The École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) is one of the two Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology may refer to one of two institutes of higher education in Switzerland:* ETH Zurich in Zurich* École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Lausanne...

 and is located in Lausanne

Lausanne

Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...

, Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

.

The school was founded by the Swiss Federal Government with the stated mission to:

• Educate engineers and scientists
• Be a national center of excellence in science and technology
• Provide a hub for interaction between the scientific community and industry

The sister institution in the German-speaking part of Switzerland is the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH Zürich

ETH Zurich

The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich or ETH Zürich is an engineering, science, technology, mathematics and management university in the City of Zurich, Switzerland....

 or ETHZ). Associated with several specialised research institutes, the two sister institutes form the ETH Domain

ETH Domain

The ETH Domain is a union of Swiss governmental universities research institutions. It primarily consists of the following institutions:- Research institutions :* Paul Scherrer Institute* Eawag* Empa...

, which is directly dependent on the Federal Department of Home Affairs. EPFL is ranked among the top universities in the world.

History

Founded in 1853 as a private school under the name École Spéciale de Lausanne, it became the technical department of the public Académie de Lausanne in 1869. When the latter was reorganized and acquired the status of a university in 1890, the technical faculty changed its name to École d'Ingénieurs de l'Université de Lausanne. In 1946, it was renamed the École polytechnique de l'Université de Lausanne (EPUL).

In 1969, the EPUL was separated from the rest of the University of Lausanne

University of Lausanne

The University of Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland was founded in 1537 as a school of theology, before being made a university in 1890. Today about 12,000 students and 2200 researchers study and work at the university...

 and became a federal institute under its current name. EPFL, like ETHZ, is thus directly controlled by the Swiss federal government. In contrast, all other universities in Switzerland are controlled by their respective cantonal governments.

EPFL operates a nuclear reactor, CROCUS

CROCUS

CROCUS is a research reactor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland, sometimes described as zero power but in fact limited to 100 W....

, a Tokamak

Tokamak

A tokamak is a device using a magnetic field to confine a plasma in the shape of a torus . Achieving a stable plasma equilibrium requires magnetic field lines that move around the torus in a helical shape...

 fusion reactor, and P3

Biosafety level

A biosafety level is the level of the biocontainment precautions required to isolate dangerous biological agents in an enclosed facility. The levels of containment range from the lowest biosafety level 1 to the highest at level 4 . In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and...

 bio-hazard facilities. Following the nomination of Patrick Aebischer

Patrick Aebischer

Patrick Aebischer is the president of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne since March 17th, 2000. He is also a professor in neurosciences and head of the Neurodegenerative Disease Laboratory of the EPFL....

 as president in 2000, EPFL has started to develop into the field of life sciences. It absorbed the ISREC

ISREC

ISREC is the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research , a not-for-profit institution founded in 1964 and located in Epalinges, Switzerland....

 (Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research) in 2008.

Campus

Originally, EPFL was in the center of Lausanne. In 1978, EPFL moved to its new campus in Ecublens

Ecublens, Vaud

Ecublens is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Ouest Lausannois. It is a suburb of Lausanne and is served by the Lausanne metro line 1 and several bus lines. The nearest train station is Renens.- History :...

, a suburb south-west of Lausanne on the shores of Lake Geneva

Lake Geneva

Lake Geneva or Lake Léman is a lake in Switzerland and France. It is one of the largest lakes in Western Europe. 59.53 % of it comes under the jurisdiction of Switzerland , and 40.47 % under France...

. In 2002, the department of architecture also moved to the campus in Ecublens. This united all departments of EPFL on the same site.

Buildings

The campus consists of about 65 buildings on 136 acres. Built according to the growth of the school, the campus includes different types of architectures:

• Late 70s-80s: modularized building, used today by the Schools of Basic Sciences and Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
• 90s: buildings with institutes from the Schools of Engineering Sciences and Techniques, Computer and Communication Sciences, and the Scientific Park (PSE)
• Modern: new buildings (2002-2004) with Microengineering, Communications and Architecture institutes, the School of Life Sciences and the College of Management.
• The Rolex Learning Center, a brand new library (2010)

Together with the University of Lausanne (UNIL)

University of Lausanne

The University of Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland was founded in 1537 as a school of theology, before being made a university in 1890. Today about 12,000 students and 2200 researchers study and work at the university...

 the EPFL forms a vast campus at the shores of Lake Geneva

Lake Geneva

Lake Geneva or Lake Léman is a lake in Switzerland and France. It is one of the largest lakes in Western Europe. 59.53 % of it comes under the jurisdiction of Switzerland , and 40.47 % under France...

. EPFL and the University of Lausanne

University of Lausanne

The University of Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland was founded in 1537 as a school of theology, before being made a university in 1890. Today about 12,000 students and 2200 researchers study and work at the university...

 also share an active sports center five minutes away from EPFL on the shores of Lake Geneva

Lake Geneva

Lake Geneva or Lake Léman is a lake in Switzerland and France. It is one of the largest lakes in Western Europe. 59.53 % of it comes under the jurisdiction of Switzerland , and 40.47 % under France...

.

Facilities

Facilities are available on the campus for the students and staff:

• Libraries:
  • Rolex Learning Center
    Rolex Learning Center
    The Rolex Learning Center is the campus hub and library for the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , in Lausanne, Switzerland. Designed by the architects SANAA, it opened on February 22nd, 2010.-The library:...
    
    
• Restaurant:
  • Le Copernic
  • La Table de Vallotton
• Cafeterias:
  • La Coupole
  • Le Corbusier
  • Le Parmentier
  • Le Vinci
  • BMX (Bâtiment des Matériaux)
  • BC (Bâtiment des Communications)
  • L'Arcadie
  • Le Hodler
  • Le Klee
• Bar:
  • Satellite
• Travel agencies
  • Swiss Federal Railroad
  • STA Travel
• Banks:
  • Credit Suisse
    Credit Suisse
    The Credit Suisse Group AG is a Swiss multinational financial services company headquartered in Zurich, with more than 250 branches in Switzerland and operations in more than 50 countries.-History:...
    
    
  • PostFinance
    PostFinance
    PostFinance is founded in 1906 and the financial services unit of Swiss Post, and the fifth largest retail financial institution in Switzerland...
    
    
• Radio:
  • Fréquence Banane Student radio

Organization

EPFL is organised into seven schools, themselves formed of institutes that group research units (laboratories or chairs) around common themes.

EPFL is constituted of the following Schools:

• Basic Sciences (SB, Thomas Rizzo) mathematics
  Mathematics
  Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
  
  , physics
  Physics
  Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
  
   and chemistry
  Chemistry
  Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
  
  
  • Mathematics Institute of Computational Science and Engineering (MATHICSE, Alfio Quarteroni)
  • Mathematics institute of Analysis and Applications (MATHAA, Anthony Davison)
  • Mathematics Institute of Geometry and Applications, (MATHGEOM, Eva Bayer Fluckiger)
  • Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC, Paul Dyson)
  • Institute of Physics of Energy and Particles (IPEP, Minh Quang Tran
    Minh Quang Tran
    Minh-Quang Tran is a professor at the EPFL.He graduated in physics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in 1973, where he did his doctoral thesis in 1977, and where he has worked as a professor since 1980...
    
