Studying with a Disability

Disabled Students

Do you have a disability ?

At the Université Bourgogne Europe, there are many ways to make your studies and life at university easier :

Steps to take

Preparing for university

I’m a high school senior with a disability, and I’m applying via Parcoursup. In this case, if I wish, I can fill in a liaison form in Parcoursup. This form allows me to communicate my specific needs.

Regional Academic Commissions for Access to Higher Education (CRAAES)

In each academy, the CRAAES guarantee the right of access to higher education for all applicants. Candidates who can justify an exceptional situation may ask for their application to be reconsidered. The CAAES will take into account:

  • my needs for support, compensation, care and transport
  • my situation as a pupil or student
  • any recognition of my disability, health problem or learning disability
  • how various educational institutions take accessibility into account.

To find out more:

If I need any special arrangements made on the part of the university, I contact the University Health Service as soon as possible.

I’m looking for funding for my studies

I study at the UBE

Je souhaite bénéficier d’un accompagnement personnalisé et I would like to benefit from personalized support and special arrangements during my studies (request possible throughout the year, excluding special examination measures).

  • First, I go to the Student Health Service (SSE) to pick up an explanatory form. This will tell me what documents I need to submit to open my file.
  • The SSE then studies my file and contacts me to arrange an appointment with the MDPH-approved doctor. It is this doctor who will draw up an opinion outlining any recommendations for special support.

Please note that the assistance offered may differ from that previously granted at secondary school. For example, there is no longer an Aide de Vie Scolaire at university.

As soon as I am notified of the recommendations made by the SSE doctor, I must send a copy to my department secretary and to Mission Handicap.

Assistance available only on recommendation of the Student Health Service

Human assistance for classes
  • Note-taking: carried out by a student from the same year. This enables students with disabilities to benefit from high-quality course notes in digital format.
  • Tutoring: to help students acquire working methods and review course content.
  • Help in using digital tools: to explain how to use the equipment made available to disabled students (use of webcam headset, remote presence robot, etc.).
Material assistance for classes
  • Laptop computers
  • Dictaphones
  • Adapted room in the Droit-Lettres Library
  • Beam robots: these enable students to follow courses remotely, while being physically represented by the robot in the classroom. In this way, they enable more complete interactivity in the on-site classroom situation.
  • Noise-canceling headphones
  • Low vision adapters
  • Software for DYS disorders
  • And many more.
Academic adaptations
  • Adding a semester
  • Therapeutic half-time
  • Attendance exemptions
Exam accommodations
  • An examination secretary: reads the examination question(s) and writes the paper under the dictation of the student who is unable to write because of his or her disability.
  • Extra composition time: this is usually an extra third of the allotted time, but may be defined differently depending on the situation.
Adapting examination subjects
  • Enlargement of examination papers (e.g., font enlargement)
  • Adaptation of tests (provision of computers, a separate room for stress-free composition, etc.).
Adapted premises
  • Adapted room at BU Droit-Lettres
  • New “Le Cortex” library