therefore responsible for assuming your healthcare costs. The above-mentioned students receive free health services in primary health care institutions that have concluded a contract with the National Health Fund for a given calendar year, in the event of a sudden deterioration of their health. This does not include preventive healthcare or treatment of chronic diseases. Foreign students may also conclude health insurance contracts with any insurance company that offers such insurance and pay the premiums on their own.

Architectural Accessibility

1. Buildings belonging to Lublin University of Technology (18 in number, including four student dormitories) are wheelchair accessible. As part of the care for architectural accessibility for people with physical disabilities, there are designated and clearly marked car parking spaces. The area around the buildings is adapted to the movement of disabled people (without differences in height and all kinds of terrain obstacles).
2. All buildings and rooms (except technical rooms) can be entered with an assistance/guide dog.
3. There are toilets adapted to the needs of wheelchair users on each floor of the buildings.
4. In the modern building of the Center for Innovation and Advanced Technologies, which also houses the Main Library, three-colored stripes have been introduced on the floors of the corridors to show directions to the most important rooms.

Wheelchair ramp in front of the Center for Innovation and Advanced Technologies

Signage for people with visual impairments at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Three-colored stripes in the Center for Innovation and Advanced Technologies

Library

In the Lending Room of the Main Library, located in the Center for Innovation and Advanced Technologies (Nadbystrzycka 36C, level 3, room 303), a computer station with the following devices useful for people with special needs, has been set up:

1. Desktop computer with SuperNova Access Suite, a full screen reader offering magnification, speech and Braille support, giving people with visual impairment the freedom to access Windows in the way that suits them best. SuperNova has been developed for all visually impaired users, from low vision to blind; Ivona Reader which converts any written text into spoken words. This text-to-speech reader allows computer to read any text aloud. It can read documents, news, RSS feeds, books, web pages and emails.
2. Tiger Braille embosser.
3. OpticBook 3600 Plus scanner.
4. KidTrack mouse.
5. Brailliant 32, a Braille display.
6. Auto-reader, a device that scans and reads text.
7. Videophone, an online sign language interpreter.
8. Bierley MonoMouse USB Electronic Magnifier.
9. BigKeys LX Large Key Keyboard.
10. BraillePen, a Braille keyboard.
11. Colors Blue headphones.

Computer station for people with special needs in the Main Library