    )
  • Institute of Condensed Matter Physics (IPMC, Wolf-Dieter Schneider)
  • Institute of Physics of Biological Systems (IPSB, Giovanni Dietler)
  • Institute of Physical Sciences (SPH-GE, Jean-Philippe Ansermet)
  • Institute of Quantum Electronics and Photonics (IPEQ, Benoît Deveaud-Plédran)
  • Institute of Theoretical Physics (ITP, Alfonso Baldereschi)
  • Institute of Computational Condensed Matter Physics (IRRMA, Alfonso Baldereschi)
  • Interdisciplinary Center for Electron Microscopy (CIME, Cécile Hébert)
  • Center for Research In Plasma Physics (CRPP, Minh Quang Tran
    Minh Quang Tran
    Minh-Quang Tran is a professor at the EPFL.He graduated in physics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in 1973, where he did his doctoral thesis in 1977, and where he has worked as a professor since 1980...
    
    )
  • PRN Quantum Photonics (PRN-QP, Benoît Deveaud-Plédran)
  • Bernoulli Center (CIB, Tudor Ratiu)
• School of Engineering (STI, Demetri Psaltis
  Demetri Psaltis
  Demetri Psaltis is the Dean of the School of Engineering at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne since 2007. He is also a Professor in Bioengineering and Director of the Optics Laboratory of the EPFL. He is one of the founders of the term and the field of optofluidics...
  
  ) Electrical Engineering
  Electrical engineering
  Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...
  
  , Mechanical engineering
  Mechanical engineering
  Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...
  
  , Materials Science and Engineering, Microengineering, Bioengineering
  • Institute of Electrical Engineering (IEL, Giovanni De Micheli
    Giovanni De Micheli
    Giovanni De Micheli is Professor and Director of the Integrated Systems Centre at EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland, and President of the Scientific Committee of CSEM, Neuchatel, Switzerland. Previously, he was Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. He holds a Nuclear Engineer degree...
    
    )
  • Institute of Mechanical Engineering (IGM, Daniel Favrat)
  • Institute of Materials (IMX, Andreas Mortensen)
  • Institute of Microengineering(IMT, Nico de Rooij)
  • Institute of Bioengineering (IBI, Jeff Hubbell)
• School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC, Marc Parlange) Architecture
  Architecture
  Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
  
  , Civil engineering
  Civil engineering
  Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings...
  
  , Environmental Sciences and Engineering
  • Institute of Architecture (IA, Bruno Marchand)
  • Civil Engineering Institute (IIC, Eugen Brühwiler)
  • Institute of Urban and Regional Sciences (INTER, Philippe Thalmann)
  • Environmental Engineering Institute (IIE, David Andrew Barry)
• Computer and Communication Sciences (I&C, Willy Zwaenepoel) computer science
  Computer science
  Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
  
   and telecommunications
  • Laboratory for Computer Communications and Applications (LCA)
  • Laboratory of Nonlinear Systems (LANOS)
  • Institute of Core Computing Science (IIF)
  • Institute of Computing and Multimedia Systems (ISIM)
  • Institute of Communication Systems (ISC)
  • Center of Mobile Information and Communication Systems (MICS, Karl Aberer)
  • Center for Advanced Digital Systems (CSDA, Paolo Ienne)
  • Center for Neural Information Processing (CTIN, Wulfram Gerstner)
  • Center for Global Computing (CGC, Martin Rajman)
  • Security and Cryptography Laboratory (LASEC, Serge Vaudenay
    Serge Vaudenay
    Serge Vaudenay is a well-known French cryptographer.Serge Vaudenay entered the École Normale Supérieure in Paris as a normalien student in 1989. In 1992, he passed the agrégation in mathematics. He did his PhD at the computer science laboratory of École Normale Supérieure, and defended it in 1995...
    
    )
  • Laboratory for Cryptologic Algorithms (LACAL, Arjen Lenstra
    Arjen Lenstra
    Arjen Klaas Lenstra is a Dutch mathematician. He studied mathematics at the University of Amsterdam.He is currently a professor at the EPFL , in the Laboratory for Cryptologic Algorithms, and...
    
    )
• Life Sciences (SV, Didier Trono) life sciences
  Life sciences
  The life sciences comprise the fields of science that involve the scientific study of living organisms, like plants, animals, and human beings. While biology remains the centerpiece of the life sciences, technological advances in molecular biology and biotechnology have led to a burgeoning of...
  
  
  • Brain Mind Institute (BMI, Henry Markram
    Henry Markram
    Henry Markram is Director of the Blue Brain Project at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne .He obtained his B.Sc. from Cape Town University, South Africa under the supervision of Rodney Douglas and his Ph.D. from the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, under the supervision of Menahem...
    
     and Pierre Magistretti)
  • Institute of Bioengineering (IBI, Alan Hubbell Jeffrey)(renamed as EDBB)
  • Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research
    ISREC
    ISREC is the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research , a not-for-profit institution founded in 1964 and located in Epalinges, Switzerland....
    
     (ISREC, Michel Aguet)
  • Global Health Institute (GHI, Gisou van der Goot)
• College of Management of Technology (CDM, Martin Vetterli)
  • Swiss Finance Institute at EPFL (CDM-SFI, Erwan Morellec)
  • Program of Management of Technology and Entrepreneurship (CDM-PMTE, Christopher Tucci)
  • Chair of Entrepreneurship and Technology Commercialization (CDM-ENTC, Marc Gruber)
  • Institute of Logistics, Economy and Management of Technology (ILEMT, Dominique Foray
    Dominique Foray
    Prof. Dominique Foray holds the "Chaire en Economie et Management de l'Innovation" at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in the Collège du Management de la Technologie.-Biography:...
    
    )
  • Management of Technology EPFL - UNIL (CMT, Francis-Luc Perret)
• Sociology and humanities (CdH, Francesco Panese)
  • Human and social sciences teaching program (CDH-SHS, Eric Junod)

Students and traditions

Several music festivals are held yearly at EPFL. The most important one is the Balelec Festival, organized in May. It proposes about 30 concerts and welcomes 15,000 visitors.

Other smaller festivals include Sysmic organized in April by the students of the Department of Microengineering, hosting two stages for local and national bands, and Artiphys, organized by the students of the Physics Department.

EPFL maintains several long-standing student exchange program

Student exchange program

A student exchange program generally could be defined as a program where students from secondary school or university choose to study abroad in partner institutions...

s, such as the junior year engineering and science program with Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....

 in the United States, as well as a graduate Aeronautics and Aerospace program with the ISAE

ISAE

The Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace or ISAE is the name for the French aerospace engineering school in Toulouse part of University of Toulouse and Aerospace Valley, resulting from the so called "rapprochement" between SUPAERO and ENSICA...

 in France.

