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University of Birmingham

This report is based on an automated assessment of 125 webpages on 5th November 2026.

How we sample pages

Accessibility

  • 5th place in QS World University Rankings 2027
  • 6th place in QS World University Rankings 2025
  • 8th place in UK Universities
Gold award: in the top 7% of ranked websites

WCAG Levels

These measure compliance against the WCAG 2.2 standard. What does this mean?

Recommendations

Accessibility recommendations
PriorityRecommendationProgress
Ensure controls clearly indicate when they are selected

WCAG 2.2 AAA 2.4.13

39.3%
Ensure controls change appearance when they are selected

WCAG 2.0 AA 2.4.7

72.1%
Ensure content is not too difficult to understand

WCAG 2.0 AAA 3.1.5

22.5%
Tag all PDFs

WCAG 2.0 A 1.3.1

56.2%
Ensure PDFs have a title

WCAG 2.0 A 2.4.2

75%

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