If you were impaired in your academic performance in the years before your Abitur due to circumstances beyond your control (e.g. illness or accident) and therefore either took longer to graduate or had to accept a lower average grade, you can submit a special application for compensation for disadvantages when applying for admission-restricted bachelor's degree programs.

In the KIT application portal, you can either select the option compensation for disadvantages / improvement of waiting time under special applications and upload documents proving the reason for and duration of the delay, or you can select the option compensation for disadvantages / improvement of average grade. For the latter, a qualified school report is required that documents your expected academic development and final grade without the impairment.

KIT reserves 1% of study places in admission-restricted bachelor's degree programs for applicants who require special consideration or support in the public interest - this includes blind people and people with a visual impairment. If this applies to you, you can submit a special application due to local ties in the public interest as part of your application. You can find further important information on this application in the relevant Statutes on the selection of applicants according to local ties in the public interest.

KIT reserves up to 5% of the study places in admission-restricted bachelor's and master's degree programs for applicants for whom the renunciation of a study place would represent an exceptional hardship. A hardship exists if there are serious personal reasons such as a serious illness with a tendency to worsen, restrictions in the choice of career or an unreasonable waiting period. These reasons must already exist at the time of application.

If this applies to you, you can submit a hardship application in the KIT application portal (under special applications > hardship). The application is only valid for the first semester of admission-restricted bachelor's and master's degree programs. Make sure that you upload all the required documents by the deadline. Check carefully in advance whether your reasons meet the requirements.

A leave of absence is an important instrument for adapting your studies to your life situation. During a leave of absence, the counting of your semesters is paused - at the same time, you can continue to take examinations. This gives you more time and allows you to organize your studies flexibly.

As a rule, leaves of absence are granted for up to two semesters, but if you need more time, further leaves of absence are also possible.

You can find more information on the website of the Student's Office, where you can also apply for a leave of absence.

In order to obtain additional relief during your studies, you have the option of applying to your responsible examination board for adjustments such as extensions of examination deadlines or the maximum duration of studies. You can find detailed information on this in your study and examination regulations.

Depending on your individual circumstances, your examination board may grant you further appropriate measures to compensate for disadvantages (e.g. other forms of examination) upon request to ensure equal opportunities.

The basis for this is the statutes on regulations to compensate for disadvantages in the bachelor's and master's degree programs at KIT.