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    EPFL Reviews

    Updated August 14, 2018
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    • "Beaucoup d'argent va aux sciences de la vie et les autres champs sont de plus en plus n" (in 11 reviews)

    • "res sont un peu comme des laboratoires sur diff" (in 8 reviews)

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    1. "Top university with a good environment"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
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      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at EPFL full-time

      Pros

      Highly interesting working environment with a lot of smart people

      Cons

      It's an expensive country to live in

    2. "Postdoc"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at EPFL full-time

      Pros

      Standard academic position. Eventually, it depends on your advisor.

      Cons

      Life in Switzerland is rather expensive.

    3. "Great place for research"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at EPFL full-time

      Pros

      Top quality research in engineering, great work life balance.

      Cons

      Learning the local language is necessary if you want to have a good social life.

    4. "Great City"

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      Former Employee - Postdoctoral Fellow
      Former Employee - Postdoctoral Fellow
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      I worked at EPFL full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Great city, great university, great pay.

      Cons

      The Environmental department is not as good as those at top US universities.

      Advice to Management

      Do not give lifelong positions to non-faculty.

    5. "University on the rise"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
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      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      The computer science department is on the rise, they have good labs already and are competitive in hiring.
      You can live well in Lausanne on the salary

      Cons

      The city itself is not very exciting, it can get boring sometimes.
      The culture is not quite like in the US, labs collaborate less.

      Advice to Management

      Encourage more collaboration between labs.
      Organize or encourage social events, to at least get the students to know each other across labs.

    6. "Excellent working environment"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at EPFL full-time

      Pros

      - a lot of resources
      - connections with the industry
      - vibrant startup community
      - life-work balance

      Cons

      - less working opportunities in Lausanne

    7. "Great university"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Good research environment, nice campus

      Cons

      Non english speaking outside university

    8. "An excellent place for study and work"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
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      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      Excellent salary. Pretty well-organized. Flexibility of the working hours. Excellent weather both in summer and winter. An excellent language center to improve English, French, German and Italian. A good source for complementary career courses and workshops.

      Cons

      Some courses were taught in French, might not cover all the international students or staff.

    9. Helpful (1)

      "Post Doc"

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      Current Employee - Postdoctoral Researcher in Irving, TX
      Current Employee - Postdoctoral Researcher in Irving, TX

      Pros

      International environment, collaborative and so friendly

      Cons

      You don't get working permis by doing postdoc

    10. "Research Assistant"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      Depending in which lab you are in rules and culture is different, but overall good life and work balance. The more you get involved into research to more time you will need to dedicate. Travelled extensively within Switzerland for meetings with industrial partners.

      Cons

      Sometimes there is lack of freedom in terms of decision making. Advisor could be out for meetings and that could slow down the work.

      Advice to Management

      Less meetings and updates, especially when the projects kicked off already. Allow more space for personal training and seminars.

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