Who we are

In its 25 years since founding, the BliZ Study Centre for Blind and Disabled Students of Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen - University of Applied Sciences (THM) near Frankfurt has been caring for over a thousand severely disabled students, with an impressively high academic achievement rate as far as some PhDs. BliZ‘ 13 staff, some of them blind, carry through all the necessary counseling, technical adjustments, and successful professional placements for students of the most diverse conditions. Moreover, BliZ has been sending and hosting numerous blind and disabled exchange students to and from all over the world. 

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Central, in the middle of Germany in the economic metropolitan region of Frankfurt

Disabled students require special services from their Universities. These range from counselling, providing accessible learning experience, to special conditions in examinations. In particular, visually impaired and blind students need access to digital and physical contents, requiring staff to command a certain expertise.

Increasingly, disabled and chronically ill students desire to go abroad during their studies, whether for English-taught courses or Anglophone industrial internships. Thereby, these young talents increase their intercultural knowledge and enhance their professional perspective.

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Diverse and innovative tools and didactically prepared 3D and Braille models support the successful study at THM

Special incentives and generous disability-related funding are available for placements from and to Germany.
Upon negotiation, English-taught subjects are available according to the curricular needs of the individual student and English internships in the world-class German industry can be arranged.

Target group

• University disability officers
• University international officers
• Interested higher education teaching staff

What to expect

Tutorials and exchange on inclusive studies with focus on visual disabilities

• Making documents and lectures digitally accessible
• Enabling barrier-free examinations
• Counselling students with various impairments

Insight into the German exchange system with generous funding for physically and mentally impaired students both incoming and outgoing

Excellent networking opportunities with University staff and teachers from different countries

Inspiring trips to major German attractions

Registration and further information | Successfully completed

Fees: none.

Hotel: Center of Frankfurt (Main), tbd. Further information will be given on https://go.thm.de/iiw.

Registration: Partner universities will be given priority in the registration process. If you are interested in partnering with THM, please contact the International Office: 
International Office | Partner universities

Registration deadline: closed

Travel arrangements may be covered by scholarships such as Erasmus (DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst - German Academic Exchange Service).

Please contact David Smida if you need further information and assistance.
Registration: via Email to David Smida, THM International Inclusion Officer: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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