Starting with the winter semester 2026/27, the university now has three barrier-free rooms for resting and working for students with a disability or (chronic) illness, at the following locations:

• University Library Wilhelmstraße 32 (Ammerbau): room A320
• Auf der Morgenstelle, building E: room E3 A28
• Sand: room C112a 

In the University Library Wilhelmstraße 32 (Ammerbau, level 3, room A 321), a barrier-free room for resting and working is available for students with a disability or a (chronic) illness. 

All rooms have barrier-free access and offer you the opportunity to recover, medicate, or work in a concentrated manner. They are equipped with a height-adjustable desk, an armchair with stool, and either a yoga mat (Library Wilhelmstr.) or a sofa and a table with two chairs (Morgenstelle and Sand). 

As a general rule, the need for quiet comes first! Please discuss with your fellow students who needs the room most urgently.
 

Notes about usage and reservation

Library Wilhelmstraße, room A320:

You can obtain the key to the room in the same building at the Ammerbau information desk from 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. upon presentation of your handicap ID card and your student ID card.

Students WITHOUT a handicap ID card (as well as users with a companion dog or similar) please contact the Student Counseling Service in advance. After a personal conversation during the open office hours, you can receive a certificate that entitles you to use the room, which you can then present in the library at the Ammerbau information desk.

Hours of use:
Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.
 

Morgenstelle, room E3 A28:
Sand, room C112a:

You can get access to both rooms via the Student Counseling Service. After a personal conversation, you can receive a code for the key lockers, which are found next to the doors.

The hours of use depend on the opening hours of the respective buildings.

In order to provide students with hearing impairments with access and thus equal opportunities, inductive listening systems are available in some lecture halls at the University of Tübingen.

In a lecture hall, normal loudspeaker systems are often no help for hearing aid users. They distort speech and generate reverberation. Spoken words can then hardly be understood. With the type of signal transmission of induction systems or inductive listening systems, the telephone coils (T-coils) of hearing aids or cochlear implants (CI) receive the signals free of reverberation and noise and they can be amplified individually.

Overview of event rooms with inductive listening system:

The event rooms are marked with the following symbol:  

Composition of the hearing system symbols T, IR, FM

How does an inductive hearing system work?

Via the microphones, the speech and music signals are not only transmitted to the loudspeakers, but also to an induction loop laid in the room. This loop consists of a special cable that is usually laid in the floor. Within this loop, hearing aid users with activated T-coil can hear well anywhere in the room. The places that are within the range of the induction loop are marked on a room plan that hangs at the entrance of the lecture hall.

What do hearing aid users need to be aware of?

The technical requirement for using inductive hearing systems in the lecture halls is a hearing aid with a T-coil (this is the case with most hearing aids) and this must also have been activated by the acoustician.

In order to use the inductive hearing system, the hearing aid user must then switch the hearing aid to the channel of the T-coil in each case. This is also possible with a remote control.

The University of Tübingen lends students a mobile wireless signal transmission system (frequency modulation system, FM system for short). It is suitable for event rooms in which no inductive hearing system is installed.

The FM system consists of a transmitter with microphone and a receiver with T-coil or with hearing amplifier, and a charger. Transmitter and receiver are small and are clipped on or hung by a ribbon around the neck. The impulses from the microphone are automatically transmitted to the receiver. If the T-coil is to be used, the hearing aid must also be equipped with one, activated by the acoustician and switched on by the hearing aid user. Without background noise, students with hearing impairment can understand spoken words and make individual volume adjustments even in a noisy environment.

Possibility of borrowing a mobile frequency modulation system:

The system can be borrowed from the Student Counseling Service of the University of Tübingen. Please contact the Secretariat: zsbspam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de

If you regularly need to use a parking space due to a physical disability, you can apply for one through the Baden-Württemberg Parking Administration (PBW). They manage several parking areas in Tübingen (an overview of parking areas can be found here).

These parking spaces are normally subject to a fee. However, students at the University of Tübingen who have a G, a.G., Bl, or H designation on their disability ID card can be exempted from the parking fee upon presentation of proof. This requires booking a long-term parking contract via the website linked above. The procedure should be as follows:

1. The student fills out the form “Nachweis über Vergabekriterien für Parkplätze” (Proof of eligibility criteria for parking spaces) and sends it by e-mail to the department Internal Services and Organization at the University of Tübingen (hv-neueaula@zv.uni-tuebingen.de  for parking spaces in the valley area, hv-morgenstellespam prevention@zv.uni-tuebingen.de  for parking spaces at Morgenstelle). Important: Please use your student e-mail address firstname.lastname@student.uni-tuebingen.de as the sender! The university will then report this verification to the PBW.
2. The student registers on the PBW website at https://www.pbw.de/?menu=mypbw, selects the parking space, then informs the PBW of their disability status using the contact form, and uploads their disability ID card there.

Further information: PBW FAQ document (PDF)