The University of Poitiers is committed to ensuring that all students be given the opportunity to continue their studies. This active inclusive approach is part of the student’s life pathway.

Only one quarter of high school students with disabilities enter higher education.

The University of Poitiers is involved in supporting these young people to reassure them and facilitate their studies. The PHARES program, runs with the Handisup Centre Ouest association, welcomes high school 9^th– to 12^th-grade students in workshops every Wednesday afternoon, from January to May each year. The proposed activities intend to give them self-confidence by participating, for example, in project planning, helping them find their way around or becoming familiar with the campus… These meetings, in contact with associations and students, help remove obstacles so that they can take a more relaxed approach to their studies. These workshops, currently offered only in Poitiers, will soon be set up in Niort.

The Disability Advisory and Support Service examines and implements appropriate study and examination adjustments for students with disabilities or health conditions.

It also provides an entry point to other contacts in order to support the student in his or her daily life.

For more information, please contact the Disability Service.

The University of Poitiers anticipates the exit of its students with disabilities from the curriculum in order to promote their professional integration and facilitate their daily lives. In conjunction with Safire, these students practice writing CVs and cover letters and prepare for job interviews.

In collaboration with Handis’up Centre Ouest, it helps young people in companies by offering them mobility solutions that they can apply for independently again when out of the system.

The University and the Handis’up Centre Ouest Association are also positioning themselves on the side of the companies that welcome these young people. The University also plans to create a business club to help them to get  internships, facilitate the availability of tutors etc;

The accessibility of university buildings is a priority for the university, which has already devoted nearly 15 million euros to make the 297,000 m² (≈3,200,000 sq. ft.) concerned accessible to people with reduced mobility.

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