Reduced Inequalities

UNESA provides and upgrades accessible facilities for people with disabilities

UNESA SDGs Center · 20 October 2026

Universitas Negeri Surabaya (UNESA) provides and continuously upgrades accessible facilities for people with disabilities, mapped and monitored by its Pusat Unggulan Iptek Disabilitas (PUID) and campus accessibility team. UNESA surveyed accessibility across its Ketintang and Lidah Wetan campuses in July 2025, then extended the exercise to all five campuses through a September 2026 focused group discussion and a separate 2026 field survey of its Dr. Moestopo and Magetan campuses.

Accessible facilities provided for people with disabilities

UNESA maps and upgrades accessible facilities for people with disabilities through its Pusat Unggulan Iptek Disabilitas (PUID), also known as the Disability Innovation Center (DIC). On 7 July 2025, DIC surveyed accessibility features, ramps, tactile pathways, stairs and general facility access, at Kampus 1 Ketintang and Kampus 2 Lidah Wetan, working with Civil Engineering student volunteers and disability volunteers to build a baseline database for improving facilities considered less inclusive (Pusat Unggulan Iptek Disabilitas, 2025).

UNESA extended this accessibility review to all five campuses in 2026. On 10 September 2026, PUID held a Focus Group Discussion on campus accessibility and facility mapping covering ramp gradient standards, tactile guiding blocks, door accessibility and inter-building spatial layout, with the explicit aim of giving students and staff with visual disabilities full independence in navigating campus (Pusat Unggulan Iptek Disabilitas, 2026).

UNESA also surveyed and followed up on facilities at its regional campuses. UNESA's Campus Accessibility Team, working with the Civil Engineering department, conducted a field survey of access routes, circulation and mobility support facilities at Kampus Dr. Moestopo and Kampus Magetan in June 2026, then reviewed the results at a follow-up meeting on 20 August 2026 to found recommendations for future accessible facility planning at both campuses (Pusat Unggulan Iptek Disabilitas / Campus Accessibility Team, 2026).

Students with visual impairments use these facilities in their studies. Elpanta Tarigan, a blind Special Education student who graduated on 29 April 2026, described UNESA as disability friendly, with guiding blocks on campus and a culture of help between students and lecturers, and used screen reader software on a laptop to read course material and write the thesis (Mojok.co, 2026).