Accessibility

Accessibility statement for Imperial Business School website

This accessibility statement applies to content published on the Imperial Business School subdomain https://www.imperial.ac.uk/business-school/. It does not apply to content accessed via any other domains, subdomains or third-party applications.

This website is run by Imperial Business School. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

change colours, contrast levels and fonts using browser or device settings
zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen
navigate most of the website using a keyboard or speech recognition software
listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

We have also made the text as simple as possible to understand.

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

How accessible this website is:

There are more than 70 editors at Imperial Business School who have access to publish content on the website. We provide training and guidance on accessibility best-practice, but we know some parts of this website may not be fully accessible, for example:

PDFs and other documents are not fully compatible with screen readers
Most video content does not have captions, transcriptions or audio descriptions
Some tables do not have row headers
Some pages have poor colour contrast
Some heading elements are not consistent
Some images do not have good alternative text
Some buttons are not correctly identified
Some error messages are not clearly associated with form controls

Feedback and contact information

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille please contact: accessibility@imperial.ac.uk.

We will consider your request and get back to you within seven days.

The DeafWatch system works across multiple buildings, providing seamless but discreet day and nighttime fire alarm warnings for staff and students with a hearing impairment. Pagers are available via the College Fire Office and the College's Disability Advisory Service. 

Please contact us on 020 7594 8000 before your planned visit to arrange suitable support for your needs.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, please contact accessibility@imperial.ac.uk.

Enforcement procedure

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Imperial business school is committed to making this website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Compliance status

This website has been tested against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances and exemptions listed below.

We remain committed to improving accessibility and welcome feedback to help us identify and address any barrier.

Non-accessible

1. Across all tested pages, the user is unable to view and interact with the sub-navigation menu items by using Dragon Naturally Speaking. When “Show Links” is activated, the navigation only shows the main landing page links, when the user chooses a link or announces the menu item in full, it directs the user to the landing page only.

Additionally, on the ‘MBA Brochure’ page, the user is unable to interact with any of the form fields which means they are unable to fill it in and submit it. Furthermore, the user cannot interact with the “How to Apply” links on the' Full-Time MBA Admissions' page.

On the ‘Our Students’ page, the phrase “Show Links” does not highlight any of the student profiles. To interact with these profiles, the user must navigate to the last filter option and tab their way through them, which is not practical and could take a long time if they specifically want to read a profile which appears at the bottom of the list.

All these elements, fail WCAG 2.2 success criterion 4.1.2 (Name, Role, Value).

We are working on addressing these issues; however, we need our content management supplier’s (HubSpot) input to resolve them. We are aiming to resolve them by December 2026.

2. ‘Events Listing’ page that the left-hand sidebar navigation links are not grouped using a <nav> element, this will cause screen reader users confusion as they may not be able to understand these elements’ relationship, nor can they navigate quickly to key sections of the page.

This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.3.1 (Info and Relationships).

We will make sure that all key sections of our pages are grouped together correctly, therefore easy to navigate, by December 2026.

3. On the form that is present on the ‘Download MBA Brochure’ page does not contain any fieldset or legend. Additionally, on the ‘Our Students’ page the ‘Filter By’ dropdowns were not grouped. This could affect screen reader users by making it more difficult to understand. Because the relationship between the form fields and Related form elements are not grouped with fieldset/legend.  

This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.3.1 (Info and Relationships) We are planning to group all related form elements together by a fieldset/legend, e.g. the user's home address and work address fields. After this remediation, the three distinct sections of personal details, study intentions, and professional details will be grouped together. We are aiming to complete this by January 2026.

4. On the ‘Home’ page no heading level 1 is present that was available to assistive technology. Across all tested pages, the social media and accreditation icons found in the page footer were not marked up as list elements, On the ‘MBA Landing’ page, the ‘Find Out More’ and Compare’ calls to action (CTAs) found in the ‘Explore our programmers’ section are not marked up as list elements, nor were the ‘Apply Now’, ‘Request a Brochure’, and ‘Receive Updates’ CTAs in the ‘Start your MBA journey today’ section ‘Which MBA is right for me?’ text, which was styled visually to be a heading, is not marked up semantically as heading. On the ‘Full-Time MBA’ page, the ‘Our Full-Time MBA’ text which appeared visually to mark the start of a page section is not marked up as a heading. The list of buttons starting with ‘Programme Preparation’ is not marked up as list. On the ‘Masters Landing’ page, the CTAs within the ‘Start your MSc journey today’ section of the page are not marked up correctly. On the ‘Programmes Landing’ page the navigation jump links are not marked up as a list. Download MBA Brochure’ page text errors displayed after invalid form submissions are not marked correctly to state the errors. ‘Stay Informed’ text is marked up with <strong> but not as a heading, while on the Compare our MBA Programmers’ page ‘Which MBA is right for me?’ heading is not marked up. Additionally, on the ‘Full-Time MBA’ page, the ‘Start your MBA journey today’ CTAs are not marked up as a list. All these semantic markup issues can affect screen reader users, as the lack of headings can make page navigation more difficult, and some users may have difficulty understanding the relationship between list items.

