Decorative image for the Program of Dual Career, Credit: Alex Padurariu,
EPFL recognizes that addressing the needs of dual careers couples is an essential part of recruiting and retaining the highest-ranking faculty.
To fulfil these goals, EPFL has created a Dual Career Program that includes a range of key actions and services detailed below.
- Partners of newly hired professors, when the partner is arriving within two (2) years of professor’s start.
- The program can support only one partner per professor.
- The term “partner” defines any person who is moving or intend to move and follow the person newly hired at the EPFL faculty position whether they are spouse or partner
- Career orientation and counseling, including support and guidance for professional transitions or continuing education.
- Connection to a broad professional and social network, including local and international associations (e.g., IDCN, business associations).
- Assistance in identifying job opportunities and networking outside academia, within the available resources of the program.
- A partial (50%) time-limited funding support for positions within EPFL
- EPFL is a member of the International Dual Career Network (IDCN), a non-profit association including companies, NGOs and academic institutions with the purpose of facilitating the job search for mobile employees’ partners
- CVCI (Chambre vaudoise du commerce et de l’industrie). For spouses of international employees, facilitating the integration into the local economy, providing a platform for sharing experiences and best practices
- IWC (International Women’s Club). Lausanne’s English-speaking women’s club
- The Program does not provide nor guarantee a job placement or employment.
- The candidates and their partners are informed as from the negotiations about the EPFL policy and especially about the short-term duration of any allocation fund