EPFL data stories help people discover EPFL’s current affairs with facts and figures. Analysing internal and external data frames ongoing issues in their context and facilitates evidence-based decision-making. The data stories highlight EPFL’s point of view on relevant topics and summarise the main results.

EPFL’s Economic Impact
What is the economic impact of EPFL activities? For the year 2021, EPFL is estimated to have had an impact of over CHF 5.8 billion on the Swiss economy, despite the covid pandemic.

Social diversity at EPFL
The attractiveness of EPFL for students with an academic background. Coming in January 2023

Diversity among professors
There is an increased percentage of women among newly hired professors since 2020. It will, however, still take time to reach parity. A report on this topic will be published here end of February 2023.