EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne)
Lausanne, Switzerland
EPFL is a technical university in Lausanne, on the shore of Lake Geneva. It traces its origins to 1853 as the École Spéciale de Lausanne and has had its current name since 1969. It has six schools and colleges, including Basic Sciences, Engineering, and Computer and Communication Sciences.
- Tuition per year, from
- CHF 1,460
- Intakes
- Sep
- Application deadline
- 30 April (registration, for September start); documents by 10 July
- Origins date to 1853; current name since 1969
- Six schools and colleges (ENAC, SB, STI, IC, SV, CDM)
- First-year Bachelor places capped at 3,000 from the 2025 school year
- Bachelor teaching requires French at B2 level (C1 highly recommended)
Entry requirements
- French language certificate: B2 required, C1 highly recommended (unless French-language upper secondary education)
- Passport-style photo, identity document and grade sheets of the last two upper secondary years (by 30 April)
- Upper secondary certificate with transcripts (by 10 July); certificates from most non-EU countries generally lead only to the CMS foundation year or the entrance exam
- Application fee CHF 150 for a foreign certificate
Bachelor's
IT & computer science
- Computer Science (Bachelor) · 3 years · CHF 1,460 · Sep · Application deadline 30 April (registration, for September start); documents by 10 July
Health
- Life Sciences Engineering (Bachelor) · 3 years · CHF 1,460 · Sep · Application deadline 30 April (registration, for September start); documents by 10 July
Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor) · 3 years · CHF 1,460 · Sep · Application deadline 30 April (registration, for September start); documents by 10 July
- Microengineering (Bachelor) · 3 years · CHF 1,460 · Sep · Application deadline 30 April (registration, for September start); documents by 10 July
Art & design
- Architecture (Bachelor) · 3 years · CHF 1,460 · Sep · Application deadline 30 April (registration, for September start); documents by 10 July