Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)

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Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne
The EPFL is an institution at the cutting edge of training, research and innovation. Ranked among the best institutes of technology in the world, it provides an education ranging from engineering disciplines to life sciences, taking in information technology along the way.

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Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne
Route Cantonale
1015 Lausanne

How to get there

tl 31: EPFL-UNIL; MBC 701: EPFL; MBC 705: EPFL
m1: EPFL

The Rolex Learning Center

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Built on the campus of EPFL Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, the Rolex Learning Center designed by the internationally acclaimed Japanese architectural practice, SANAA, will function as a laboratory for learning, a library with 500,000 volumes and an international cultural hub for EPFL, open to both students and the public.
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Michaël, the urban spirit
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Michaël the urban spirit
Ideally located by the lakeside and surrounded by beautiful green spaces, UNIL and EPFL are two villages within the town. Walk around their campuses to discover the contemporary architecture of buildings designed by renowned architects. Don’t miss the Unithèque (aka “the Banana”), Vortex, Géopolis, Batochime, Rolex Learning Center, EPFL Pavilions, MED (and its staircase) and SwissTech Convention Center. And as a bonus, the colourful pedestrian underpass of the EPFL metro station.

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The EPFL (Lausanne Federal Institute of Technology) was founded in 1969 and offers today 13 complete courses of study, from bachelor to master. Its five faculties (computer and communication sciences, science and engineering, basic sciences, life sciences, natural and built environment) bring together nearly 12,000 students and researchers, as well as 1'400 PhD students. Nearly 120 nationalities are represented here. The EPFL promotes meetings between students, teachers, researchers and entrepreneurs, thus facilitating the emergence of new projects in the fields of science, technology and architecture. Good examples of this are the SwissTech Convention Center, inaugurated in 2014, which houses a 3'000-seater conference hall in an ultra-modern setting, the Alinghi yacht, the Solar Impulse solar aircraft and the Human Brain project, a study of how the brain works involving numerous European laboratories.

Famous personalities have studied at EPFL, such as Robert Mardini, ICRC Director-General, as well as Mattia Binotto, Director of the F1 Scuderia Ferrari.

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