Statistics

In 1946, there were 360 students at EPFL. In 1969, EPFL numbered 1,400 students and 55 professors. The university continued to grow rapidly, and in 2002, there were 5,872 students enrolled.

In 2004 there were more than 9000 people at EPFL. About 6000 of these were students, with the remainder consisting of professors, assistants and even entrepreneurs located in the Parc Scientifique of EPFL. There were over 100 nationalities at EPFL, with over 50% of the teaching staff coming from outside Switzerland.

In the year 2009-2010, there were over 7000 students on the campus.

The EPFL advised on the Alinghi

Alinghi

Alinghi is the syndicate set up by Ernesto Bertarelli, racing under the colors of the Société Nautique de Genève, to challenge for the America's Cup. Bertarelli had raced several smaller yachts named Alinghi previously, but 2003 was his first attempt at the America's Cup...

 project, leading to success in the America's Cup

America's Cup

The America’s Cup is a trophy awarded to the winner of the America's Cup match races between two yachts. One yacht, known as the defender, represents the yacht club that currently holds the America's Cup and the second yacht, known as the challenger, represents the yacht club that is challenging...

 in New Zealand in 2003 and in Valencia in 2007. EPFL is also developing a sun-powered plane, Solar Impulse

Solar Impulse

Solar Impulse is a Swiss long-range solar powered plane project being undertaken at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, by Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg. The project eventually hopes to succeed in the first circling of the earth with a piloted fixed-wing aircraft using only solar...

, designed to be completely autonomous (capable of circumnavigation

Circumnavigation

Circumnavigation – literally, "navigation of a circumference" – refers to travelling all the way around an island, a continent, or the entire planet Earth.- Global circumnavigation :...

). Bertrand Piccard

Bertrand Piccard

Bertrand Piccard is a Swiss psychiatrist and balloonist.Born in Lausanne, Vaud canton, Bertrand Piccard, along with Brian Jones, was the first to complete a non-stop balloon flight around the globe...

 is one of the two pilots flying the plane. There is also a sensor network installed in the I&C building called SensorScope which reports live temperature and light measurements.

For teaching purposes the EPFL hosts the only nuclear reactor

Nuclear reactor

A nuclear reactor is a device to initiate and control a sustained nuclear chain reaction. Most commonly they are used for generating electricity and for the propulsion of ships. Usually heat from nuclear fission is passed to a working fluid , which runs through turbines that power either ship's...

 in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, CROCUS

CROCUS

CROCUS is a research reactor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland, sometimes described as zero power but in fact limited to 100 W....

.

Rankings

EPFL is ranked Nr. 32 in the US News and World Report ranking of the World's Best Universities. QS World University Rankings

QS World University Rankings

The QS World University Rankings is a ranking of the world’s top 500 universities by Quacquarelli Symonds using a method that has published annually since 2004....

 has placed EPFL 35th in their 2011 rankings. It reaches the 101 - 150 rank range of the 2011 Academic Ranking of World Universities (Shanghai Jiao Tong University). According to a study conducted by Times Higher Education (THE) based on the publication and citation data provided by Thomson Reuters, EPFL is ranked Nr.1 in Europe in the field of Engineering (November, 2010). Leiden Rankings also rank EPFL Nr.1 in Europe (2010-2011).

EPFL is evaluated as continental Europe's #1 and world's #20 university in the field of Engineering, Technology and Computer Sciences in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) by Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2011 (Europe's #1 and world's #15 in 2009). EPFL is in the heart of Europe and is one of Europe's leading institutions of science and technology and is a member of Top Industrial Managers for Europe

Top Industrial Managers for Europe

Top Industrial Managers for Europe is a network of more than fifty engineering schools and faculties and technical universities....

 network.

Notable alumni

• Aart de Geus
  Aart de Geus
  Aart J. de Geus is the founder, chairman and CEO of Synopsys Inc. He is a fellow of IEEE and Phil Kaufman Award award winner. Aart graduated with a masters degree in Electrical Engineering from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , EPFL, Switzerland followed by a Ph.D...
  
   (Chairman, founder and CEO of Synopsys
  Synopsys
  Synopsys, Inc. is one of the largest companies in the Electronic Design Automation industry. Synopsys' first and best-known product is Design Compiler, a logic-synthesis tool. Synopsys offers a wide range of other products used in the design of an application-specific integrated circuit...
  
   Inc)
• André Gorz
  André Gorz
  André Gorz , pen name of Gérard Horst, born Gerhard Hirsch, also known by his pen name Michel Bosquet, was an Austrian and French social philosopher. Also a journalist, he co-founded Le Nouvel Observateur weekly in 1964...
  
   (Austrian-French, Philosopher and Economist)
• Martin Vetterli
  Martin Vetterli
  Martin Vetterli is a Swiss engineer has made research contributions in the general area of Digital Signal Processing . He is known for his work on Wavelets and has contributed to other areas, including sampling, computational complexity, signal processing for communications, digital video...
  
   (Professor, information and communication sciences)
• Daniel Borel
  Daniel Borel
  Daniel Borel is a Swiss businessman and co-founder of Logitech.In 1973 Daniel Borel earned an engineering degree in Physics from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland, and in 1977 received a Master of Science degree in Computer Science in 1977 from Stanford University.Borel...
  
   (Co-founder of Logitech)
• Franck Riboud
  Franck Riboud
  Franck Riboud born 7 December 1955 in Lyon, is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Groupe Danone. He is the son of Antoine Riboud, the previous CEO, who transformed the former European glassmaker BSN Group into a leading player in the food industry....
  
   (CEO of Danone)
• André Kudelski
  André Kudelski
  André Kudelski of a Polish father, is a Swiss engineer who is the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Kudelski Group....
  
   (CEO of Kudelski)

Doctores honoris causa

EPFL has awarded a Dr. h.c. degree to several people:

• John M. Ball
  John M. Ball
  Sir John Macleod Ball, FRSE FRS is Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Oxford. He was the President of the International Mathematical Union from 2003-06 and a Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford...
  
  
• 1986 Stefan Kudelski
  Stefan Kudelski
  Stefan Kudelski is a Polish audio engineer, famous for creating the Nagra series of professional audio recorders....
  
  
• April 1, 2006: Manuel Castells
  Manuel Castells
  Manuel Castells is a sociologist especially associated with information society and communication research....
  
   (avant-garde researcher dedicated to urban dynamics)
• April 15, 2008: Al Gore
  Al Gore
  Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....
  
   (Former Vice-President of the U.S.A.)
• October 3, 2009: Joseph Sifakis
  Joseph Sifakis
  Joseph Sifakis is a Greek-French computer scientist, laureate of the 2007 Turing Award, along with Edmund M. Clarke and E. Allen Emerson, for his work on model checking....
  
   (Turing Award Laureate)
• October 9, 2010: Jerry Yang (co-founder and former CEO of Yahoo! Inc)
• October 9, 2010: Pierre-Louis Lions
  Pierre-Louis Lions
  Pierre-Louis Lions is a French mathematician. His parents were Jacques-Louis Lions, a mathematician and at that time professor at the University of Nancy, who in particular became President of the International Mathematical Union, and Andrée Olivier, his wife...
  
