Disability support services (10.6.8)

Széchenyi István University provides comprehensive support services for students with disabilities and special educational needs through a formal institutional framework established by its Szabályzat a Speciális Igényű Hallgatók Esélyegyenlőségének Biztosításáról (Regulation on Ensuring Equal Opportunities for Students with Special Needs). The Regulation establishes a University Equal Opportunities Coordinator and a Special Needs Students Equal Opportunities Committee (EFB) responsible for supporting students, evaluating requests, investigating complaints, coordinating assistance measures and ensuring equal participation in academic life.

The Equal Opportunities Coordinator supports the registration of students with special needs, maintains records and statistics, provides guidance on academic and administrative matters, liaises with academic staff and monitors the implementation of accommodations and support measures. Students are able to register through a formal process and receive individual support based on documented needs.

The University’s support system covers students with mobility impairments, hearing impairments, visual impairments, speech impairments, autism spectrum conditions, dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, attention and behavioural disorders, psychological disabilities, and certain chronic health conditions.

A wide range of accommodations is available. These include assistive technologies and specialised equipment, personal assistants, sign-language, oral and note-taking interpreters, extended examination time, alternative examination formats, adapted assessment methods, separate examination arrangements, accessible learning materials and individual consultation opportunities. The Regulation also allows the EFB to grant additional tailored accommodations based on individual circumstances.

The University continuously evaluates the effectiveness of its support measures. The Coordinator reports each semester on the situation of registered students and on the activities of the EFB, while students with special needs formally evaluate the Coordinator’s work and the University’s equal-opportunity provisions through an annual feedback process.

Support extends beyond academic accommodations. The University Library provides dedicated equal-opportunity services for users with disabilities, including text-reading devices available in the Media Box and an accessibility version of the library website for users with visual impairments and low vision.

Students with disabilities also benefit from accessible campus infrastructure (campus map), accessible accommodation facilities and support provided through faculty-level equal-opportunity representatives and the University’s Equal Opportunities Committee.