Students with disabilities
Students with disabilities
The Faculty strives to ensure equal study opportunities to all students. Three coordinators at the Faculty, contact persons for students with disabilities and the Office for Students with Disabilities of the University of Zagreb protect the interests of the students with disabilities. Students can help their colleagues with disabilities through the course “Peer Support to Students with Disabilities”.
Contact details of the Faculty coordinator for students with disabilities
At the Faculty of Law in Zagreb, there are three coordinators for students with disabilities, with contact details as follows:
- for the Study of Social Work, the coordinator is Professor Kristina Urbanc
consultations with prior announcement by e-mail, due to the use of the sabbatical - for the Integrated Law Studies, the coordinator is Professor Irena Majstorović
consultations with prior announcement by e-mail, Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 10.30 p.m., Trg Republike Hrvatske 3, Room 28 (second floor left), with the possibility of holding consultations on the ground floor of the building - for the Study of Public Administration and Public Finances, the coordinator is Assistant Professor Teo Giljević
consultations Thursdays from 11.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. by prior appointment, Gundulićeva 10, room 3b
Contact person for students with disabilities is Ms. Sanja Storjak, employee of the Student Administration Office, Trg Republike Hrvatske 3, e-mail: sanja.storjak@pravo.hr.
For details about the available literature, please contact the head of the Library of the Faculty of Law, Andrea Horić, PhD during the library’s working hours.
Office for Students with Disabilities, University of Zagreb
At the University of Zagreb, where more than 65,000 students study, there are only about 330 registered students with disabilities, which amounts about 5 % of all students.
In order to ensure that all potential students with disabilities who wish to study at the University of Zagreb achieve this, it is necessary to provide conditions for successful study to all current and future students with disabilities. Therefore, the University of Zagreb has established the Office for Students with Disabilities as a reference centre where students can get information on the spot, as well as by phone, e-mail, leaflets and brochures. Through its activities, the Office also offers direct assistance to students in solving specific problems that may arise during their studies, and thus represents a mechanism for ensuring equal opportunities.
The Office is intended for students:
- with visual impairments
- with hearing impairments
- with physical disabilities
- with multiple impairments
- with chronic diseases
- with mental disorders
- learning difficulties (dyslexia, dysgraphia etc.)
- with other health conditions or difficulties that may affect the course of studies.
For more information, please visit http://www.unizg.hr/uredssi/
Peer support for students with disabilities
If you are a student of the University of Zagreb and want to help a colleague who is a student with disabilities, you can enrol in the University elective course Peer Support for Students with Disabilities, held by Professor Lelia Kiš-Glavaš, full professor at the Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences.
The course is available for admission to all students enrolled in any constituent unit of the University of Zagreb at the undergraduate, graduate or postgraduate level of study. A condition for enrolment in the course is to know a student with a disability who is in need of peer support and who agrees that the student enrolling in the course will be a student assistant (“peer”). It is also desirable that the “peer” attends the same study programme and is enrolled in the same study year (and the same level of study with regard to the registered semester/year). For the purpose of enrolling in this course, a group of students with disabilities are defined as students with visual impairments (blind or visually impaired), students with hearing impairments (deaf, hard of hearing and deaf-blind) and students with physical disabilities (motor disorders and chronic diseases).
The course is held in two parts: the first part relates to the preparatory workshop and the second to the provision of peer support and regular group consultations (supervision).
The preparatory workshop (15L+ 30P) is held over two weekends (Friday afternoon, Saturday, Sunday), while peer support (75P) and group supervision (15P) take place during the semester. The course is also available via e-learning.
Guidelines for the adoption of recommendations for adjusting the teaching process and taking examinations
Guidelines for the adoption of recommendations for adjusting the teaching process and taking examinations regulates the manner in which the Office for Students with Disabilities of the University of Zagreb acts in case of receiving a request for the adoption of a recommendation for adjusting the teaching process and passing the exams.
More information is available here: Guidelines for the adoption of recommendations for adjusting the teaching process and taking examinations