   (Fields medallist
  Fields Medal
  The Fields Medal, officially known as International Medal for Outstanding Discoveries in Mathematics, is a prize awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians not over 40 years of age at each International Congress of the International Mathematical Union , a meeting that takes place every four...
  
  )

Notable Professors

• Giovanni De Micheli
  Giovanni De Micheli
  Giovanni De Micheli is Professor and Director of the Integrated Systems Centre at EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland, and President of the Scientific Committee of CSEM, Neuchatel, Switzerland. Previously, he was Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. He holds a Nuclear Engineer degree...
  
   (Professor, integrated systems)
• Martin Hasler (Professor, Computer and Communication Sciences, Laboratory of Nonlinear Systems)
• Lyesse Laloui
  Lyesse Laloui
  Lyesse Laloui is a professor at the School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne . He is the director of the Laboratory for Soil Mechanics as well as the director of the EPFL Doctoral programme in Mechanics...
  
   (Professor and director of Laboratory of Soil Mechanics, et directeur du programme doctoral en Mécanique )
• Dario Floreano
  Dario Floreano
  Dario Floreano is director of the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. He is one of the pioneers in evolutionary robotics, a research field in which robots are evolved using artificial evolution.Floreano received an M.A. in visual...
  
   (Professor, intelligent systems)
• Michael Grätzel
  Michael Grätzel
  Michael Grätzel is a professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne where he directs the Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces. He pioneered research on energy and electron transfer reactions in mesoscopic-materials and their optoelectronic applications...
  
   (Professor, Photonics and Interfaces Sciences, Inventor of the dye-sensitized solar cells)
• Jean-Daniel Nicoud
  Jean-Daniel Nicoud
  Jean-Daniel Nicoud , is a Swiss computer scientist, noted for inventing of a computer mouse with an optical encoder and the CALM Common Assembly Language for microprocessors....
  
   (Professor, computer science, inventor of the modern ball mouse
  Mouse (computing)
  In computing, a mouse is a pointing device that functions by detecting two-dimensional motion relative to its supporting surface. Physically, a mouse consists of an object held under one of the user's hands, with one or more buttons...
  
  )
• Arjen Lenstra
  Arjen Lenstra
  Arjen Klaas Lenstra is a Dutch mathematician. He studied mathematics at the University of Amsterdam.He is currently a professor at the EPFL , in the Laboratory for Cryptologic Algorithms, and...
  
   (Professor, cryptographic algorithms)
• Jean-Yves Le Boudec (Professor, networking systems and performance evaluation)
• Henry Markram
  Henry Markram
  Henry Markram is Director of the Blue Brain Project at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne .He obtained his B.Sc. from Cape Town University, South Africa under the supervision of Rodney Douglas and his Ph.D. from the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, under the supervision of Menahem...
  
   (Professor, neurology)
• Claude Nicollier
  Claude Nicollier
  Claude Nicollier is the first astronaut from Switzerland, and has flown on four Space Shuttle missions. His first spaceflight was in 1992, and his final spaceflight was in 1999. He took part in two servicing missions to the Hubble Space Telescope...
  
   (Professor, spatial technology and astronaut)
• Martin Odersky
  Martin Odersky
  Martin Odersky is a German computer scientist and professor of programming methods at the EPFL. He specialises in code analysis and programming languages.In 1989 Odersky received his Ph.D...
  
   (Professor, programming methods)
• David Chipperfield
  David Chipperfield
  Sir David Alan Chipperfield CBE, RA, RDI, RIBA is a British architect, born in London. He has offices in London, Berlin and Milan, and a representative office in Shanghai...
  
  , British architect, (Guest Professor, Architecture)
• Álvaro Siza Vieira
  Álvaro Siza Vieira
  Álvaro Joaquim de Melo Siza Vieira, GOSE, GCIH, is a Portuguese architect, born 25 June 1933 in Matosinhos a small coastal town by Porto. He is internationally known as Álvaro Siza .-Life and career:...
  
  , Portuguese architect, (Guest Professor, Architecture), Pritzker Prize
  Pritzker Prize
  The Pritzker Architecture Prize is awarded annually by the Hyatt Foundation to honour "a living architect whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment, which has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built...
  
  
• Reymond Clavel
  Reymond Clavel
  Reymond Clavel is director of the at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. He is one of the pioneers in the development of parallel robots, and the inventor of the notable Delta robot. His interest in research and his teaching are related mostly to robotics, micro-robotics...
  
   (Professor, robotics and micro engineering, inventor of the Delta robot
  Delta robot
  A delta robot is a type of parallel robot. It consists of three arms connected to universal joints at the base.The key design feature is the use of parallelograms in the arms, which maintains the orientation of the end effector...
  
  )
• Minh Quang Tran
  Minh Quang Tran
  Minh-Quang Tran is a professor at the EPFL.He graduated in physics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in 1973, where he did his doctoral thesis in 1977, and where he has worked as a professor since 1980...
  
   (Professor, physics of energy and particles)
• Serge Vaudenay
  Serge Vaudenay
  Serge Vaudenay is a well-known French cryptographer.Serge Vaudenay entered the École Normale Supérieure in Paris as a normalien student in 1989. In 1992, he passed the agrégation in mathematics. He did his PhD at the computer science laboratory of École Normale Supérieure, and defended it in 1995...
  
   (Professor, security and cryptography)
• Martin Vetterli
  Martin Vetterli
  Martin Vetterli is a Swiss engineer has made research contributions in the general area of Digital Signal Processing . He is known for his work on Wavelets and has contributed to other areas, including sampling, computational complexity, signal processing for communications, digital video...
  
   (Professor, computer and information sciences)
• János Pach
  János Pach
  János Pach is a mathematician and computer scientist working in the fields of combinatorics and discrete and computational geometry...
  
   (Professor, Mathematics, One of the few living Mathematicians with Erdos Number
  Erdos number
  The Erdős number describes the "collaborative distance" between a person and mathematician Paul Erdős, as measured by authorship of mathematical papers.The same principle has been proposed for other eminent persons in other fields.- Overview :...
  
