Definition:

Former students of a leading university, belonging to an association.

From the Latin meaning “pupil, disciple”:

- Alumni: masculine plural (noun)

- Alumnae: feminine plural (noun)

- Alumnus: masculine singular (noun)

- Alumna: feminine singular (noun)

ECAL has chosen to use the strictest sense of the term, namely a community of graduates of a higher-education institution (leading and other universities). Some schools use it in a broader sense of the term to refer to all former students (graduates or not) and even students currently studying within a particular institution.

Former graduate students or Alumni (in Latin) automatically belonged to EXECAL.

EXECAL offers specific services, benefits and contacts to all ECAL graduates:

• EXECAL Campus smartphone application (see FAQ 4.)
  
• Membership of private groups on social networks (Facebook, LinkedIn) 
  
• 20% discount on ECAL Shop items
  
• Neptun offer (up to 12% discount on IT equipment) (see FAQ 5.)
  
• Invitation to EXECAL Evenings and Meetings
  
• Access to the Library and Materials Library (advance booking required) 
  
• Preferential rates for University Sports Lausanne (see FAQ 15.)
  

Alumni benefit from these online services (sections accessible with access codes, Login) and can thus :

• view and publish your own ads in the News section
• view and publish Jobs & Competitions offers
• view and publish your own Small ads
• view the Alumni Directory 
  
• view the alumni map
• keep their own personal data up to date (My Profile)
  
• receive invitations to networking events 
• be informed of the activities of ECAL and EXECAL network via private groups reserved for alumni on social networks

Operational service since October 2020.

Added values of this app:

- Ads: possibility to customise alerts by category (AV, CI, DG, etc.)

- Alumni Directory: possibility to filter by location (try different languages: Brussels and Bruxelles)

Download the app (free of charge) from 

- Apple store 

- Google play store  

or update it to see the new EXECAL section (delete the old version and install the new one). 

Please login with your EXECAL access codes (private email address + password) that you manage from a desktop computer or laptop via www.execal.ch > My Profile.

If you are unable to login, check that :

- you have installed the latest application update

- you have selected EXECAL account and not ECAL account

Up to 12% discount in principle

Twice a year:

Spring: February - March

Fall: 2 - 30 September 2024

CONDITIONS

Members of official Swiss university alumni associations (membership must be documented by a certificate issued by EXECAL Office) can usually order from Neptun. However, it is possible that not all offers are available for alumni. Please refer to the respective offer information.

ALL ALUMNI MAY ORDER, as long as the delivery address is in Switzerland or Liechtenstein.The delivery is possible to a Swiss or Liechtenstein address only, the distribution partner does not offer international shipping. 

INSTRUCTIONS

Please follow our reminder, instructions and activation code sent to EXECAL private groups on Facebook and LinkedIn in February and September each year.

Under Staff number/employee number, note: "No number" + indicate your date of birth for the order to be validated.

Ask for the validation code and a document proving that you are an EXECAL member - which you will enclose with your order - to alumni@ecal.ch  

TO SEE THE OFFERS

https://www.projektneptun.ch/en/  Click on Offers (top left)

When you log in with your access codes (LOGIN), you can access the online services, that means the encrypted areas because reserved for ECAL alumni.

My Profile

We would be grateful if all EXECAL members could keep their personal data up to date (email address, postal address, telephone number, position on the map, website and social networks). This is essential if we are to provide a high-quality and reliable Alumni Directory and geographical map.

Alumni Map

Alumni, when they use their ID to log in, will be able to see more precisely where other people are: identity and links (website or Instagram account).

Without this, like the general public, they will be unable to see any details and simply a location tag.

EXECAL - ECAL Alumni > Official Documents

Space reserved for official communications to ECAL alumni.

The minutes of the General Meetings prior to the dissolution of the EXECAL Association are available to EXECAL members only.

News

All ECAL alumni are entitled to publish their own advertisements about exhibitions, events, projects or portraits (articles, interviews, video reports).

Consultation of these advertisements is extended to the general public and consequently visible by all.

Small Ads

All ECAL alumni can view and publish classified ads.

Jobs & Competitions

All ECAL alumni can consult and publish job and competitions offers.

