Méryl Schopfer and Julie Devènes, Master's students in Civil Engineering at the EPFL, in the hydraulic hall where a dam project on the Rhône is being tested.
Méryl Schopfer and Julie Devènes, Master's students in Civil Engineering at the EPFL, in the hydraulic hall where a dam project on the Rhône is being tested. Alain Herzog - Like EPFL's other branches of engineering, its civil engineering program struugles to attract female students, who account for approximately 25% of total enrollment. Nonetheless, the department is determined to boost the appeal of this discipline and the wide range of professions for which it prepares graduates. We interviewed women in Bachelor's and Master's programs about why they chose civil engineering and how to bring more women on board. After earning her matura (a Swiss school-leaving certificate) from Collège de Saint-Maurice, Méryl Schopfer knew exactly where she wanted to study - EPFL. Ever since childhood, she had been fascinated by how buildings are constructed and, given the high grades she received in mathematics and physics, she felt drawn to civil engineering. "I find everything about the world around us so interesting, and I thought this would be a good way to answer many of my questions." Now in the first year of her Master's degree, Schopfer has never regretted her decision.
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