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• Emre Telatar (Leading Information theorist and Professor,Information Theory)
• Monika Henzinger (Google Research head and Professor, computer and information sciences)
• Riccardo Rattazzi (Professor, Theoretical Physics)
• Rüdiger Urbanke (Professor, Coding, Communications and Information Theory)

Herbert Shea, Professor, Microsystems for Space Technologies Laboratory (LMTS)

Europe

Vienna University of Technology Vienna University of Technology Vienna University of Technology is one of the major universities in Vienna, the capital of Austria. Founded in 1815 as the "Imperial-Royal Polytechnic Institute" , it currently has about 26,200 students , 8 faculties and about 4,000 staff members... , Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU) University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna The University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, or simply BOKU , founded in 1872, is a Vienna university. There are currently around 10500 students enrolled at BOKU.- Campus :The original campus was built in 1896 in the Türkenschanzpark in Vienna's 18th and 19th districts... , Austria University of Vienna University of Vienna The University of Vienna is a public university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world... , Austria University of Freiburg University of Freiburg The University of Freiburg , sometimes referred to in English as the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, is a public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.The university was founded in 1457 by the Habsburg dynasty as the... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany Humboldt University of Berlin Humboldt University of Berlin The Humboldt University of Berlin is Berlin's oldest university, founded in 1810 as the University of Berlin by the liberal Prussian educational reformer and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt, whose university model has strongly influenced other European and Western universities... , Germany Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany University of Magdeburg, Germany University of Marburg, Germany Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen RWTH Aachen RWTH Aachen University is a research university located in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany with roughly 33,000 students enrolled in 101 study programs.... , Germany Technical University of Berlin Technical University of Berlin The Technische Universität Berlin is a research university located in Berlin, Germany. Translating the name into English is discouraged by the university, however paraphrasing as Berlin Institute of Technology is recommended by the university if necessary .The TU Berlin was founded... , Germany Braunschweig University of Technology, Germany Darmstadt University of Technology Darmstadt University of Technology The Technische Universität Darmstadt, abbreviated TU Darmstadt, is a university in the city of Darmstadt, Germany... , Germany Dresden University of Technology Dresden University of Technology The Technische Universität Dresden is the largest institute of higher education in the city of Dresden, the largest university in Saxony and one of the 10 largest universities in Germany with 36,066 students... , Germany Technical University of Munich Technical University of Munich The Technische Universität München is a research university with campuses in Munich, Garching, and Weihenstephan... , Germany University of Ulm University of Ulm The University of Ulm is a public university in the city of Ulm, in the South German state of Baden-Württemberg. The university was founded in 1967 and focuses on natural sciences, medicine, engineering sciences, mathematics, economics and computer science... , Germany University of Bonn University of Bonn The University of Bonn is a public research university located in Bonn, Germany. Founded in its present form in 1818, as the linear successor of earlier academic institutions, the University of Bonn is today one of the leading universities in Germany. The University of Bonn offers a large number... , Germany University of Karlsruhe (TH), Germany University of Stuttgart University of Stuttgart The University of Stuttgart is a university located in Stuttgart, Germany. It was founded in 1829 and is organized in 10 faculties.... , Germany Faculté polytechnique de Mons Faculté polytechnique de Mons The Faculté Polytechnique de Mons is the oldest university of the city of Mons and the first Engineering school in Belgium . Its first name was «École des Mines» .... , Belgium Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many... Université catholique de Louvain Université catholique de Louvain The Université catholique de Louvain, sometimes known, especially in Belgium, as UCL, is Belgium's largest French-speaking university. It is located in Louvain-la-Neuve and in Brussels... , Belgium University of Liège University of Liège The University of Liège , in Liège, Wallonia, Belgium, is a major public university in the French Community of Belgium. Its official language is French.-History:... , Belgium Université Libre de Bruxelles Université Libre de Bruxelles The Université libre de Bruxelles is a French-speaking university in Brussels, Belgium. It has 21,000 students, 29% of whom come from abroad, and an equally cosmopolitan staff.-Name:... , Belgium Ghent University Ghent University Ghent University is a Dutch-speaking public university located in Ghent, Belgium. It is one of the larger Flemish universities, consisting of 32,000 students and 7,100 staff members. The current rector is Paul Van Cauwenberge.It was established in 1817 by King William I of the Netherlands... , Belgium Sofia University Sofia University The St. Clement of Ohrid University of Sofia or Sofia University is the oldest higher education institution in Bulgaria, founded on 1 October 1888... , Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east... Brno University of Technology Brno University of Technology Brno University of Technology is a university located in Brno, Czech Republic... , Czech Republic Czech Republic The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest.... Czech Technical University in Prague Czech Technical University in Prague Czech Technical University in Prague is one of the largest universities in the Czech Republic, and the oldest institute of technology in Central Europe.... , Czech Republic Aalborg University, Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark... Technical University of Denmark Technical University of Denmark The Technical University of Denmark , often simply referred to as DTU, is a university just north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was founded in 1829 at the initiative of Hans Christian Ørsted as Denmark's first polytechnic, and is today ranked among Europe's leading engineering institutions, and the... , Lingby, Denmark Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Denmark Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo Helsinki University of Technology Aalto University School of Science and Technology , was the temporary name for Helsinki University of Technology during the process of forming the Aalto University... , Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside... University of Helsinki University of Helsinki The University of Helsinki is a university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but was founded in the city of Turku in 1640 as The Royal Academy of Turku, at that time part of the Swedish Empire. It is the oldest and largest university in Finland with the widest range of disciplines available... , Finland École Centrale Paris École Centrale Paris École Centrale Paris is a French university-level institution in the field of engineering. It is also known by its original name École centrale des arts et manufactures, or ECP. Founded in 1829, it is one of the oldest and most prestigious engineering schools in France and has the special status... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... École d'Architecture de la Ville et des Territoires, Marne-la-Vallée Ecole d'Architecture Marne-la-Vallee The École d'architecture de la ville et des territoires à Marne-la-Vallée is a fully accredited state-financed architecture school located in the east of Paris, France.... , France École des Mines d'Alès, France École des Mines d'Albi-Carmaux, France École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées Founded in 1747, the École nationale des ponts et chaussées , often referred to as les Ponts, is the world's oldest civil engineering school... , France École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Lyon, Lyon, France École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Marseille-Luminy, Marseille, France École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris-Belleville École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris-Belleville The École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris-Belleville is a well-known French school in architecture.Created in 1969, the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris-Belleville melts its teaching since the beginning on a principle: a base of knowledge related to an authentic... , France École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Strasbourg, France École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers (ENSAM), Paris École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers Arts et Métiers ParisTech is the French leading engineering school in the fields of mechanics and industrialization.The school trained 85,000 engineers since its foundation in 1780 by the Duke of La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt.... , France École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris The École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris was created in 1783 by King Louis XVI in order to train intelligent directors of mines. It is one of the most prominent French engineering schoolsThe École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris (also known as Mines ParisTech, École des Mines de... , France École Normale Supérieure de Cachan École Normale Supérieure de Cachan The École Normale Supérieure de Cachan is one of the most prestigious French Grandes Écoles. Like all the other Grandes Écoles, this higher education institution is not included in the mainstream framework of the French public universities... , France Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris École Normale Supérieure The École normale supérieure is one of the most prestigious French grandes écoles... , France École Normale Supérieure de Lyon École Normale Supérieure de Lyon The École Normale Supérieure de Lyon is a highly selective grande école located in Lyon, France. As one of France's three Écoles normales supérieures, ENS Lyon is associated with a strong French tradition of excellence and public service... , France École polytechnique (« X », Palaiseau) École Polytechnique The École Polytechnique is a state-run institution of higher education and research in Palaiseau, Essonne, France, near Paris. Polytechnique is renowned for its four year undergraduate/graduate Master's program... , France École Supérieure d'Electricité (Supélec), Gif sur Yvette Supélec École Supérieure d'Électricité, commonly known as Supélec, is a French Graduate School of Engineering delivering the equivalent of a Master's Degree as well as Ph.D opportunities. It is one of the most prestigious and selective Grandes Ecoles in France, and a reference in the field of electric... , France École supérieure d'ingénieurs en électronique et électrotechnique, ESIEE, Noisy École Supérieure d'Ingénieurs en Électronique et Électrotechnique ESIEE, , are two French Graduate Schools of Engineering located in Marne-la-Vallée and Amiens delivering the equivalent of a Master's Degree.-General information:It was founded in 1904 and was known until the 1960s as the Breguet school... , France École supérieure de chimie physique électronique de Lyon, France Fondation EPF, Sceaux, France Institut National des Sciences Appliquées, Lyon Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon The Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon or INSA de Lyon is a Grande École d'Ingénieurs. INSA was founded in 1957 to train highly qualified engineers, support continuing education, and conduct research and testing. The five-year curriculum aims at training engineers who possess humane... , France Institut National des Sciences Appliquées, Rouen Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rouen INSA de Rouen is a French grande école, that is to say a five-year curriculum which aims at training engineers who possess humane qualities and are well versed in the primary areas of science and engineering... , France Institut National des Sciences Appliquées, Strasbourg, France Institut National polytechnique de Grenoble, France Institut National polytechnique de Toulouse National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse Funded in 1969, the National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse is a French university system based in Toulouse, France part of University of Toulouse.... , France Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (ISAE), Toulouse, France École polytechnique universitaire de Montpellier (Polytech'Montpellier), Montpellier, France Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, France Université de Haute Alsace (ENSISA), France Université de la Méditerranée, Aix-Marseille II University of the Mediterranean The University of the Mediterranean Aix-Marseille II is a French university in the Academy of Aix and Marseille. Historically, it was part of the University of Aix-Marseille based across the communes of Aix-en-Provence and Marseille in southern France... , France Université de Poitiers University of Poitiers The University of Poitiers is a university in Poitiers, France. It is a member of the Coimbra Group.-History:Founded in 1431 by Pope Eugene IV and chartered by King Charles VII, the University of Poitiers was originally composed of five faculties: theology, canon law, civil law, medicine, and... , France Université Louis Pasteur Strasbourg 1, France Université Paris 13 (Paris-Nord), France Université Paris Dauphine, France National Technical University of Athens National Technical University of Athens The National Technical University of Athens , sometimes simply known as Athens Polytechnic, is among the oldest and most prestigious higher education institutions of Greece.... , Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe.... University of Patras University of Patras University of Patras is a university established in 1964 in Patras, Greece. Initially housed in the city centre, the university's campus is now located in the adjacent municipality of Rio... , Greece Technological Educational Institute of Piraeus, Greece Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Aristotle University of Thessaloniki The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is the largest Greek university, and the largest university in the Balkans. It was named after the philosopher Aristotle, who was born in Stageira, Chalcidice, about 55 km east of Thessaloniki, in Central Macedonia... , Greece Technical University of Crete Technical University of Crete The Technical University of Crete is a state university under the supervision of the Greek Ministry of Education and was founded in 1977 in Chania, Crete. The first students were admitted in 1984. The campus is located on a panoramic site in the peninsula of Akrotiri and covers an area of ,... , Greece Technical University of Budapest, Hungary Hungary Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The... University College Dublin University College Dublin University College Dublin ) - formally known as University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin is the Republic of Ireland's largest, and Ireland's second largest, university, with over 1,300 faculty and 17,000 students... , Ireland Ireland Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth... Dublin City University Dublin City University Dublin City University is a university situated between Glasnevin, Santry, Ballymun and Whitehall on the Northside of Dublin in Ireland... , Ireland

