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Accessibility

Applicable requirements 

KIT FORGE is committed to making its digital services accessible to everyone – in accordance with Article 10, par. 1 of the State Equal Opportunities for People with Disabilities Act (L-BGG). We continuously work to improve usability and comply with applicable accessibility standards. 

Our goal is to provide our website in accordance with the requirements of the German Accessibility Strengthening Act (BFSG).

Status of Compliance with the Requirements
This website is partly in compliance with Article 10, par. 1, L-BGG.


Meeting accessibility requirements

The following accessibility requirements have already been considered and successfully implemented in the design and development of this website: 

  • Keyboard navigation: The website can be fully navigated using a keyboard, making it accessible to people who cannot use a mouse.
  • Forms: Forms on the website are clearly labelled and provide easy-to-understand instructions, making them easier to use for people with cognitive disabilities.
  • Buttons: All buttons have clear labels, making them easy to identify for screen reader users and improving the website’s accessibility. 
  • Links: All links have clear labels, making navigation easier and improving usability for people with disabilities.


Inaccessible Contents 

KIT runs an extensive website that is managed by numerous editors. Therefore, the accessibility aspects cannot always be guaranteed. However, we constantly strive to improve accessibility and to train and sensitize the editors. 

The following contents are inaccessible or partly accessible only: 

  • Documents embedded in the website are not always available in an accessible format. 
  • Some videos embedded in the website do not have captions. Audio descriptions or full-text alternatives are not available. 
  • Links may be incomprehensible. 
  • Some images do not have a descriptive text alternative. 
  • Color contrasts are sometimes insufficient. 


Date of Issue

This declaration was issued on Oktober 22, 2026.
Method: Self-assessment 


Feedback and Contact Data 

The contents of our web appearance is to be equally accessible for people with a disability. In case you encounter inaccessibilities on our websites and in our mobile applications, help us: Send us an information and a description of the inaccessibility using the contact form or by electronic mail to internetredaktion∂km.kit.edu. 

You can also reach us by mail or telephone: 

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Executive Office and Strategy
Corporate Communications
Kaiserstraße 12
76131 Karlsruhe, Germany 

Phone: +49 (0)721/608-41105 


Enforcement Procedure 

To ensure that the website meets the requirements outlined in Article 10, par. 1, L-BGG, contact us and give a feedback. The contact data can be found above. If you do not receive any reply from us within four weeks or if our reply is not satisfactory, contact the Commissioner of the State Government for the Needs of People with Disabilities. 

The Commissioner of the State Government for the Needs of People with Disabilities can be reached as follows: 

Landes-Behindertenbeauftragte (State Commissioner for the Needs of People with Disabilities):
Geschäftsstelle der Landes-Behindertenbeauftragten (Office of the State Commissioner for the Needs of People with Disabilities):
Phone: +49 (0)711/279-3360
Else-Josenhans-Straße 6
70173 Stuttgart
Email: Poststelle@bfbmb.bwl.de 

Please note the right of collective regress according to Article 12, par. 1, cl. 1, No. 4, L-BGG. 


Further Information on Accessibility at KIT

Institutions
At KIT, the following institutions take care of the needs of people with disabilities: 

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I agree that my personal data submitted via the contact form may be processed by KIT FORGE for the following purposes: contacting me and providing startup consulting services. The processing of the data entered in the contact form is based solely on my consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). The information I provide in the contact form, including my contact details, will be stored by KIT FORGE for the purpose of processing my inquiry. KIT FORGE will not share this data with third parties without my consent. The data I enter in the contact form will remain with KIT FORGE until I request its deletion, withdraw my consent to its storage (which I may do informally by email to info@kit-forge.de), or the purpose for which the data was collected no longer applies (e.g. once my inquiry has been fully processed). Mandatory statutory provisions, in particular statutory retention periods, remain unaffected. For information on data protection relating to startup consulting, including applications for public funding programmes for spin-offs, please refer to https://www.kit-forge.de/en/privacy/.