All these fail WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.3.1 (Info and relationships) We are aiming to correct all critical semantic mark ups by December 2026.

5. On most of the tested pages there are adjacent image links and text links to the same location, these are not combined. This could affect screen reader users by adding additional navigation steps, making it more time-consuming to navigate through the page.

This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.1.1( Non-text content.).

We are aiming to combine such elements by December 2026.

6. On the ‘Download MBA Brochure’ page when form fields received focus, the visible boundaries have low contrast ratio. against the page background. The play button on a video on the ‘Home’ page lack contrast when hovered. Additionally, on the ‘Home’, ‘MBA Landing’, ‘Full-Time MBA’, ‘Masters Landing’, and ‘Full-Time MBA (FTMBA) Admissions’ pages the blue calls to action are displayed on a blue background when received focus, the focus indicator has a contrast ratio of less than 3:1 against the background. There is also not enough contrast between the visual boundaries of user interface components in a selected or focused state and the background. These may affect users with low vision or colour blindness.

This fails WCAG 2.2 criterion 1.4.11 (Non-Text Contrast) We are aiming to correct contrast issues by December 2026.

7. On the ‘Download MBA Brochure’ page ‘Please select’ placeholders within the form dropdowns have a low colour contrast ratio. against their background. Additionally, the ‘Type your text here’ and ‘Search’ copy in the search overlay which can be opened from the page header has low a colour contrast ratio. The red asterisks on the ‘Download MBA Brochure’ page have a low contrast ratio. These may affect users with low vision or colour blindness.

This fails WCAG 2.2 criterion 1.4.3 (Contrast minimum) We are aiming to address all contrast issues by December 2026.

8. On the ‘Download MBA Brochure’ page after applying custom CSS styles, text within the form, including the ‘Stay Informed’ section below it, does not receive custom styling. This could affect users who rely on custom CSS styles to make text more readable.

This fails WCAG 2.2 AA 1.4.12 (Text Spacing) We are aiming to achieve custom styling abilities on form texts by December 2026; however, we need our CMS supplier HubSpot’s input for this.

9. On the ‘Download MBA Brochure’ page mandatory fields are indicated using an asterisk, with no message informing the user what the asterisks represented. It is expected that a message is present to inform users, such as ‘All fields marked with an asterisk are required’. This could affect users, particularly those with cognitive impairments or who are unfamiliar with the convention of using an asterisk to denote mandatory fields, as they may not understand which fields are required.

This fails WCAG 2.2 criterion 3.3.2 (Labels on instructions). We are aiming to add relevant instructions (such as “required”) to form elements, or we will provide the relevant information within the element's label (or if a label is not provided, within the element's title attribute) to explain what is required such as a specific format, value, or length. We are planning to complete this work by December 2026 however; we need our CMS supplier HubSpot’s input for this.

10. On Download MBA Brochure’ page the visual boundaries of form field elements have a low colour contrast ratio against the page background. This may cause users, with low vision, or with colour blindness difficulties as it will make it difficult to distinguish the edges of each form field.

This fails WCAG 2.2 criterion 1.4.11 (Non-Text contrast) We are aiming to resolve these contrast issues by December 2026 however; we need our CMS supplier HubSpot’s input for this.

11. There are pre-recorded videos on this website that do not have either a descriptive text transcript or an audio description track. This could affect users who are blind or have low vision, as they may miss important visual information conveyed in the videos that is not provided through audio description.

This fails WCAG 2.2 criteria 1.2.3 and 1.2.5 (Audio Description or Media Alternative) We are aiming to include either a descriptive text or audio descriptive tracks on to the pre-recorded videos by December 2026.

Disproportionate Burden

N/A.

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

PDFs and other documents

The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services.

No PDF is used.

Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.

Live videos

We do try our best to add captions to live videos as much as possible, even though live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We are working on the findings of our latest accessibility testing and are aiming to resolve all issues listed under Non-compliance section above. We are aiming to meet the WCAG 2.2 AA standards as best as we can with all our new content.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 22 September 2020, reviewed on the 17 August 2023.
Last reviewed on 09 December 2025.

This website was last tested on 15 August 2025. The test was carried out by external accessibility quality assurance consultancy company Zoonou.

A total of 10 pages were tested against (WCAG) 2.2 Level AA standards. These pages were chosen based on recency of creation, traffic and variety of website components and content available across the pages.

URLs that were tested on our latest accessibility audit