University Iuav of Venice (Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia) University Iuav of Venice Iuav University of Venice is a university located in Venice, northern Italy. It was founded in 1926 and is organized in 3 faculties.... , Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... Politecnico di Bari, Italy Politecnico di Milano, Italy Politecnico di Torino, Italy Università di Bologna University of Bologna The Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna is the oldest continually operating university in the world, the word 'universitas' being first used by this institution at its foundation. The true date of its founding is uncertain, but believed by most accounts to have been 1088... , Italy Università degli Studi di Brescia University of Brescia The University of Brescia is a college situated in Brescia, Italy. It was founded in 1982 and is branched in 4 Faculties.The first phase goes back to 1964, when the chamber of commerce of Brescia tried to create a biennial degree course of engineering; unfortunately the cost was too high... , Italy Università degli Studi di Cassino University of Cassino The University of Cassino is a university located in Cassino, Italy. It was established in 1979.-Organization:The University of Cassino comprises faculties in the fields of Economics, Engineering, Humanities , Law and Human Movement Sciences-External links:... , Italy Università degli Studi di Firenze University of Florence The University of Florence is a higher study institute in Florence, central Italy. One of the largest and oldest universities in the country, it consists of 12 faculties... , Italy Università degli Studi di Palermo University of Palermo The University of Palermo is a university located in Palermo, Italy, and founded in 1806. It is organized in 12 Faculties.-History:The University of Palermo was officially founded in 1806, although its earliest roots date back to 1498 when medicine and law were taught there... , Italy Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Italy Università degli Studi di Siena University of Siena The University of Siena in Siena, Tuscany is one of the oldest and first publicly funded universities in Italy. Originally called Studium Senese, the University of Siena was founded in 1240. The University has around 20,000 students, nearly half of Siena's total population of around 54,000... , Italy Università degli Studi di Trieste University of Trieste The University of Trieste is a medium-sized university in Trieste in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy. The university consists of 12 faculties, boasts a wide and almost complete range of university courses and currently has about 23,000 students enrolled and 1,000 professors... , Italy Università degli Studi di Udine University of Udine The University of Udine is a university in the city of Udine . It was founded in 1978 as part of the reconstruction plan of Friuli after the earthquake in 1976... , Italy Università degli Studi di Verona University of Verona The University of Verona is a university located in Verona, Italy. It was founded in 1982 and is organized in 8+2 Faculties.-History:In Verona, at the beginning of the 1950s, a group of Catholic intellectuals established the "Ludovico Antonio Muratori" Free High School of Historical Science... , Italy Kauno Technologijos Universitetas, Lithuania Lithuania Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark... Technische Universiteit Delft, Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders... Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Netherlands Universiteit Twente Universiteit Twente University of Twente is a university located in Enschede, Netherlands. It offers research and degree programmes in the social and behavioral sciences and in engineering. In keeping with its entrepreneurial spirit, the University is committed to making economic and social contribution to the region... , Netherlands Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Norwegian University of Science and Technology The Norwegian University of Science and Technology , commonly known as NTNU, is located in Trondheim. NTNU is the second largest of the eight universities in Norway, and, as its name suggests, has the main national responsibility for higher education in engineering and technology... , Trondheim, Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million... Jagiellonian University Krakow Jagiellonian University The Jagiellonian University was established in 1364 by Casimir III the Great in Kazimierz . It is the oldest university in Poland, the second oldest university in Central Europe and one of the oldest universities in the world.... , Poland Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north... AGH University of Science and Technology (University of Mining and Metallurgy) Krakow AGH University of Science and Technology AGH University of Science and Technology is the second largest technical university in Poland, located in Kraków. The university was established in 1919, and was formerly known as the University of Mining and Metallurgy... , Poland Warsaw University of Technology Warsaw University of Technology The Warsaw University of Technology is one of the leading institutes of technology in Poland, and one of the largest in Central Europe. It employs 2,453 teaching faculty, with 357 professors . The student body numbers 36,156 , mostly full-time. There are 17 faculties covering almost all fields of... , Poland Wroclaw University of Technology Wroclaw University of Technology Wrocław University of Technology is an autonomous technical university in Wrocław, Poland. With buildings dispersed throughout the city, its main facilities are gathered at a central location near Plac Grunwaldzki, alongside the Oder River... , Poland Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa, Portugal Portugal Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the... Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Universidade do Porto University of Porto The University of Porto is a Portuguese public university located in Porto, and founded 22 March 1911. It is the largest Portuguese university by number of enrolled students and has one of the most noted research outputs in Portugal... , Portugal Polytechnic University of Timisoara Polytechnic University of Timisoara The "Politehnica" University of Timişoara was founded on November 11, 1920. It is one of the largest technical universities in Central and Eastern Europe.The university has 10 faculties and several independent departments.... , Romania Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea... Technical University of Cluj, Romania Universitatea Politehnica Din Bucuresti, Romania University of Iasi, Romania Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia Tomsk Polytechnic University Tomsk Polytechnic University Tomsk Polytechnic University in Tomsk, Russia, is the oldest technical university in Russia east of the Urals. The university was founded in 1896 and opened in 1900 as the Tomsk Technological Institute. In 1923, the school was renamed the Siberian Technological Institute and in 1930, the institute... , Russia Mondragon University Mondragon University Mondragon Unibertsitatea is a private university in the Basque Country, officially established and recognized in 1997. Its main campus is in Mondragón, Gipuzkoa.- History :... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain Universidad de Burgos, Spain Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain Universidad de Malaga, Spain Universidad de Oviedo, Spain Universidad de Salamanca, Spain Universidad de Sevilla, Spain Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain Universidad Politecnica de Cartagena, Spain Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of... , Spain Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain Universidad Pontifica Comillas, Madrid, Spain Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain Universitat de Barcelona, Spain Universitat de Girona, Spain Universidad de Alicante, Spain Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg Chalmers University of Technology Chalmers University of Technology , is a Swedish university located in Gothenburg that focuses on research and education in technology, natural science and architecture.-History:... , Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... Lund Institute of Technology Lund Institute of Technology The Faculty of Engineering is one of the eight faculties at Lund University in Lund, Sweden, commonly called LTH . LTH was originally established as an independent institute in 1961, but was incorporated in Lund University as a faculty in 1969... , Sweden Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm Royal Institute of Technology The Royal Institute of Technology is a university in Stockholm, Sweden. KTH was founded in 1827 as Sweden's first polytechnic and is one of Scandinavia's largest institutions of higher education in technology. KTH accounts for one-third of Sweden’s technical research and engineering education... , Sweden Linköping University, Linköping Linköping University Linköping University is a state university in Linköping, Sweden. Linköping University was granted full university status in 1975 and is now one of Sweden's larger academic institutions. Education, research and PhD training are the mission of four faculties: Arts and Sciences, Educational... , Sweden University of Uppsala, Sweden ETH Zurich, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich ETH Zurich The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich or ETH Zürich is an engineering, science, technology, mathematics and management university in the City of Zurich, Switzerland.... , Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... Università della Svizzera italiana Università della Svizzera italiana Università della Svizzera italiana is a public university located in Lugano, Switzerland, founded in 1996... , Switzerland Bilkent University, Ankara Bilkent University İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University, commonly referred to as Bilkent University or Bilkent, is the first private, nonprofit university in Turkey with the fundamental aim of creating a center of excellence in higher education and research... , Turkey Turkey Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe... Boğaziçi University, Istanbul Bogaziçi University Boğaziçi University is a public university located on the European side of the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul, Turkey. It has five faculties and two schools offering undergraduate degrees, and six institutes offering graduate degrees... , Turkey Istanbul Technical University Istanbul Technical University Istanbul Technical University is an international technical university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the world's third oldest technical university dedicated to engineering sciences as well as social sciences recently, and is one of the most prominent educational institutions in Turkey... , Turkey Sabancı University, Istanbul Sabanci University Sabancı University is a private research institution located in Istanbul, Turkey. Founded in 1996. SU is a small and highly focused university with 2861 undergraduates and 624 graduates, maintaining a strong emphasis on social and natural sciences... , Turkey Koç University Istanbul Koç University Koç University is a private, non-profit institution, founded in 1993 and located in Istanbul, Turkey. One of the top universities in Turkey, it is supported by the financial resources of the Vehbi Koç Foundation, set up by Vehbi Koç, a leading Turkish businessman, “to serve humanity by increasing... , Turkey Heriot-Watt University Heriot-Watt University Heriot-Watt University is a university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The name commemorates George Heriot, the 16th century financier to King James, and James Watt, the great 18th century inventor and engineer.... , Edinburgh, United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... Imperial College London Imperial College London Imperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, specialising in science, engineering, business and medicine... , United Kingdom University of Bristol University of Bristol The University of Bristol is a public research university located in Bristol, United Kingdom. One of the so-called "red brick" universities, it received its Royal Charter in 1909, although its predecessor institution, University College, Bristol, had been in existence since 1876.The University is... , United Kingdom University of Edinburgh University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a public research university located in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The university is deeply embedded in the fabric of the city, with many of the buildings in the historic Old Town belonging to the university... , United Kingdom University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), United Kingdom University of Nottingham University of Nottingham The University of Nottingham is a public research university based in Nottingham, United Kingdom, with further campuses in Ningbo, China and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia... , United Kingdom University of Strathclyde, Glasgow University of Strathclyde The University of Strathclyde , Glasgow, Scotland, is Glasgow's second university by age, founded in 1796, and receiving its Royal Charter in 1964 as the UK's first technological university... , United Kingdom

