Accessibility
Ensuring ÖzU is physically, technologically and culturally accessible for people with a disability remained a key area of focus in 2021. In the 2021/22 academic year 91% (6739) of 7.429 students received a form of tuition scholarship. ÖzU promotes inclusion for thousands of students with disability through individual education support plans, professional counselors, mental well being programs, mentoring and internships, and accessible teaching and learning materials.
Disabled Students Unit
Disabled Students Unit organized under Psychological Counseling Services aims to facilitate access to all services and opportunities offered in the university and works in collaboration with other units to ensure the active participation of students who need special care, counseling and support in university life. In addition to standard support services, the Disabled Students Unit organizes creative drama workshops, art therapy workshops, seminars, plays, conversation, sharing group, movie screenings and awareness activities about disability.
In the 2022/23 academic year, this office served 40 students according to their disability types. A total of 10 activities were organized in 7 genres such as art therapy workshops, movie screening, sharing groups, seminar, conversation, play and stand. 79 students participated in these activities.
Özyegin University took another step and included a navigation system to their own mobile app MyÖzU that shows the accessible pathways for physically disabled people.