How to apply for compensatory support
On this website, you as a KTH student, can read about how to apply for compensatory support from Funka.
Who has the opportunity to apply for support from Funka?
Funka is for students with permanent disabilities at KTH and it applies to all campuses regardless of level, and includes exchange students and master's students.
For the disability to be assessed as permanent, the practice is that it has lasted or is expected to last for at least six months. If you are unsure, whether you are entitled to support, contact us by email or telephone and we will be happy to assist you.
You, who are a doctoral student can also apply for support for the parts of your doctoral student position that involve you studying doctoral courses.
Examples of permanent disabilities:
• Dyslexia
• Neuropsychiatric disabilities: for example autism / Asperger's, ADHD, ADD
• Permanent mental illness
• Physical disabilities
Examples of occasions when you cannot get support from Funka:
• Temporary injuries or operations that mean you miss an exam period
• Doctoral students who need support in their service/employment
• Physical or mental illness that does not last or is expected to last more than six months
Attach a certificate from a licensed medical expert
The following must be stated in your certificate:
- Your name
- Your Social Security number or if you don't have one, use your date of birth
- Date when the certificate was issued
- The disability
- The duration of the disability
- Who issued the certificate
- The certificate must be signed by a medical expert, a doctor, psychologist, or speech therapist
- If your medical certificate is in a language other than Swedish, Danish, Norwegian or English, you need to present a certificate that a certified translator has translated. The translation must be done in English or Swedish.
Before submitting your application, review your certificate and see if it meets the above criteria. If you do not have an approved certificate, contact your healthcare provider to get a new one.
How to apply for support
If you need to supplement your application
If your certificate needs to be supplemented, you will receive information in your e-mail. Keep track of your inbox after applying. You usually have four weeks to complete your application. A common reason why a student needs to complete his application is that the certificate does not have the signature of a medical expert.
First meeting with a Funka coordinator
When your application is complete, a coordinator at Funka will contact you to book an appointment. The meeting is to talk about your needs for compensatory support. Funka has confidentiality, so what you bring up during the meeting does not have to reach anyone else unless you want to.
Based on your application, documentation and our meeting, Funka assesses which support we can recommend. Remember that a Funka coordinator can only recommend support allowed and decided on at KTH. You need to contact the staff on your program about other types of customisations you may need.
At the meeting with a Funka coordinator, you need to identify yourself with a valid photo ID.
Information about valid ID documents at KTH
After your first meeting with Funka - decision in Nais
After you meet with Funka, you will receive a decision in the system Nais. In the decision, you can read what support has been recommended. You own the document, and it is up to you who you want to show it. The decision contains no information about your disability, only your recommended support.
Some of your recommended support will be automatic in our system. In contrast, others will require you to, for instance, apply for approval from your examiner and report to the administration before each exam.
How to get your support during the examination
When you need to contact Funka in good time
If you have a physical disability, visual impairment or hearing impairment where you need a sign language interpreter, contact Funka as early as possible so we can prepare the adjustments required to improve your study situation.
To get support in time for the exam periods
To have time to receive support such as extended writing time for an exam, the meeting with the Funka coordinator must take place before registration for the exam has closed. Therefore, make sure to apply for compensatory support in good time so that everything is ready before the exam registration closes.
Here are the dates for when you last need to have your support registered for each period: Exam schedules . After these dates, it is too late to receive recommended support for the current examination period. Before the registration for the exam closes, you must submit a complete application and have had your first meeting with a Funka coordinator to have time to receive support for the exam.