Facilities for Special Needs Students

Fenerbahçe University Ataşehir Campus has been planned and constructed as from design of its architectural Project, at unhampered university standards for proper access of the disabled.

Building entrances are designed for our disabled students without using any steps or a ramp in accordance with the aforesaid unhampered access concept. There is no difference in elevation between the pedestrian route and building entrance. Main entrances are provided through two automatic revolving doors of width 336 cm. These doors are equipped with disabled buttons. Further, at the entrance there are two emergency doors of width 98 cm. Necessary orientation and guidance are made from the information counter at the entrance lobby. Next to the security turnstiles at the two sides of the entrance hall, there are available free-access wings for entrance of the disabled. There is also an application for sensitive floor. Access to the elevators is provided with ease. In the elevators, there are buttons for the disabled. (At low height and containing elements of the Braille alphabet)

At each floor within the building premises, there are toilets for the disabled. Toilets spaces are in accordance with the standards, complying with the regulated dimensions. Wash basins, closets, support bars, mirrors are amongst such equipment designed for use of the handicapped. Floor covering materials are of non-slippery type.

At the Conference Hall, Canteen/Cafeteria, Library and Infirmary entrances, it has been realized designs comprising of adequate access distances incorporating convenient material selection and without any elevation difference so as to provide for ease of disabled entrance. All workshops, classrooms and laboratories are suitable and convenient for wheeled/battery-driven chair entrance and positioning. We have a parking lot for disabled individuals.