Services for inclusion

Prospect degree-seeking students should contact our Disability and Dyslexia Services (DDS) Office in their last year of secondary school. This will allow future students to get all the information they need to successfully enrol at the university. The DDS office can also provide through individual meetings support and advice in choosing a degree programme.

Please also note that the Disability and Dyslexia Services Office has a dedicated information desk during the university Open Days which are held periodically at every Università Cattolica campus. For further information, check the events and activities scheduled by our Advising and Tutoring Office.

Any student whether already on campus or planning to study at University Cattolica as part of an exchange or study abroad programme is invited to first contact the International Office - Cattolica International for any particular need that the DDS service may provide.

• If you wish to receive information before enrolling to better understand what it means to study at our University, we recommend that you send your documents (see Beneficiaries) and your intentions regarding which degree programme you are interested in by e-mail to our administrative office, and leave a telephone number to which to be contacted (recommended period: January-July of the year of enrolment).
• Degree seeking students: If you intend or are required, as part of your admission process, to take an entrance test as scheduled for degree programmes/specialising masters/state examinations, you are advised to read the published announcements of reference carefully to find out the deadlines and how to report your situation to DDS office. If you are applying as a candidate with an International Qualification, you may not be expected to take the same entrance exam. In any case, please contact the International Admissions Office for additional information.
• Degree seeking students: contact the DDS office for the relevant campus where your degree programme is offered to get additional information regarding the documentation you are required to submit in order to get your tuition and university fees waived. You may also consult the information provided in the section “Tuition and University Fees”.
• If you are already pre-registered or enrolled, please contact the DDS’ administrative office for information regarding access to pedagogy consulting (recommended period: at least two months before the exams for which you intend to request compensatory measures).
• If you have a temporary disability (e.g. fractured wrist, etc.) and need information on accessibility and/or compensatory measures for examinations, it is advisable to send to the DDS’ administrative office a document regarding your situation and any needs by e-mail, leaving a contact telephone number. You can also check the relevant information under the section “Beneficiaries”.
• To contact our administrative offices, please see the Contacts page.

Regulations

You can consult the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, New York 6/12/2006, art. 49. Ratified by the Italian Government with Law n. 18 of 3 March 2009.

The Disability and Dyslexia Services Officesare created in compliance with the provisions of Law no. 17 of 28 January 1999 and Law no. 170 of 8 October 2010.

CNUDD and CALD

Learn more about the CNUDD - Conferenza Nazionale Universitaria dei Delegati per la Disabilità (National University Conference of Disability Delegates) - which was set up at the beginning of 2001 as a body to represent the policies and activities of Italian universities with regard to disabled students and disability-related issues (https://www.crui.it/cnudd.html).

Since 2006, the Rector's Delegates for Disability of Lombardy Universities have started a coordination activity, which was formalised with an agreement in 2011: the CALD (Coordinamento degli Atenei Lombardi per la disabilità e i DSA) (https://www.cald.it/).