Inclusive StudiesBuildings and equipment

Unfortunately, many buildings at Heidelberg University are not accessible. This is why it’s important for first-year students to take enough time to familiarise themselves with the city in general and the university in particular before the semester starts.

If you discover any issues with the rooms, you can contact the respective lecturers or go right to the office responsible for allocating rooms in the Old Town. Please contact the managing directors of the departments or their administrative assistants for room reservations in any of the other buildings.

Advice: The general (uncommented) course catalogue provides information on wheelchair accessibility of many rooms and buildings under the entries of the faculties in the “Abbreviation key”. The room layout of central university facilities can be found on the university website.

The linked list presents the central lecture halls and seminar rooms at Heidelberg University as well as decentralised lecture halls and seminar rooms above a certain size and the respective contacts.

Use: You can filter the list via the various search fields and sort it by clicking the headers. To sort by multiple criteria, hold down the shift key while clicking.

For suggestions, proposals for improvement, and corrections to the content, please contact d3sekr@zuv.uni-heidelberg.de.

Reading room of the Old Town University Library:

There is a PC with internet access equipped with a 21-inch screen for use by students with visual impairments.

Department of Law:

There is a screen reader device available. Inquire about the precise location at the gate.

Institute of Psychology:

There is a screen reader device in the department library.

There may be readers in other departments and their libraries. Do not hesitate to ask!

You may also connect your laptop or mobile devices to the Wi-Fi network. Internet access via “Eduroam” is available in most university buildings. Your user ID is the same as your university ID. Find more information on this on the pages of the University Computing Centre.

All hearing-impaired students can borrow an FM system that transmits sound signals wirelessly via radio waves to receiving devices from the Department of History. It includes one transmitter (Smartlink) and two receivers (MicroLinkMLxi). The contact for borrowing is the Library Supervisor of the Department of History.

Most lecture halls at the university are now equipped with infrared hearing aids. They make sound signals accessible to people who are hard of hearing across greater distances. Signals between the unit components are transmitted by infrared light.

The university has some accessible toilets. The city map “Accessible Heidelberg” also shows places that have accessible toilets.