Who can receive special educational support, SPS?

As a student, you are eligible for special educational support if you have documentation for one or more of the following disabilities:

• Dyslexia (literacy problems)
• Psychological diagnoses
• Neurological diagnoses
• Visual impairment
• Hearing impairment
• Physical disability
• Chronic or serious illness
• Dyscalculia (mathematical disability)

In principle, you can only receive SPS if you have a documented disability, but funds can also be allocated for assessment, for example, in cases of well-founded suspicion of dyslexia and dyscalculia.

General terms for receiving SPS

• You must suffer from an impairment that prevents you from completing your study programme on equal terms with other students.
• You must be a full-degree student with documented disability,
• You must be actively studying to be eligible to receive SPS. That means you must not be more than 12 months behind in your studies. However, if you are delayed more than 12 months, you still have the opportunity to apply for an exemption to continue receiving SPS. You should contact the SPS staff at DTU if you need to apply for an exemption.
• You must be a Danish citizen, be covered by an international agreement like, for example EU or EEA citizen, or rank alongside a Danish citizen.