Student Status for Students with Special Needs

Students who are granted a recognised special status have access to various adjustments that facilitate their studies:

• During lectures and exercises: Adjustments to classroom space, access to didactic tools, and tutor support.
• Assessment and examinations: Adaptation of exam conditions (e.g., extended time, alternative formats).
• Access to information: Adaptation of study materials and literature into accessible formats.
• Library services: Specific adjustments enabling access to library materials and facilities.
• Website and Moodle accessibility: The website and Moodle include accessibility plugins that support the needs of blind and visually impaired students (plugins accessible via the “Accessibility” label in the upper right corner of the website and in the “Accessibility” box on the right side of the Moodle dashboard).

The faculty, in cooperation with the coordinator for students with special needs, also provides adjustments tailored to specific types of disabilities:

• Blind and visually impaired students: Adapted literature and materials, use of specialised software, assistance with orientation, tactile and high-contrast signage.
• Deaf and hard-of-hearing students: Adapted audiovisual content, use of visual alerts, access to a speech-to-text interpreter or sign language interpreter.
• Students with mobility impairments: Accessible facilities, adapted furniture, assistance with movement.
• Students with learning difficulties: Individual academic support, adapted assessment methods, use of assistive learning tools.
• Students with long-term illnesses, autism spectrum conditions, or psychosocial difficulties: Individual agreements regarding study adjustments and support in managing challenges.

In accordance with the “Rules on Students with Special Needs and Special Status” (available on Regulations page), the status of a student with special needs may be granted to:

• Blind and visually impaired students (visual function impairment)
• Deaf and hard-of-hearing students
• Students with speech and language disorders
• Students with specific learning difficulties
• Students with mobility impairments
• Students with long-term illnesses
• Students on the autism spectrum
• Students with psychosocial difficulties

The decision on granting the status is issued by the Student and Academic Affairs Commission.

Complete the Application for Obtaining the Status of a Student with Special Status / Student with Special Needs (available in Moodle under Study Forms) and fill in Annex 1 of the same form.

Attach relevant official documentation confirming eligibility for the status.
All documentation must be valid for the academic year in which the status is granted.

• Decision on educational placement issued by the National Education Institute of the Republic of Slovenia
• Expert opinion of the Commission for the Placement of Children with Special Needs
• Decision issued by the Social Work Centre (including the expert commission report for classification of children and adolescents)
• Decision by the Pension and Disability Insurance Institute of Slovenia
• Medical certificate issued by a specialist doctor

Submit the completed application and documentation to the submission point of the Student and Academic Affairs Commission in Moodle.

If you are submitting the documentation before the start of the academic year, please send it to: komisije@fuds.si

Note: The Student and Academic Affairs Commission usually meets once per month, every 3rd Monday of the month.