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Facilities

for students with a disability or dyslexia

If you have a disability or dyslexia, you may qualify for an examination facility. An important condition is that the examination provisions are necessary and that these provisions do not conflict with the learning outcome of the programme.

Start your request in time

In case you need specific arrangements during your education, please notify your programme in good time before the start of your studies. Request a facility at least 6 weeks before you have a test or exam. If you do not request this in time, the faculty or programme may not be able to realise the facility.

  • When do you qualify for an arrangement?

    In order to request an arrangement, you will need proof of your disability or dyslexia. The following proof is required:

    • For mobile or sensory disability: in consultation with the student a statement by a General Practitioner or a specialist stating how your disability affects your studies or a print of your medical record
    • For psychiatric disorders, for example, ADD/ADHD, ASS: a diagnostic report by a psychiatrist or a clinical psychologist
    • For dyslexia and dyscalculia: a report of a health care psychologist, a child and youth psychologist or a general remedial educationalist

    Please note: facilities at the UvA may deviate from advice for facilities by experts or other educational institutions.

  • How to apply for an arrangement

    Please make a timely appointment with a student counsellor to start the application for an exam or other arrangement. After the appointment, the student counsellor will advice your study programme, on the the basis of your dyslexia report or other supplied statement, about the type of arrangement(s) you need and the duration of the arrangement period.

    If you have dyslexia, you don’t need to make an appointment for the arrangement of extra exam time, as uploading your dyslexia report is sufficient. Go to the web page about dyslexia and check out the video.

  • Arrangements

    Examples of exam arrangements

    • Extra time during exams
    • Laptop (only with motoric disabilities and after consultation with the study adviser)
    • Other facilities, depending on the disability and necessity (after consultation with the study advisor)

    Examples of financial assistance

    • Compensation in study delay 
    • Compensation in study allowance - in some cases, you can apply for a study allowance in the town or city you live in. (For Amsterdam, you can find information in Dutch on the I Amsterdam website. This study allowance is meant for students with a disability who are not able to work (at all or full-time)).

    Examples of other arrangements

    • Arrangements of the University Library, for example:
      • conversion of books to a pdf file
      • text-to-speech software
      • voice recognition software
      • extra large screens
      • adjustments for rheumatism, RSI
    • (Lecture) rooms within the UvA that are accessible to students with restricted mobility (Please note: this list is not up to date. If you have any questions about this, please contact a student counsellor.)
    Overview of (lecture) rooms (pdf, 5 p.)