The Americas

Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal

École Polytechnique de Montréal

The École Polytechnique de Montréal is an engineering school/faculty affiliated with the University of Montreal in Montreal, Canada. It ranks first in Canada for the scope of its engineering research. It is occasionally referred to as Montreal Polytechnic, although in Quebec English its French...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

Université de Montréal

Université de Montréal

The Université de Montréal is a public francophone research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools: the École Polytechnique and HEC Montréal...

, Canada Université Laval

Université Laval

Laval University is the oldest centre of education in Canada and was the first institution in North America to offer higher education in French...

, Canada McGill University

McGill University

Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...

, Canada University of Waterloo

University of Waterloo

The University of Waterloo is a comprehensive public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The school was founded in 1957 by Drs. Gerry Hagey and Ira G. Needles, and has since grown to an institution of more than 30,000 students, faculty, and staff...

, Canada Cornell University

Cornell University

Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

Michigan Technological University

Michigan Technological University

Michigan Technological University is a public research university located in Houghton, Michigan, United States. Its main campus sits on on a bluff overlooking Portage Lake...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

Iowa State University

Iowa State University

Iowa State University of Science and Technology, more commonly known as Iowa State University , is a public land-grant and space-grant research university located in Ames, Iowa, United States. Iowa State has produced astronauts, scientists, and Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, along with a host of...

, United States University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...

, United States Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....

, United States Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education

Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education

The Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education commonly shortened as Monterrey Institute of Technology or Monterrey Tech is one of the largest private, nonsectarian and coeducational multi-campus universities in...

, Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile is one of the six Catholic Universities existing in the Chilean university system and one of the two Pontifical Universities in the country, along with the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso. It is also one of Chile's oldest universities and...

, Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

Asia

Fudan University

Fudan University

Fudan University , located in Shanghai, is one of the oldest and most selective universities in China, and is a member of the C9 League. Its institutional predecessor was founded in 1905, shortly before the end of China's imperial Qing dynasty...

, China

China

Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

Peking University

Peking University

Peking University , colloquially known in Chinese as Beida , is a major research university located in Beijing, China, and a member of the C9 League. It is the first established modern national university of China. It was founded as Imperial University of Peking in 1898 as a replacement of the...

, China Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Shanghai Jiao Tong University or SJTU), sometimes referred to as Shanghai Jiaotong University , is a top public research university located in Shanghai, China. Shanghai Jiao Tong University is known as one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in China...

, China Tsinghua University

Tsinghua University

Tsinghua University , colloquially known in Chinese as Qinghua, is a university in Beijing, China. The school is one of the nine universities of the C9 League. It was established in 1911 under the name "Tsinghua Xuetang" or "Tsinghua College" and was renamed the "Tsinghua School" one year later...

, China Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay , popularly known as IIT Bombay or IITB, is a public research university located in Powai, Mumbai...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

The Indian Institute Of Technology, Delhi , commonly known as IIT Delhi or IITD, is a college of engineering in Delhi, India...

, India Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur is a Central deemed University located in Uttar Pradesh, about 15 km north-west of the city of Kanpur in the Kalyanpur suburb....

, India Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

The Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur is an autonomous engineering, technology and management oriented institute of higher education established by the government of India in 1951...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

The Indian Institute of Technology Madras is an engineering and technology school in Chennai in southern India. It is recognized as an Institute of National Importance by the Government of India...

, India Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati is an autonomous engineering and technology-oriented institute of higher education established by the Government of India, located in Guwahati, in the state of Assam in India...

, India Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

The Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee , formerly the University of Roorkee, is a public university located in Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India...

, India Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research is a research institution in India dedicated to basic research in mathematics and the sciences. It is a Deemed University and works under the umbrella of the Department of Atomic Energy of the Government of India. It is located at Navy Nagar, Colaba, Mumbai...

, India Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad

Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad

The Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad is an Indian Institute of Information Technology established in 1999 by the government of India. The institute was conferred deemed university status in 2000, empowering it to award degrees following the setting of its own examinations...

, India Nara Institute of Science and Technology

Nara Institute of Science and Technology

, abbreviated to NAIST, , or , is a national university consisting solely of graduate schools in Ikoma, Nara, Japan, founded in 1991. In 2010, NAIST ranked first overall among the 86 Japanese national universities in the first-ever six-year assessment of national university standards and...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

Osaka University

Osaka University

, or , is a major national university located in Osaka, Japan. It is the sixth oldest university in Japan as the Osaka Prefectural Medical College, and formerly one of the Imperial Universities of Japan...

, Japan The University of Tokyo, Japan Tohoku University

Tohoku University

, abbreviated to , located in the city of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture in the Tōhoku Region, Japan, is a Japanese national university. It is the third oldest Imperial University in Japan and is a member of the National Seven Universities...

, Japan Shibaura Institute of Technology

Shibaura Institute of Technology

The , abbreviated as , is a private university of Technology in Japan....

, Japan KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)

KAIST

KAIST , is located in Daedeok Innopolis, Daejeon, South Korea. KAIST was established by the Korean government in 1971 as the nation's first research oriented science and engineering institution. The QS-The Times World University Rankings in the year of 2009 placed KAIST 69th overall and 21st in...

, South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

Nanyang Technological University

Nanyang Technological University

Nanyang Technological University is one of the two largest public universities in Singapore with the biggest campus in Singapore and the world's largest engineering college. Its lush 200-hectare Yunnan Garden campus was the Youth Olympic Village of the world's first 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in...

, Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

National University of Singapore

National University of Singapore

The National University of Singapore is Singapore's oldest university. It is the largest university in the country in terms of student enrollment and curriculum offered....

, Singapore

See also

• List of largest universities by enrollment in Switzerland
• myScience.ch - The Swiss Portal for Research and Innovation
• Science and technology in Switzerland
  Science and technology in Switzerland
  Science and technology in Switzerland play an important role in economy as very few natural resources are available in the country. The Swiss National Science Foundation, mandated by the Federal government, is the most important institute promoting scientific research.The raw output of scientific...
  
  
• GNUWin
• Logitech
  Logitech
  Logitech International S.A. is a global provider of personal peripherals for computers and other digital platforms headquartered in Romanel-sur-Morges, Switzerland. The company develops and markets products like peripheral devices for PCs, including keyboards, mice, microphones, game controllers...
  
  
• Alinghi
  Alinghi
  Alinghi is the syndicate set up by Ernesto Bertarelli, racing under the colors of the Société Nautique de Genève, to challenge for the America's Cup. Bertarelli had raced several smaller yachts named Alinghi previously, but 2003 was his first attempt at the America's Cup...
  
  
• Solar Impulse
  Solar Impulse
  Solar Impulse is a Swiss long-range solar powered plane project being undertaken at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, by Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg. The project eventually hopes to succeed in the first circling of the earth with a piloted fixed-wing aircraft using only solar...
  
  
• TCV
  Tokamak à configuration variable
  The Tokamak à configuration variable is a research fusion reactor of the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne. Its particularity is that its torus section is three times higher than wide...
  
  
• Top Industrial Managers for Europe
  Top Industrial Managers for Europe
  Top Industrial Managers for Europe is a network of more than fifty engineering schools and faculties and technical universities....
  
  
• serec
  Serec
  serec, the Swiss Electromagnetics Research and Engineering Centre is the sole organization for handling electromagnetic research and concerns in Switzerland....
  
   (Swiss Electromagnetics Research & Engineering Centre)
• International Academy of Sport Science and Technology (AISTS)

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