RWTH Aachen University is committed to ensuring that the Coscine website https://about.coscine.de/ is accessible in accordance with national legislation implementing Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council
The following accessibility statement sets out the current status of implementation for the Coscine website in accordance with the Regulation on the Provision of Accessible Information Technology under the North Rhine-Westphalia Disability Equality Act.
The Coscine website is continuously checked using a self-assessment tool, based on random samples. Compliance can only be determined for individual pages.
The Coscine website is only partially compliant with the Regulation on the Provision of Accessible Information Technology under the North Rhine-Westphalia Disability Equality Act due to the following incompatibilities.
The following content is not accessible:
We are currently working to resolve these issues as quickly as possible.
This statement was drawn up on 11 March 2026.
Have you noticed any issues with accessible access to content on the Coscine website? Or do you have any questions about accessibility? If so, please feel free to get in touch with us. Please use the feedback form provided at: https://www.rwth-aachen.de/cms/root/Footer/Services/Kontakt/~boi/Feedback/?subject=Barrierefreiheit
You can also contact us by post, email or telephone:
Abteilung 5.5 - IT-Strategie und IT-Organisation
Jacqueline Kubitschek
Templergraben 64
52062 Aachen
Telefon: 0241 80 24317
E-Mail: it-strategie@zhv.rwth-aachen.de
If you have not received a satisfactory response to any messages or enquiries regarding accessibility within six weeks, you may contact the Ombudsman’s Office for Accessible Information Technology at https://www.mags.nrw/ombudsstelle-barrierefreie-informationstechnik. It is assigned to the Commissioner for the Interests of People with Disabilities in accordance with Section 11 of the North Rhine-Westphalia Disability Equality Act. If you wish to initiate an ombudsman procedure, please complete the relevant application form https://www.mags.nrw/system/files/media/document/file/antrag_ombudsverfahren_bf.pdf and send it by post or email to the Ombudsman’s Office.
Ombudsstelle für barrierefreie Informationstechnik des
Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen bei der Landesbeauftragten
für Menschen mit Behinderungen
Fürstenwall 25
40219 Düsseldorf
E-Mail: ombudsstelle-barrierefreie-it@mags.nrw.de