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 selected candidates for professorship positions at EPFL and recently hired professors
- Scholarsâ partner from the Early Independent Research Scholar (ELISIR), or similar programs for independent group lab heads are also eligible
- Partners newly arriving from abroad, if the professor has already been at EPFL for maximum 2 years
- The program can support a given partner only once
- The term âpartnerâ 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
- A support for partners in their research for a position within or outside the academic community
- Time-limited funding support for position within EPFL
- Introduction to to a large network of communities such as other academic institutions, local or international associations (such as IDCN, local business association, conferencesâŠ)
- A support for registration to EPFL daycare centers
- 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 employeesâ partners
- CVCI (Chambre vaudoise du commerce et de lâindustrie). For spouses of international employees, facilitating the integration into the local economy, providing a platform for sharing experiences and best practices
- IWC (International Womenâs Club). Lausanneâs English-speaking womenâs 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