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Since April 1, 2026, an automatic translation module has been available on pages of the www.epfl.ch website to comply with the Federal Ordinance on National Languages (441.11). The Google Translate plugin was chosen for its good cost-performance ratio. Laboratory or conference websites (as well as independently managed sites) are not concerned, but it is possible to request it via our Service Desk.

As of August 27, 2025, a new version of your People profile will be available. This version allows you to manage the visibility of your data more precisely. It is based on a modernized platform, offering better performance, enhanced security, as well as improved usability and presentation. We invite you to log in to people.epfl.ch to validate your data.

EPFL has set up a Mastodon server for the School community, allowing members to post and share content in a way that’s aligned with the values of open science. We opted for Mastodon because independence and effective communication tools are critical.

The 'Browse' button has been replaced with a new navigation system centered around the breadcrumb trail.

We’ve done a little spring cleaning on Memento. The home pages have a new look and feel, and we’ve added some features.

The web search tool search.epfl.ch can now be used to search inside.epfl.ch. Access to this new feature is restricted.

Imagine you are waiting in a long queue at some campus foodtruck. At the cash register, OMG, you've forgotten your wallet and your Camipro card. Don't panic. From now on, it is possible to pay for your purchases via a QR code available on the EPFL campus app.

Previously limited to campus associations, the 'Announcements' feature on EPFL Campus app now allows all EPFL units to send short messages to their followers.

You can now check a box to indicate that your texts, photos and videos can be used freely under certain conditions. An approach encouraged by Mediacom to give more visibility to your activities.

The new directive for the management of domain names at EPFL came into force in May 2021. It explains how web addresses (urls / domain names) are managed.

With go.epfl.ch, authorized EPFL users can create shortened URLs linking to any website, including those outside EPFL. This system was updated in March 2021 with several user-friendly improvements.

In late March we added a feature to actu.epfl.ch that allows news articles to be published in three languages – meaning your articles can now appear in German, too.

For now the new Announcements feature is only available to EPFL associations, but it will later be rolled out to all EPFL units. It can be used to send out messages with push notifications.

Some evolutions on the memento application: link to virtual room, possibility to indicate that an event is full, lower requirements for image size, simplification of categories...

You are the author of a beautiful PDF document (a business report, an instruction manual) and you would like to put it online? Thanks to a new Wordpress block, it is possible to browse and zoom in on a file directly on a web page.

Your site has been online for several months, and you realize that it is not as good as it should. Here are some tips on how to use Wordpress EPFL to update it. Above all, the ides is to minimize the impact of planned changes on Internet users, for example by avoiding deleting pages.

Formerly classified in separate pages, information related to web services at EPFL has been merged to a new portal.

memento.epfl.ch is the online application dedicated to the promotion of events at EPFL. It allows anyone at EPFL to submit their announcement or to subscribe to email summaries. Laboratories and services can manage their own memento channel, with their dedicated announcements, and then display them automatically on their Wordpress website. A new feature offers the possibility to filter the announcements displayed on the page.

From the end of May 2020, a new 'EPFL courses' block allows you to display on a web page a list of courses, given by a teacher or in a laboratory. It is an extraction of is-academia coursebooks for the current academic year. It is possible to sharpen these lists by means of several parameters and filters.

Since last 31st of March, the Web Redesign project has come to an end. It was a great adventure full of events, discoveries, exchanges, challenges, and so on. A great success which can be seen and reviewed by visiting your sites and pages.