Alumni Directory

Consultation of this directory is provided to all ECAL alumni who automatically become EXECAL members.

ACCOUNT ACTIVATION

Alumni graduated since 2012 are all automatically registered in the directory 

- no need to register again, do not click on New Member !

- initial account activation or if password forgotten : Login > No password or forgotten ? then follow the instructions

REGISTRATION

Alumni graduated before 2012 were not all registered in the directory

- click on Login > New member

- fill the Alumni online registration form

- access will be open after verification

CONNECTION TO THE PLATFORM

Once the instructions are received, they simply need to click on Login (in the upper right) and fill in Email (username) and Password to log in.

Alumni already recorded in the Alumni Directory can use the same access codes as before, providing that the username corresponds to a private email address.

NB: it is not possible to use ...@ecal.ch email address (for new graduates who can keep their ...@ecal.ch address until the end of December of their graduation year) or ...@execal.ch as a username address (redirection service that had to be cancelled in October 2018)!!!

ACCESS-CODE RECOVERY

If you have forgotten or lost your codes (username/private email address and password), click on Login > No password or forgotten? then follow the instructions.

Once you have logged in, you can change your password yourself via My Profile (scroll down to the heading Password). However, only the administrator may change the email address as it is an ID/username.

CHANGE OF EMAIL (USERNAME, IDENTIFIER)

If you want to change your username (private email address), please write to us at:

execal@ecal.ch

alumni@ecal.ch (email for the sole use of Alumni)

The email address of the Alumni is also activated in the Alumni Directory. It is therefore important that it is always valid and updated!

This personal space is used to collect useful information for the proper processing of registrations and for exchanges of communication related to the life of the Association.

Please check, update and complete your personal data carefully, preferably from a computer to avoid errors.

ALUMNI

• Email: correct spelling (period, dash,...). The email address is also used as an identifier/username. So you cannot change it yourself (ask to execal@ecal.ch). For Alumni, it is also activated in the Alumni Directory. It is therefore important that it is always valid and updated!
  
• Telephone: mention the country code +41.... (for strictly internal use only, not listed in the Alumni Directory)
  
• Postal mailing address: necessary for sending invitation cards (on request) and/or the Yearbook (a service of the paying membership categories). For strictly internal use only, not listed in the Alumni Directory.
  
• Biography: text to introduce yourself, add additional websites
  
• Preferences: to receive or not the newsletters and/or printed invitation cards

• Degree(s), year(s) : choose the right degree and year... (avoid doing it with a smartphone)
  
• Picture of profile: your portrait or a photo of a project, illustration, etc.
  
• Location on the map: beware of homonyms, choose the right country! For some localities outside the West, the country's writing prevails (e.g.: Kobe in Japan must be registered in Japanese)
  
• Website + Social Networks: copy/paste the website link http://... otherwise the URL link will not be activated!!!
  

See the General Terms and Conditions.

Since the dissolution of the EXECAL association, the membership fee system has been abolished.

Online services, in particular access to Jobs & Competitions, are available to all ECAL alumni.

All advertisements must concern or be directed to EXECAL members, particularly Alumni.

You can edit your advertisement up until the point when the administrator publishes it (see ☆ up left). Once it is published, if you wish to edit it, you will need to ask the administrator at: execal@ecal.ch

The right arrow sign ➼ means that the advertisement is permanent. You can go back at any time.

NEWS

All EXECAL members may consult advertisements and publish their own news in this area:

• Exhibitions & Events (talks, festivals, fairs, etc.) 
• Projects & Portraits (press reviews, interviews, awards)

Alumni are invited to promote themselves or pass on information that might interest other members. This area can also be read by general public.

SMALL ADS

This area is reserved to those EXECAL members :

• For rent  
  
• For sale  
  
• I am looking for 
  
• Special offers (area reserved to the administrator) 
  

Active members may consult and publish their own small ads relating to co-working spaces, a workshop/studio to let, equipment for rent or for sale or even equipment/services required.

Only the administrator may publish a special offer, depending on the tickets for sale or possible future agreements with institutions and companies (for example, discounts).

