Accessibility statement

Hochschule München is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities.

Hochschule München is therefore committed to ensuring that its websites and mobile applications are accessible to all, in accordance with the national legislation implementing Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accessibility of public sector websites and mobile applications.

• There are no labels for the graphical user interface elements
• Audio description (or full-text alternative) for videos
• HTML structure for citations
• Labelling form elements using the ARIA-label attribute
• User data input fields (name, email): The autocomplete attribute is missing
• Sufficient contrast between graphics and controls
• Optimisation of text spacing to ensure that content is not cut off when parameters are changed
• Optimise the use of the image gallery without a mouse
• Add a play/pause button to slideshows
• Choose a meaningful document title
• A logical sequence for using the keyboard
• Ensure that the keyboard focus is clearly visible for all elements
• Optimise HTML code in line with W3C recommendations
• Optimising ARIA semantics for dynamically displayed elements
• Content in plain language and sign language is not available
• Improvements to consent management

This statement was drawn up on 20 October 2022.

Our website has been independently tested by a third party, Academic Hero, in accordance with WCAG 2.1 via the BITV test. You can view the full test report on which this statement is based here. (Please note: the document is available in German only.)

The statement was last reviewed on 20 October 2022.

This website is partially compliant with the Federal and State Disability Equality Acts (BGG & LGG), the Accessibility Information Technology Ordinance (BITV) and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1.

Hochschule München has a very extensive website comprising at least several hundred web pages. A large proportion of these pages were published before 23 September 2018. The technical implementation of accessibility is currently being carried out in stages as part of a website relaunch. However, due to the disproportionate burden this would place on the institution under federal and state equality legislation, the website is not yet fully accessible.

Hochschule München is working to remove existing barriers.

If

• if you encounter any barriers when using the website,
• Content that is difficult to access,
• Content that violates general accessibility guidelines or does not comply with WCAG,
• or where the content is unclear and should be rephrased or reworded,
• or have any other questions about implementing accessibility,

Please contact us by email at:

redakteurs-support@hm.edu

Alternatively, you can contact us by post:

Hochschule München
Lothstraße 34
80335 München

If, following your feedback to the contact details provided above, a satisfactory solution has not been found, you may contact the Mediation Service for Accessible Information Technology. The Mediation Service is responsible for facilitating out-of-court dispute resolution in cases of conflict regarding accessibility between people with disabilities and public bodies. The mediation process is free of charge. There is no need to engage legal representation.

At present, the Ombudsman’s Office of the Senate Chancellery is carrying out the duties of the Conciliation Board, which is yet to be established.

Contact details
for the Bavarian Ombudsman’s Office for Accessibility in Information Technology:

Landesamt für Digitalisierung, Breitband und Vermessung
IT-Dienstleistungszentrum des Freistaats Bayern
Durchsetzungs- und Überwachungsstelle für barrierefreie Informationstechnik
St.-Martin-Straße 47
81541 München
Email: bitv@bayern.de
Website: www.ldbv.bayern.de/digitalisierung/bitv.html

The information on this page was translated into English for your convenience. In case of any discrepancies between the English and German versions, the German version shall prevail.