École des Mines de Saint-Étienne is committed to making its website accessible in accordance with Article 47 of French Law No. 2005-102 of 11 February 2005.
This page outlines our accessibility policy and the measures implemented to ensure that all users, including those with disabilities, can access our digital content and services.
Accessibility Objective
We strive to make this website compliant with the Référentiel Général d’Amélioration de l’Accessibilité (RGAA). To this end, we aim to:
- Provide intuitive, consistent, and readable navigation
- Make all content accessible via keyboard, screen readers, and other assistive technologies
- Offer text alternatives for images, videos, and interactive content
- Ensure clear page structure, good contrast, and scalable text sizes
Ongoing Improvements
An accessibility audit will be carried out as part of the complete redesign of our website currently in progress.
We are working to address the following areas:
- Implementation of an annual action plan and a three-year accessibility roadmap
- Appointment of an accessibility officer within the IT department
- Staff training on accessibility best practices
- Improved compatibility with screen readers
- Accessibility of downloadable documents (PDF, DOC, etc.)
- Optimized keyboard navigation
- Text descriptions for images and multimedia content
Accessibility Features
Display size adjustment
- In Firefox: Go to the “View” menu > “Zoom” > choose “Zoom In”
- In Google Chrome: Use the menu at the top right and click the “+” or “−” buttons next to “Zoom”
- Or press Ctrl and scroll your mouse wheel simultaneously
Breadcrumb trail
A black breadcrumb trail is displayed on all pages (except the homepage), indicating your position within the site during navigation.
Header logo
Clicking the École’s logo at the top left of the site will return you to the homepage at any time.
Navigation
The main menu allows you to browse all sections and their sub-sections.
On internal pages, a secondary menu is displayed on the right for navigating within the current section.
Assistance and Contact
If you encounter an accessibility issue or are unable to access any content, please let us know.
We are committed to responding as quickly as possible.
📧 accessibilite@mines-stetienne.fr
📍 Contact form
Appeals
If you report an accessibility issue and do not receive a satisfactory response, you may submit a complaint to the following authority:
Defender of Rights (Défenseur des droits)
🔗 https://formulaire.defenseurdesdroits.fr/
📬 By mail: Défenseur des droits – Libre réponse 71120 – 75342 Paris CEDEX 07