JOBS & COMPETITIONS

Only Alumni members who pay a membership fee may consult and publish advertisements for:

• Jobs 
  
• Internships 
  
• Competitions, residencies 
  
• Assistance & support 
  

The Alumni have invested time, effort and money in achieving their Bachelor’s or Master’s degrees. Consequently, they naturally expect, as qualified professionals, to be remunerated for their work (internships and jobs).

MODERATION SYSTEM

To guarantee a quality service and prevent this platform from becoming a hodgepodge, all advertisements published by members will be moderated by the administrator.

SEND IN AN ADVERTISEMENT

If you cannot publish your small ads or job offers yourself, please send us your full advertisements (assignment, profile required, period, remuneration, deadline, contact, email, telephone) to: execal@ecal.ch

NB: advertisements published on this Platform are intended for Alumni (former graduate students) and NOT for current students. In this case, you should send your advertisements to ecal@ecal.ch. They will appear on the ECAL intranet, visible only to ECAL students.

You can choose one or several different subject codes for your advertisements (News, Small Ads, Jobs & Competitions) to add further information and create a notification system in the future EXECAL Campus application (available in 2020):

All      : concerns all art and design subjects

AV     : Visual Arts, Fine Arts

CI      : Cinema, Film Studies

CV     : Visual communications (including Art Direction)

DG    : Graphic Design

DI      : Industrial and Product Design

MID   : Media & Interaction Design

PH     : Photography

Other : other subjects (literature, music, theatre, dance, etc.)

For ease of reading, the French original codes are not translated : AV = Arts visuels, CV = Communication visuelle, etc.

Out of respect for privacy and under data protection, the Alumni Directory is only accessible to peers (other alumni).

The directory comprises, as a minimum, the following data:

• First Name + Last Name 
  
• Year(s) – degree code(s) = 1st degree, 2nd degree at ECAL 
  
• Email address 
  

Other data provided by alumni themselves, according to their choice in the personal space My Profile:

• Picture 
  
• Personal website 
  
• Instagram profile 
  
• Facebook profile 
  
• LinkedIn profile 
  
• Twitter profile 
  
• Vimeo profile 
  

Neither postal mailing addresses nor telephone numbers appear in the directory.

The directory contains the complete list of alumni since 2013. Before this date, the list is incomplete.

If EXECAL Friends wished to have access to this directory, the association should, in all instances, consult the Alumni and discuss the issue. In any case, the Association is not willing to extend access to their data against their wishes.

See the General Terms and Conditions.

These degree codes appear in the Alumni Directory and provide information about the degree(s) awarded to the alumni by ECAL:

BA-AV          : Bachelor’s in Fine Arts

BA-CI           : Bachelor’s in Film Studies

BA-DG         : Bachelor’s in Graphic Design

BA-DI           : Bachelor’s in Industrial Design

BA-MID        : Bachelor’s in Media & Interaction Design

BA-PH          : Bachelor’s in Photography

EPG-CV        : Postgraduate studies in Visual Communication (from 2004 to 2008)

EPG-DI         : Postgraduate studies in Industrial Design (from 2004 to 2008)

MA-AD          : Master’s in Art Direction (from 2011 to 2017)

MA-AV          : Master’s in Fine Arts

MA-CI           : Master’s in Film Studies

MA-DP          : Master’s in Product Design

MA-PH          : Master’s in Photography

MA-TD          : Master’s in Type Design

MAS-DLC     : Master’s in Advanced Studies, Design for Luxury and Craftsmanship

MAS-DRDI    : Master’s in Advanced Studies, Design Research for Design Innovation (EPFL-ECAL Lab)

ECBA            : diplomas awarded by the Ecole cantonale des beaux-arts de Lausanne (prior to 1986)

Under My Profile, Alumni are invited to indicate their 

• Location : temporary or permanent (internship, continuing education, residency, etc.) 
  
• Website and/or Instagram profile : specify http://... for the link to be activated!!!
  

Anyone who has entered their location can be seen on the geographical map on the home page. They can modify this field at any time by updating their data under My Profile. 

