The University of Lille is heavily invested and involved in welcoming and supporting students with disabilities, a policy that is based on making adaptations and personalised changes to meet the needs of each individual case.
Are you a student with a disability?
If you are a secondary school student with a disability, you can take advantage of a special procedure as soon as you enter higher education. If there’s one thing to remember, it’s to plan as far in advance as possible to make sure that you get off on the right foot as soon as the new academic year starts.
Visit Parcoursup If you wish, you can fill in a liaison form to indicate the types of support you have already benefitted from at secondary school.
Be sure to get in touch with the Student Life and Disability Office (BVEH) as early as possible before the start of the academic year. This will allow you to find out about existing schemes and the application process.
Parcoursup is here to you
Parcoursup has a number of measures in place to support you throughout the application process, to ensure that your personal situation is taken into account.
Not yet enrolled at the University of Lille, but already a student?
Come and visit the BVEH before the start of the year to find out if you could be eligible for adjustments to conditions of study and/or exam accommodations.
Help and support at university
To enable you to undertake your course in the best possible conditions, human and/or technical assistance can be provided:
- access to premises (lift access, parking card, priority at university restaurants)
- human assistance (note-taker, French sign language interpreter, tutor)
It is important to note that home helpers (for essential daily tasks) come under the remit of the Departmental Centre for People with Disabilities (MDPH). - adaptation of media (braille transcription, enlargement, photocopies)
It is also possible to make changes to your how you complete your course (staggered studies, exemption from attendance requirements).
Your exams can also be adapted in consultation with the member school/faculty/institute of the university to which you belong:
- additional time to complete exam (1/3 time)
- adaptation of examination subjects
- examination secretariat
- completing exams on a laptop, specific software
- separate room
Your gateway is the BVEH
A network of advisers to help you
Within each of the University’s member schools/faculties/institutes, a pair of advisors comprising one member of the teaching staff and one member of the administrative staff will be your first point of contact for discussing your needs, the course, the specific conditions of access and the assessment procedures for your course.
These advisers will also ensure that your adjustments to conditions of study are properly implemented.
University and business
Working together to promote the professional inclusion of students with disabilities
The university relies on a network of truly dedicated companies under the Convention Handicap Université Entreprises (University-Business Disability Agreement; CHUE). Together, they are working to reduce the number of disruptions experienced by young people with disabilities, and to give them confidence by enabling them to pursue a future as a working professional.
Handithèque
A valuable set of tools to help teaching staff provide better support for students with disabilities
https://handitheque.univ-lille.fr/
