collageThe École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) is a public research university located in Lausanne, Switzerland. It specializes in natural sciences and engineering.[5] It is one of the two Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology, with three main missions: education, research and innovation.[6]
EPFL is part of the Domain of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology (ETH Domain), which is directly dependent on the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research.[7] In addition to EPFL, ETH Domain also includes Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich as well as several research institutes: Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), and Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL).
In connection with research and teaching activities, EPFL operates a nuclear reactor CROCUS,[8] a tokamak fusion reactor TCV,[9] a Blue Gene/Q Supercomputer[10] and P3 bio-hazard facilities.
About École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
The École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) is a research institute and university in Lausanne, Switzerland, specializing in the natural sciences and engineering.
Its roots can be traced back to the foundation of a private school in 1853, which to start with only had 11 students. Those days are long gone though, with the modern day EPFL one of two Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology and student numbers in Lausanne now totaling over 10,000.
Located in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, EPFL is twinned with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich). As part of its research and teaching activities, EPFL is one of the only universities to run a nuclear reactor, a fusion reactor, a Gene/Q Supercomputer, and have P3 bio-hazard facilities.
EPFL has a very singular admissions process, which, for would-be undergraduates who are Swiss nationals, is not selective at all. At the end of freshman year, however, a block exam determines whether students can continue or have to repeat the year, with many home students dropping out entirely at this point.
The EPFL campus lies on the shores of Lake Geneva and consists of 65 buildings across 136 acres. Facilities include banks, bars, two museums – the Musee Bolo and Archizoom – as well as bars, restaurants and cafeterias.
There are students of 112 different nationalities here, though as of 2014 women made up only 27 percent of the student body. Life on campus is vibrant, with many student-formed clubs and associations providing social and recreational opportunities.
A wide range of sports and leisure facilities keep students physically active while studying. EPFL also has an active student media, publishing the monthly newspaper Flash and there are daily broadcasts on the student radio station.
Another priority on campus is the arts, with the university holding several annual music festivals each year. The largest is Balélec Festival, where 15,000 visitors descend upon the university to watch 30 concerts on two outdoor and four indoor stages.
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Ranking 2022-2023
| Institution Name | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne |
| Country | Switzerland |
| World Rank | 101 |
| National Rank | 3 |
| Education Rank | – |
| Employability Rank | 88 |
| Faculty Rank | 137 |
| Research Rank | 119 |
| Overall Score | 81.7 |
| Domain | epfl.ch |
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EPFL is one of the top Public universities in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is ranked #=14 in QS Global World Rankings 2022.
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90.2Overall82.4Academic Reputation79.7Employer Reputation94.8Faculty Student Ratio99.8Citations per Faculty100International Faculty Ratio100International Students RatioView all Ranking Data
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- QS World University Rankings206
- QS Stars5
- StatusPublic
- Research OutputVery High
- Student/Faculty Ratio18
- ScholarshipsYes
- International Students11,743
- SizeXL
- Total Faculty1,859
Rankings. The QS World University Rankings ranks EPFL 14th in the world across all fields in their 2020/2021 ranking, whilst Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranks EPFL as the world’s 19th best school for Engineering and Technology in 2020.
| University rankings | |
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| Global – Overall | |
| ARWU World[16] | 83 (2020) |
| QS World[17] | 14 (2021) |
| THE World[18] | 38 (2020) |
| USNWR Global[19] | 45 (2020) |
The QS World University Rankings ranks EPFL 14th in the world across all fields in their 2020/2021 ranking, whilst Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranks EPFL as the world’s 19th best school for Engineering and Technology in 2020.[7][8]
EPFL typically scores high on faculty to student ratio, international outlook and scientific impact. The CWTS Leiden Ranking[20] that “aims to provide highly accurate measurements of the scientific impact of universities” ranks EPFL world 13th, and 1st in Europe in the 2013 rankings for all the sciences.
Although EPFL generally ranks well on measures such as citation index, international outlook and scientific impact, due to the young age and small size of the school, it tends to rank comparatively low in name-brand surveys. The Times 2017 reputation ranking where EPFL was ranked world 45th, comparatively low for EPFL.[21]
The Times 100 Under 50 Rankings is a ranking of the top 100 universities in the world under 50 years old. Since EPFL in its current form was formed in 1969, it is included in this ranking, and was ranked 1st in the world for three years in a row in 2015,[22] 2016 [23][24] and 2017,[25] and 2nd in the world in 2018 and 2019.[24][25][26][27]
Times Higher Education also ranked EPFL as the most international university in the world two years in a row 2014[28] and 2015.[29]
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| World Rank | Institution |
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| 14 ▲ | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, EPFL |
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), or the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, is a public research university in Lausanne, Switzerland. Unusually for a Swiss university, it is controlled by the federal government.
The university originated from the École special de Lausanne, a school with just 11 students. In 1869 it became the technical department of the public Académie de Lausanne. After the academy became the University of Lausanne, the école established itself as a federal institute in its own right: EPFL.
EPFL is highly regarded for its research and teaching in engineering. More recently, the university has branched out into the life sciences. It acquired the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research in 2008. The university belongs to the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain, a union of research institutes and universities which also includes ETH Zürich.
Like other Swiss universities, EPFL is unselective in its undergraduate admissions. Selection is based on the results of first year exams, which approximately half of students fail. EPFL has a highly international student population, with about half of students coming to study at the university from abroad.
EPFL has coordinated ambitious international research projects, including the Blue Brain Project and the Human Brain Project, attempting to reconstruct mammalian and human brains digitally. The institute is home to a nuclear reactor, a fusion reactor and a Blue Gene/Q supercomputer.
The EPFL campus in Écublens is located beside Lake Geneva and is powered entirely by electricity produced from hydropower. EPFL has several satellite campuses and facilities in Switzerland. The main campus hosts regular music festivals, and has two museums: the Musée Bolo and Archizoom.
Alumni of EPFL include Jacques Dubochet, winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and chess grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.
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