Persons having special needs (e.g. handicapped persons, single parents with a child, …) may be granted special funds to cover additional expenses relating to an ERASMUS+ stay.

More detailed information can be found on the website of DAAD: https://eu.daad.de/infos-fuer-einzelpersonen/foerderung-fuer-studierende-und-graduierte/sonderfoerderung/de/ (in German)

This applies to all ERASMUS+ mobility lines (studies, internships, mobility for teaching purposes, and mobility for advanced and continuing education). We will be pleased to assist you in planning an ERASMUS+ stay with special needs. Contact us during our office hour or by email at erasmus-out∂intl.kit.edu.

Equal Opportunities at KIT

KIT protects and supports equal opportunities in all areas of research, studies and teaching, innovation, and administration and understands equal opportunities to be a guiding principle in all its areas of work.

Detailed information on equal opportunities is given in the Equal Opportunities Statutes for Women and Men at KIT (in German) and the Equal Opportunities Plan (in German).

KIT attaches high importance to equal opportunities, which is also reflected by special units and representatives and their work:

https://www.studiumundbehinderung.kit.edu/index.php (in German) (KIT representative for students with disabilities and chronic diseases)

https://www.sbv.kit.edu/index.php (in German) (representatives of disabled employees at KIT (SBV))

http://www.chg.kit.edu/english/index.php (office for equal opportunities and gender equality at KIT)

https://www.comp.kit.edu/ (in German) (commissioner for compliance and prevention of corruption at KIT)