École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

EPFL is one of Europe’s most vibrant and cosmopolitan science and technology institutions. EPFL is Europe’s most cosmopolitan technical university. It welcomes students, professors and collaborators of more than 120 nationalities. EPFL has both ors of more than 120 nationalities. EPFL has both a Swiss and international vocation and focuses on three missions: teaching, research and innovation. EPFL collaborates with an important network of partners, including other universities and colleges, secondary schools and gymnasiums, industry and the economy, political circles and the general public, with the aim of having a real impact on society. On 7 November 1853, eleven students filed onto campus for their first day of class at École Spéciale de Lausanne. The broad curriculum ranged from chemistry, physics and math to drawing, architecture and civil engineering. Inspired by École Centrale in Paris, the School’s five founders set out to “train talented engineers in Switzerland,” whose excellence and influence would extend far beyond the Vaud capital. The private school soon earned the reputation as a “demanding, selective institution” – a testament to its caliber. The first students graduated in 1855, a few weeks before Institut Polytechnique de Zurich (present-day École Polytechnique Fédérale de Zurich) opened. In 1869, the School was affiliated with Académie de Lausanne and became Académie de Lausanne’s technical school. Data can often be more revealing than long speeches. They allow us to understand an institution through its multiple facets, whether it be its missions, its operations, its organisation or its achievements. EPFL unveils itself through its data and the key figures that define it, revealing general statistics as well as some unknown angles. For EPFL, the transparency of its data is also a communication channel to reflect its identity, evolution, and dynamism. This site presents EPFL’s institutional data. You will find the raw data of the institution’s key indicators, and you can explore their trend. You will also find thematic overviews reflecting EPFL’s actions in critical areas, as well as the impact of an academic institution on its environment and its role in society. One of Europe’s most famous science and technology institutions dedicated to improving the world around us, EPFL offers you the chance to perform high-value-added work in teaching, research, innovation and in the school’s administrative and technical services. Between our main campus in Lausanne and our satellite campuses our workforce includes more than 6000 staff members, representing more than one hundred different professions. ...view more