Disabled Student Adviser and Planning Officer

The Student Services unit of the University offers centralised services for the disabled students and other students with special needs. Students may need help in arrangements in participating in lessions or examinations: accessing lecture rooms with a wheel chair, needing more time in taking an exam, etc.

The Disabled Student Adviser and a special Planning Officer in the Student Services have a central role in the university administration when it comes to co-ordinating and planning the services as well as developing the university environment more accessible to all students. Local, national and international networking forms an important part of the work of the Plannig Officer. The e-mail address of the adviser and the planning officer: vammaisneuvonta@helsinki.fi

Organisation for students with learning disabilities

Within the Student Union of Helsinki (HYY) acts an organisation, Erilaiset oppijat r.y., that gives support to students who are so called "different kinds of learners", i.e. students with various learning disabilities. The organisation was establish in 2004. For more information, see HYY web pages for the contact information on the Student Union's Secretary of Social Affairs.