Alumni, when they use their access codes to log in, will be able to see more precisely where other people are:

• first name + last name 
  
• place of residence
• links (website and/or Instagram account) 

Friends and the general public will be unable to see any details other than a location tag.

This map is designed to facilitate exchanges between alumni, to track their movements and, in the long term to create a world network with regional branches.

The Lausanne University Sports (Sports Universitaires Lausanne, SUL) offer a variety of physical activities and sports to members of the community of the University and the Ecole polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in the fantastic setting of the Dorigny University Sports Centre.

This sports service extends its offer to other categories of public, including ECAL Alumni, which are part of category D.

RATES

• Semester: CHF 200.-
  
• Year: CHF 350.- 
  

CARD VALIDITY

• Semester cards: 1 September → to 28 February or 1 February → 30 September
  
• Annual card: 1 September → 30 September of the following year
  

Conditions of access and participation

These guidelines define the conditions of access and participation in Lausanne University Sports.

Activities from A to Z

Find all the activities in alphabetical order, from Afterworkout to Zumba.

REGISTRATION

By arrangement with the SUL, you can register with the UNIL-EPFL Sports Service, with proof:

• either a copy of your diploma obtained at ECAL
  
• either your ECAL card indicating "ECAL Alumni" (contact the ECAL Secretariat to obtain this mention)

The Library is reserved for the ECAL community: students, assistants, professors, staff and EXECAL members (Alumni and Friends). However, upon request, persons outside ECAL may consult the documents on site.

Opening hours

Monday - Friday : 8:30 - 17:30 (non-stop)

Closed during the academic holidays (from mid-July to mid-September, one week in October, Christmas holidays, one week in February, the week after Easter).

Contact

yoo-mi.steffen@ecal.ch (Head Librarian)

Tél. :  +41 (0)21 316 99 40

Remote access

Online pubic access catalogue to search the Library's documents.

Discover the Library's resources via Instagram.

The Material Library is located in a closed room inside the Library.

Access is restricted to ECAL students, assistants, professors and staff, as well as to EXECAL members.

Unlike the Library, which is open at fixed hours, the Material Library has variable opening hours. It is therefore imperative to call 021 316 99 40 to check its availability.

Objects (samples, items) from the Material Library and contact information for suppliers are registered in the Library's open public access catalogue :

> Several criteria > Category : MAT > Search

The ECAL Book Club is a platform for exchange and sharing knowledge about art books in the broadest sense. This event normally takes place twice a year at the Library at 6 pm.

Guests alternate between students and alumni who made a publication or were responsible for its graphic design.

Contact : yoo-mi.steffen@ecal.ch (Head Librarian)

#10 - Jelly Luise (Jelena Schuhmacher) invites Sanja Grozdanic (Krass Journal)

Monday 16 March 2020: CANCELLED

#9 - Hélène Becquelin, Meili Gernet (Maou)

Monday 11 March 2019

#8 - Eurostandard (Ali-Eddine Abdelkhalek, Pierrick Brégeon, Clément Rouzaud)

Monday 15 October 2018

#7 - Raphaël Verona, Thomas Rousset, Charles Nègre

Thursday 29 March 2018

#6 - Federico Barbon invited Matteo Cremonesi

Thursday 30 November 2017

#5 - Julien Gremaud invited Thomas Koenig and Myriam Ziehli

Monday 10 October 2016

#4 - Amaury Hamon, Matthieu Huegi, Nicolas Polli & Simon Mager

Monday 14 March 2016

#3 - Florine Bonaventure, Jennifer Niederhauser Schlup, Philippe Karrer

Monday 14 December 2015

#2 - Marina Caneve, Younès Kouche, Mind Purithat Thongphubal

Monday 27 April 2015

#1 - Nicolas Faure "Goodbye Manhattan"

Monday 8 December 2014

The Cinécal is a platform for meetings and exchanges around cinema.

It is also a place where students can propose projects such as parties, masterclasses, screenings etc...

Welcome, authenticity and mutual aid form the heart of the cinema that we wish to share.

See also: Facebook

On behalf of ECAL Cinéclub:

1. Naïla Ebinger (student in Bachelor Film studies, 3rd year): naila.ebinger@ecal.ch