The Student Administration offers places in dormitories, which are free from obstacles, to handicapped students.

Dormitory Nobelring
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44 of the places for disabled students are located at the dormitory Nobelring 10–12, which is situated in the district of Roderbruch. It is very close to the Medical School Hanover, though in some distance to the other universities. All areas of the dormitory are wheelchair-accessible: the doors open automatically and there are two lifts, so no steps have to be overcome.

The single apartments noted above are free from obstacles and well suited for wheelchair-bound people. They each consist of a living room and a sanitary room en suite. The size of the apartments differs, ranging from about 18 to 22,2 square meters. The doors leading to the hall have a width of 95 cm. All cupboards are equipped with sliding doors, there are lines for telephone and TV. All sanitary rooms are of the same size (about 3,5 square meters) and separated from the living rooms with sliding doors. The showers, too, are wheelchair-accessible. Grab handles and foldable chairs for the shower are installed according to the wishes of the respective inhabitant.

The obstacle-free apartments are not located in one single area, but spread all over the dormitory. This is appreciated by handicapped residents, as they are not being segregated. On the contrary, there are good relations with the other residents. The disabled students indicate that such kind of contacts right from the start are very important in order to keep them from isolation.

Apart from that, they emphasize the extensive cooperativeness of the other indwellers and the caretakers.

At the dormitory Nobelring there are cooking facilities in common kitchens, that are each used by about 20 people. The kitchens are large and the kitchenettes partly wheelchair-accessible.

There are also wheelchair-accessible laundrettes.

In addition to that, there is a parking garage with especially distinguished parking for handicapped people. The parking is frequently controlled to avoid misuse. In order to access the garage, however, at least finger capacity is needed.

There is also a room for the accommodation of an assistant available in the dormitory Nobelring.

The shopping facilities in the neighbourhood are sufficient but the prices are partially quite high. Close to the dormitory there is a tram stop with a raised platform where you can access the city.

Dormitory Callinstraße
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The youngest dormitory of the Student Administration is situated in the Nordstadt of Hanover, Callinstraße 25. It is in the vicinity of many university buildings and just next to the refectory. At the dormitory Callinstraße there are two places especially for disabled students. They are located in a ground floor, obstacle-free apartment with two rooms, kitchen, toilet and shower. Lines for telephone and TV are at hand. One room has a size of about 12,2 square meters, the other of 12,4 square meters. These numbers include accordingly the area of the sanitary room. The outer door of the apartment and the doors of the rooms have a width of about 95 cm. Both rooms adjoin a spacious kitchen, where the kitchenette is completely wheelchair-accessible.

The sanitary room is separated from the apartment by a sliding-door, which has a width of 85 cm. It is completely wheelchair-accessible, too, and equipped with a foldable chair for the shower, grab handles and an adjustable mirror.

The dormitory Callinstraße disposes of a common room which is wheelchair-accessible. The adjoining toilet is equipped with grab handles.

The dormitory does have a laundrette, but it is unfortunately not wheelchair-accessible. Another shortcoming is, that there are no lifts, with which the upper storeys and their residents could be reached.

The Nordstadt is characterised by its student inhabitants, where there are a lot of cheap shopping facilities as well as a huge number of pubs. Close to the Dormitory Callinstraße there are the tram stops 4 and 5, which unfortunately do not have a raised platform yet.

Dormitory Ritter-Brüning-Straße
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This dormitory disposes of two obstacle-free single rooms. It is ideally situated with regard to the Fachhochschule Hannover (FHH = University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hanover); Location Ricklinger Stadtweg. Just alongside the dormitory there is the tram stop Stadionbrücke, which has raised platforms.

How can I get a Place at the Dormitory?

Disabled students are preferentially accepted concerning the admission of places at the dormitories. The Dormitory Administration Department does kindly ask you to apply for a room precociously, as some preparations might be necessary. This means e.g. providing the rooms with special devices, as being described in detail above. Of course, this is valid for all kinds of disabilities.

It is e.g. possible, to install a guidance system for blind residents or a lighting system for deaf students instead of an acoustic bell.

The Student Administration Hanover explicitly affirms the wish to accommodate more disabled students in the dormitories, as this offer is seldom taken up at the time being, although the capacity would be much higher.

You can find the link to the online application and other information about the letting procedure on our Dormitory Pages.