people.epfl.ch help
People on campus © Alain Herzog + Mediacom/SI / EPFL, 2022
Any person affiliated to EPFL (student, staff) automatically receives a ‘people.epfl.ch/name.surname’ page and can update its information as they wish, except for official data.
To modify your page, log in with your EntraID account (by clicking on ‘Edit profile’ on the top right corner).
Main features
- Complete your profile with biographical, professional, and bibliographic details.
- Visibility: certain elements (photo, address, accreditations) can be made visible only to the EPFL community (intranet). This information will no longer be indexed by search engines or displayed on public web pages.
- Default language: choose a single language to avoid having to manage translations for each section.
- Displayed first/last names: option to hide certain first names or ask for a preferred name.
- Professional and social networks: add links to LinkedIn, Mastodon, GitHub, ORCID …
- Scientific publications: display a dynamic collection from Infoscience.
General settings and access of people pages
Who has the right to a people page, what are the standards to follow, how not to display my page…
Update my information
What is the people page layout and how to update all my info: photo, first and last names, addresses, publications….
Tools for webmasters
The information posted on this page can be automatically retrieved in other applications, including the WordPress CMS, where it is possible to create units directories (laboratories…)
Information displayed by default
Even without the intervention of the person concerned, a series of information is displayed
- surname, first name, e-mail address
- lists of functions and addresses in the units to which the person is attached (according to their accreditations)
- for teachers, their courses list, automatically taken from is-academia
- for thesis supervisors, their doctoral students
