Key facts
In 2019, the Swiss Federal Audit Office (SFAO) audited the traceability of the allocation of funds to professors at the Federal Institutes of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich) and Lausanne (EPFL). In its report, the SFAO drew up three recommendations, two of which concerned the transparency of fund allocation (ETH Zurich and EPFL) and one the ombudsman’s office (ETH Zurich).