Office for Students with Disabilities
A Campus where everyone can be in the spotlight
The University of Tsukuba actively supports students with disabilities. At our university, many students with disabilities are able to complete their education while receiving proactive assistance from the university's support network and students organizations.
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Office for Students with Disabilities Please make inquiries through e-mail or fax.E-mail:shougai-shien#@#un.tsukuba.ac.jp (Remove "#" from the above e-mail address before sending mail.) FAX: +81.29.853.4584 |
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Assisting Students with Disabilities
Office for Students with Disabilities 
Our university has an Office for Students with Disabilities, which provides guidance and advice to the university's various educational organizations on how they can support the students with disabilities. The Office also looks into ways to make the campus environment more accessible, and is engaged in creating a system that will allow students to have equal access to services throughout the campus.
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Goals and Features of the University of Tsukuba's Support for Students with Disabilities
- For further details, please refer to Features of the Support for Students with Disabilities
- Goals and features of the University of Tsukuba's support for students with disabilities
- We will nurture individuals who will play leading roles in society, where people live together, through the integrated educational system.
- Concept of Support Service
- Support service that covers all students
- Support based on expertness of clusters, colleges, and graduate schools
- Support service backed by disability sciences and covers all students
- Contribution to Society based on Long-established Support Service
The University of Tsukuba has the Institute of Disability Sciences, which has a decades-long support experience and is made up of experts of disabilities. It is our mission to support for internal students with disabilities as well as provide know-how of support. The University of Tsukuba takes a leading role as a hub center of " Shogai Gakusei Shugaku Shien Network [Support network of students with disabilities]," which is organized by the Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) and provides information to other universities.
Support for Entrance Examinations and Admission
- Consultation Service for Entrance Examimations Special Measures
For those who are planning to take entrance examinations of the University of Tsukuba, please inquire at the Division of Admission, Department of Educational Promotion.
- Consultation service after enrolling the University of Tsukuba
Upon completing admission procedure, undergraduate students will receive guidance on educational support from the admission office of the University of Tsukuba. The guidance includes how to implement foreign language course for hearing-impaired students, what courses should students with motor impairment take. The guidance will be attended by students, parents, faculty members, support staff, and other staff members in charge. The tutor system and support service of the University of Tsukuba will be also introduced. In graduate schools, each academic advisor will support students with disabilities; however, if the advisor has no experience for supporting students with disabilities, the Office for Students with Disabilities will support instead.
Support services of the University of Tsukuba are introduced here.
For further details, please refer to the Website for the Office for Students with Disabilities.
- Independence-Support Services
A student organization works towards creating a system in which students can help other students. In order to support this system the university is establishing a team for assisting students with disabilities corresponding to the different kinds of disabilities. It also offers financial support and training seminars to peer tutors (learning assistants). Certificate of assisting students with disabilities is issued to the peer tutors.
- Specialized Support
The disability support system at the University of Tsukuba is enhanced by the university's Institute of Disability Sciences, Japan's largest collective of disability researchers. The university is equipped to help undergraduate and graduate students who have physical disabilites. Apart from focusing mainly on physically disabled undergraduate and graduate students, the univeristy also support (1) those physically disabled students who do not have a physical disability certificate but are recognized for assistance, and (2) those who are still stuffering from the aftereffects of an accident.
The Office for Students with Disabilities was established in 2007 to support students with disabilities. The "Office for Students with Disabilities" was a renewed support office of "Support Committee for Students with Disabilities," which was established in 2001. Service of the office includes, planning support activities for students with disabilities by recognizing realities of students with disabilities in the university and making plans and implementing based on it. Senmonbukai [a professional team] made up of faculty members whose research fields are visual disability, hearing disability, physical disability, and development disability and staff nominated by the Health Center of the University of Tsukuba determines support activities based on disability science. Service of this office includes the support period of tutors, priority order of barrier-free rooms of the student hall, and review of students' needs.
