There is no special application process for students with disabilities applying to NYU, although a student may voluntarily submit information about a disability with the application if he or she believes this information should be taken into account in explaining academic performance. In these cases, the Moses Center might be asked to provide feedback to the Admissions Office regarding the nature and severity of the applicant's disability and its possible impact on performance.
Students who qualify for services must have a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits a major life activity. To register with the Moses Center, a student must provide documentation that reflects the following:
Different disabilities require different forms of documentation. Click here for documentation guidelines
The Moses Center does not provide testing for learning disabilities and/or attention deficit disorders, nor any other type of disability. The Moses Center, however, will provide upon request a list of testing centers in the New York City area that perform learning disability assessment.
Generally, students with impairments lasting less than six months do not meet the definition of qualified disability in order to receive services from the Moses Center. Students with temporary mobility impairments living on campus, however, may request reimbursement (up to $75)) for transportation services with timely submission of documentation of temporary mobility impairment and transportation receipts to the Moses Center.
New York University is committed to providing students with any medically necessary accommodations in their assigned housing. NYU, however, also has a housing shortage accompanied by a large number of requests for single occupancy housing and housing in the immediate Washington Square area. To this end, the Special Housing Accommodations Evaluation Committee meets periodically to consider student requests for all special housing accommodations and determine appropriate assignments. The Committee is composed of professionals from the Offices of Housing and Residential Life, the Vice President for Student Affairs, the University Health Center, and the Center for Students with Disabilities.
Upon completion of a NYU Housing Application, students requesting special housing accommodations must submit a Special Housing Accommodation Request Form and appropriate medical documentation to the committee by the appropriate annual/semester deadlines to ensure timely evaluation of housing requests. Students must renew their requests for special housing accommodations in conjunction with every housing application period. An information packet, which includes the form, information regarding specific documentation requirements for special housing requests, and additional housing information, is available from the NYU Office of Housing and Residential Life.
The completed Special Housing Accommodation Request Form and all documentation should be submitted to the following address: Attn: Special Accommodations Evaluation Committee, Moses Center for Students with Disabilities, 240 Greene Street, 2nd Floor, New York University, New York, NY 10003. Information submitted for the committee's determination will be protected as a confidential file in the Moses Center for Students with Disabilities.
Students requesting any academic accommodations must still register with the Moses Center by completing an intake with and submitting/forwarding appropriate documentation for determination of qualified disability status to the Center's appropriate Coordinator of Services.
The Moses Center annually awards a limited number of $500 - $1,000 tuition awards, made possible by grant funding, to registered students with disabilities. Awards are administered in conjunction with the Office of Financial Aid and are based on applicants' financial need, severity of disability, and academic qualifications. Students with physical disabilities who have financial need and NYU accumulated debt, and who are undergraduate juniors or seniors, are given priority in the award determination process. The specific deadline for application, which is available in the Moses Center, is established each August.
Students who need to have a copy of their disability documentation forwarded to another party must complete a signed release. Contact the Moses Center to initiate this process.
Agencies administering professional exams (i.e., GRE, MCAT, LSAT, GMAT) or certification exams (i.e., NTE, CSW, Bar Exam) typically require individuals seeking disability-related accommodations to submit current documentation of disability and/or a test packet form completed by their postsecondary institution's Center for Students with Disabilities. The Moses Center must verify that the documentation of disability on file is current and complete and that the individual has used the requested accommodations while in attendance. Individuals seeking test accommodations approval for such an exam should contact the Moses Center with the appropriate test information and forms.
Course substitution may be reasonable accommodations for some students with qualified disabilities provided that documentation of disability clearly supports any request for substitution and the essential elements of the student's program are not compromised. A student seeking a course substitution must be admitted to a New York University degree program and be registered with the Moses Center. If the Moses Center finds support for a student's request for substitution, this recommendation is forwarded to the Dean of the student's school/college. The Dean evaluates the request in terms of the impact of a course substitution on the program's essential requirements and any other possible constraints, and approves or denies the request.
Students who plan to attend a NYU Study Abroad Program and seek academic or housing accommodations at a particular site should contact the Moses Center to request accommodations. Students must be registered with the Moses Center to request accommodations, whether they are NYU students or students from another institution. The Moses Center will work with a student and the Study Abroad Program to arrange approved accommodations. Students with disabilities planning to study abroad are urged to obtain information in advance regarding the specific site's programs and facilities, so that adequate planning for reasonable accommodations can take place.