1. Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
Conference Title
Presenter’s name
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2. EPFL’s three missions according to the Federal Act
Education
Research
Technology Transfer
of scientists,
engineers & architects
Advanced,
fundamental & applied
to industry & society
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3. EPFL today Campus Spending
11,134 students, of whom 2,216 PhD students (2018)
343 faculty (2017)
5,996 staff (2017)
Spending
CHF 632M from State budget
CHF 311M other funding (EU, SNSF, private...)
Total: CHF 943M (2017)
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4. 13 Study Programmes, 350 Research Labs
ENAC SB
STI IC SV
5 Schools
13 Sections
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environmental Science & Engineering
Mathematics
Chemistry
Physics
Electrical Engineering Microengineering
Mechanical Engineering
Materials Science
Computer Science Communication Science
Life Sciences & Technology
Bioiengineering
CDM
CDH
2 Colleges
Management
of Technology
Financial Engineering
Human & Social Sciences
26 Institutes
7 Interdisciplinary Centers
350 Laboratories
and Research Groups
Transport, Energy, Neuroprosthetics, Design (EPFL+ECAL Lab) etc...
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5. Origin of Students (BSc, MSc, PhD and MAS)
Switzerland
43.2%
Europe
41.4%
Asia & Oceania
8.0%
Americas
3.3%
France 23.0%
Germany 2.3%
Italy 4.4%
Africa
4.1%
11,134 Students in 2018
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6. Swiss National Science Foundation & CTI
Expenditure of CHF 943 Million (2017)
The figures correspond to EPFL’s budgetary accounting and may therefore differ from those of the financial accounting.
93.4M
632.8M
Swiss Confederation 1
104.2M
7.7%
67.1%
11.1%
6.4%
5.5%
60.7M
0.9% 8,8M
Tuition fees
1.2% 11,6M
Public sector
contracts
Private sector and other mandates
45,2M
Other mandates + ( ) 2 3
Swiss National Science Foundation & CTI
52.0M European Programmes
15.3M
Industrial mandates
73.0M
Other income
1 Including construction expenses.
2 Not including industry or public sector mandates (foundations, not-for-profit companies, etc.).
3 Overheads, financial revenues (excluding revenues from technological platforms), designated and reserve funds from private and public sources, congresses and other activities.
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7. MOOCs: Massive Open Online Courses
September April 2018:
88 MOOCs online, 32 in preparation
66% of MOOCs are in English 34% of MOOCs are in French
2,037,946 registrations
66% of the participants are not students, 89% of which are employed
> 102’416 participants completed a course
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8. Ranking - EPFL is well-placed
* Overall institutional ranking, all scientific fields combined 4 7 10 17 22 30 35 81
900+ universities (PP top 10%) *
Europe
Europe
Europe
Europe
1000 universities *
1000 universities *
1000 universities *
World
World
World
World
Shanghai QS
THE
Leiden
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9. EPFL Innovation Park START-UPS : > 110 + > 60 START-UPS AT THE
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
FINANCE
COMPUTING
HEALTH
NUTRITION
ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT,
MATERIALS
START-UPS : > > 60 START-UPS AT THE
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10. 245 start-ups created since 2000
CHF 142M
Raised in 2017 
Nb. of start-ups
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11. Building an outstanding campus in Lausanne
516 units
2013
UNIL
Student housing
2014
Swiss Tech Convention Center
2016
2015
2021
2012
ArtLab
2010
EPFL Innovation Park
Robotics, Discovery Learning Labs
RTS
Sports Center extension
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12. An extended campus Geneva - Campus Biotech Neuchâtel - Microcity
• Bio- and neuroengineering (Wyss center)
• Human Brain Project
• Center for neuroprosthetics
• 420 staff
• 9 chairs
• 3880 m2
Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel - Microcity
• 230 staff
• 11 chairs
• 8035 m2
• Microengineering and nanotechnologies
Fribourg
Fribourg - Smart Living Lab
• Building technology and
sustainable architecture
• 21 staff
• 2 chairs + 1 RG*
• 1370 m2
Lausanne
Sion - Energypolis Campus
• Industrial energy
• Green chemistry
• Environmental engineering
• Biotechnology
• Bioengineering
• 200 staff
• 10 chairs + 3 RG*
• 7600 m2
Sion
Geneva
* Research groups
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