Remember to check out the News Page for UP TO DATE Information!
Are you an EPFL PhD, Postdoc or scientist and learn how the intermediate body (corps intermédiare, PhD, Postdocs, scientists) and EPFL actually works?
Fall 2025 Events
🍻🥤🍕🤝 Welcome Event 2025 – TBD
With the start of the next academic year, we will host our annual Welcome Event, our largest event with invited guests.
Join us to meet new colleagues and of course food and drinks.
💳👨⚕️💊 Health Insurance – How to navigate the maze – Sep 30 2025
Join us in this upcoming event where our invited speaker, Mr. Johan Lobmeyer, MBA, presents the Swiss health insurances landscape.
The goal of this seminar is to learn
- how does the health insurance system work
- terminology: compulsory & supplementary insurance, care models, deductibles etc
- how to get unbiased information on prices
With a Q&A session at the end.
When: Tuesday, 30th September 2025, 17:00 – 18:30 (Networking and Question apéro from 18:30)
Where: Online + in-person (EPFL main campus, tbd)
Sign up: fill this form
Questions? contact Clemens
🧓🏦🤝 Retirement System in Switzerland – Nov 25 2025
Understand how the retirement system in Switzerland works by joining this seminar from Mr. Johan Lobmeyer, MBA.
Topics covered are
- terminology: contributions, buy-ins, 3A, vested benefits, pillars+taxes etc
- practical guidelines to help you decide if it is worth investing or not
- how to simulate your case, and other tips
With a Q&A session at the end.
When: Tuesday, 25th November 2025, 17:00 – 18:30 (Networking and Question apéro from 18:30)
Where: Online + in-person (EPFL main campus, tbd)
Sign up: fill this form
Questions? contact Clemens
👨⚖️🏠📝 Immigration and Residence Permits – tbd
Are you an EPFL PhD, Postdoc or scientist and would like to know more about
- residency permit types for the intermediate body (PhD, Postdocs, scientists)?
- how to find and land that job in Switzerland?
- legal status of your residency after the end of your contract?
Fiorella Deshogues, Legal Advisor on Swiss Immigration will give a seminar with a Q&A session at the end.
When: tbd
Where: Online + in-person (EPFL main campus, tbd)
Sign up: coming soon…
Questions? contact Clemens
Events supported by the membership fees of paid ELSA members, the EPFL Associate Vice-Presidency of Research.
Winter/Spring 2025 Events
🥪☕️🤝Networking Lunch for the Scientific Staff – July 14th 2025
Thanks for all those that attended, we covered the structure of how EPFL and our associations are structured. Thank you for all your comments. Next edition will be held in Fall! Stay Tuned
🎉🎉🥤 Vivapoly 2025 – May 22 2025
Thanks to all who came to our stand to speak to us and to share your perspectives at EPFL!
🥪☕️🤝Chomage for Non-EU/EFTA – May 6th 2025
Our first ever edition covering Chomage related issues for Non-EU/EFTA scientific staff. Due to extended interest we will design a new session with a focus on EU/EFTA scientifc staff.
🥪☕️🤝Networking Lunch for the Scientific Staff – April 8th 2025
Thanks for all those that attended, we covered the structure of how EPFL and our associations are structured. Thank you for all your comments. Next edition will be held in June! Stay Tuned
💳📈📉Investment Seminar – April 3 2025
Completely oversubscribed, thanks for all your support! The second edition will already be held for those on the waiting list.
Tax Declaration Made Easy (x Polydoc + EPDA)
Wednesday 5 February 2025
We are organizing a seminar “Tax Declarations Made Easy” with Mr. Johan Lobmeyer.
Topics of this seminar:
Main topics:
- Conditions for the full tax declaration
- Is it worth it to apply the full declaration ?
- What income must be declared ?
- What expenses count as deductions ?
- How to fill out the tax declaration (With tips & tricks to go faster)
When: Wednesday, 05-Feb-2025, 17:00-18:30, networking apero ? ? ? after 18:30!
Where: online + in-person (EPFL main campus, (SG 1138))
Sign up: register here
Questions? contact Giannis Savva or Clemens Wöllhaf
Events supported by the membership fees of paid ELSA members, the EPFL Associate Vice-Presidency of Research.
Fall 2024 Events
41st General Assembly
October 18 2024 – 1730 – 1830 – SV 1717
Voting for the new executive + statute/name changes + discussion with Polydoc/EPDA + apero
Welcome Event 2024
November 12 2024 – 1700 – 2000 – SV Hall
Meet your colleagues, very very Special guests from EPFL + hot food and drink
Health Insurance (x Polydoc + EPDA)
October 10 2024 – CE 1 2 Auditorium + Online
Hear about the new rates, deadline to switch November 30 + apero
Register here
Negotiation Workshop (x SPAN)
October 17 2024
Negotiation as Innovation: Skills to Positively Transform Conflicts
Register here
3rd Pillar Pension + Investment (x Polydoc + EPDA)
November 13 2024
Learn more about your retirement + apero
Fast Forward Your Visibility, Get Known and Be Seen The Way you Want It (Personal Development)
over 4 half days
INFO + Register HERE
Immigration (x Polydoc + EPDA)
December 5 2024
Focus on Student and Work permits Non-EU/EFTA with Fiorella Deshogues + apero
REGISTER HERE
Events supported by the membership fees of paid ACIDE members, the EPFL Associate Vice-Presidency of Research.
