Accessibility declaration for the main website

University of Bayreuth

The University of Bayreuth strives to make its websites accessible in accordance with the provisions of the Barrier-Free Information Technology Ordinance (BITV 2.0) implementing Directive (EU) 2016/2102.

This accessibility statement refers to the online offerings under the www.uni-bayreuth.de domain and www.gamechanger-campus.de domain. Separate accessibility declarations apply for chair, faculty, and project pages that are accessible under subdomains in the style of xyz.uni-bayreuth.de.

The websites are partly in line with the provisions mentioned in the first paragraph. The barriers that still exist are listed below.

• The websites www.uni-bayreuth.de and www.gamechanger-campus.de lack information in sign language
• The pages may still be missing a few alt attributes for images, controls, and layout graphics.
• Not all documents are available in an accessible version
• No full audio descriptions, full text alternatives, or subtitles are currently available for embedded videos
• Contrasts of texts and controls are only partially sufficient
• Words and sections in other languages are not marked
• There may be errors in the content hierarchy or heading hierarchy

The University of Bayreuth has a very extensive web presence of at least several hundred web pages. Due to the great amount of redesign necessary, some web pages are not (yet) completely barrier-free. The technical implementation of accessibility is being successively optimised. Newer PDF documents are generally available in barrier-free form; PDF documents created before 23 September 2018 may not comply with the current standards of accessibility.

This declaration was created on 02.04.2022 and updated on 15.08.2025. The technical verification of accessibility was carried out by self-assessment.

You can report any shortcomings in compliance with accessibility requirements to us using the following contact options:

Onlineredaktion
Zentrale Universitätsverwaltung (ZUV)
Universitätsstraße 30
95447 Bayreuth

E-mail: onlineredaktion@uni-bayreuth.de
Phone: +49 921 / 55-5892 (Vera Ferber) or +49 921 / 55-5848 (Christopher Reimelt)

As part of an enforcement procedure, you have the option of submitting an online application to the enforcement body (in German) to check compliance with accessibility requirements.

Landesamt für Digitalisierung, Breitband und Vermessung
IT-Dienstleistungszentrum des Freistaats Bayern
Durchsetzungs- und Überwachungsstelle für barrierefreie Informationstechnik
St.-Martin-Straße 47
81541 München

E-mail: bitv@bayern.de
Iweb: www.ldbv.bayern.de/digitalisierung/bitv.html

Office of the representatives of students with disabilities or chronic illnesses (BECKS)

Commissioner: Nicole Klug
E-mail: nicole.klug@uni-bayreuth.de

You can contact BECKS at:
Phone: 0921 / 55-4506
E-mail: becks@uni-bayreuth.de
Website: www.becks.uni-bayreuth.de

Representatives of the severely handicapped for employees of the University of Bayreuth
Confidential counsellors can be found here:
To the representatives of the severely handicapped