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The following offices and services are available to all UZH members with or without physical or mental disabilities.
The Department of Equality, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI) implements the constitutional and legal mandate for equal opportunities and the integration of people with disabilities at the UZH. It provides relevant services to all members of UZH (e.g. counselling) and implements university-wide measures against discrimination. The EDI works on behalf of the Executive Board of the University and manages the business of the Commission for Inclusion.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Statement of the UZH President
The Disability Office (FSB) offers advice and support to students with disabilities and/or chronic illnesses on how to organize their studies in a way that ensures equal opportunities. It is the point of contact for students who wish to apply for compensation for disadvantages and assesses on an individual basis whether and to what extent compensation for disadvantages may be necessary. The FSB also provides other services to promote inclusive study conditions.
Disability Office
How to apply for academic accommodation
The Psychological Counseling Services supports students and PhD candidates at UZH and ETH Zurich in managing their personal and study-related challenges, in difficult phases of life and in situations of psychological stress.
Psychological Counseling
The Academic Disability Commission supports the Disability Office in fulfilling its mandate, which is to achieve actual equality of people with and without disabilities at UZH.
Academic Disability Commission
The Academic Disability Commission at the University of Zurich Student Association (VSUZH) represents the interests of students who have a disability. It is committed to promoting accessibility at UZH, to raising awareness among all members of the university and to ensuring access to academic accommodations for those affected.
Academic Disability Commission at VSUZH
Academic Disability Commission at VSUZH video
The Swiss university network champions the rights of people studying with a physical or mental impairment.
Swissuniability
The FBED aims to promote equal rights for people with disabilities and focuses on eliminating disadvantages faced by people with disabilities.
Federal Bureau for the Equality of People with Disabilities FBED
The Behindertenkonferenz Kanton Zürich (BKZ) is an association of people with disabilities, their organizations and institutions. It represents the interests of people with disabilities in the canton of Zurich.
Behindertenkonferenz Kanton Zürich (BKZ)
The Disability Rights Coordination Office (Koordinationsstelle Behindertenrechte) promotes the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in the canton of Zurich.
Koordinationsstelle Behindertenrechte
The foundation is the Swiss center of competence and neighboring countries for web-based accessible technology development and use. It sees itself as a mediator between users with an impairment and providers of digital information and services.
Access for All
Inclusion Handicap brings together the voices of 1.7 million people with disabilities in Switzerland. The umbrella organization of disability organizations is committed to inclusion and the protection of the rights and dignity of all people with disabilities.
Inclusion Handicap
Agile is the Swiss umbrella organization of self-help and self-advocacy organizations for people with disabilities. It represents the shared interests of all people with disabilities and defends their rights.
Agile
The network’s vision is a society in which all people can lead a self-determined life with equal rights and free from discrimination – regardless of age, gender, disability, origin, social status or other individual characteristics.
Avanti Donne
As a specialist organization for people with disabilities, Pro Infirmis is committed to self-determination and inclusion. Pro Infirmis advises, accompanies and supports people with disabilities and their families across Switzerland.
Pro Infirmis
Pro Audito is the leading point of contact for the 1.3 million people in Switzerland who have a hearing disability. As an independent non-profit organization, it helps people with hearing loss to improve their quality of life by providing professional services.
Pro Audito
The Swiss Federation of the Blind and Visually Impaired is the national self-help organization for people with impaired seeing. It supports blind and visually impaired people in their efforts to lead an independent and successful life in their professional lives and in society.
Swiss Federation of the Blind and Visually Impaired
