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École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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Established:1853, Opened 1869
Type:Public
President:Patrick Aebischer
Undergraduates:~ 5,000
Postgraduates:~ 1,400
Location:Lausanne, VD, CH
Campus:Urban
Nationalities:100+
Website:www.epfl.ch
EPFL (Switzerland)
EPFL
EPFL
Location: Polytechnic of Lausanne, in western Switzerland

The École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) is the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland. The date of establishment or date of founding of an Institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The term public school has two distinct (and virtually opposite meanings depending on the location of usage in the United States, Australia and Patrick Aebischer (born 1954 is the current president of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. In some Educational systems undergraduate education is Post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelor's degree. See also Postgraduate Training in Education Postgraduate education (synonymous in North America with graduate education, and sometimes described Ecublens is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges. The Canton of Vaud ( French pronunciation) is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and is located in Romandy, the southwestern part of the Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Lausanne ( pronounced, Losanna is a city in Romandy, the French -speaking part of Switzerland, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation The EPFL is ranked the world's 18th university in the field of "Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences" in the 2008 academic ranking of world universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University [1]. The EPFL is in the heart of Europe and is one of Europe's leading institutions of science and technology. In the communication field, EPFL is considered among the top three universities in the world.

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

The sister institution in the German-speaking part of Switzerland is the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH Zürich or ETHZ). Associated with several specialised research institutes, the two sister institutes form the ETH Domain, which is directly dependent on the Federal Department of Home Affairs.

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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. Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year 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. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common In 1946, it was renamed the École Polytechnique de l'Université de Lausanne (EPUL). Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

In 1969, the EPUL was separated from the rest of the University of Lausanne and became a federal institute under its current name. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The EPFL, like the ETHZ, is thus directly controlled by the Swiss federal government. In contrast, all other universities in Switzerland are controlled by their respective cantonal governments. This article lists Universities in Switzerland. Official higher education institution According with the Rectors' Conference of the Swiss Universities The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the states of the Federal state of Switzerland.

The EPFL operates a nuclear reactor, CROCUS, a Tokamak fusion reactor, and P3 bio-hazard facilities. CROCUS is a Research reactor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland, sometimes described as zero power but in fact limited A tokamak is a machine producing a toroidal Magnetic field for confining a plasma. Fusion power is power generated by Nuclear fusion reactions In this kind of reaction two light atomic nuclei fuse A Biosafety Level is the level of the biocontainment precautions required to isolate dangerous Biological agents in an enclosed facility Following the nomination of Patrick Aebischer as president in 2000, EPFL has started to develop into the field of life sciences. Patrick Aebischer (born 1954 is the current president of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. It will absorb the ISREC (Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research) by 2008. ISREC is the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research ( Institut Suisse de Recherche Expérimentale sur le Cancer in French) a not-for-profit institution

Campus

Aerial view of the EPFL campus
Aerial view of the EPFL campus

Originally, the EPFL was in the center of Lausanne. In 1978, the EPFL moved to its new campus in Ecublens a suburb south-west of Lausanne on the shores of Lake Geneva. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Ecublens is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges. Lake Geneva or Lake Léman (Lac Léman Léman Lac de Genève is the second largest freshwater Lake in Central Europe in terms of surface area (after In 2002, the department of architecture also moved to the campus in Ecublens. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. This united all departments of the 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:

The EPFL and the nearby University of Lausanne share an active sports center five minutes away from the EPFL campus on the shores of the Lake Geneva. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The University of Lausanne (in French: Université de Lausanne) or UNIL in Lausanne, Switzerland was founded in 1537 as a school of

Facilities

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

Organization

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

The EPFL is constituted of the following Schools:

The Tokamak à configuration variable (TCV): inner view, with the graphite-clad torus. Courtesy of CRPP-EPFL, Association Suisse-Euratom
The Tokamak à configuration variable (TCV): inner view, with the graphite-clad torus. The Tokamak à configuration variable ("variable configuration tokamak" TCV is a research fusion reactor ( Tokamak) of the École polytechnique Courtesy of CRPP-EPFL, Association Suisse-Euratom

Students and traditions

Several music festivals are held yearly at EPFL. Mathematics is the body of Knowledge and Academic discipline that studies such concepts as Quantity, Structure, Space and Physics (Greek Physis - φύσις in everyday terms is the Science of Matter and its motion. Chemistry (from Egyptian kēme (chem meaning "earth") is the Science concerned with the composition structure and properties Minh-Quang Tran (born in Saigon ( Vietnam) on the 30th May 1951 is a professor at the EPFL. Minh-Quang Tran (born in Saigon ( Vietnam) on the 30th May 1951 is a professor at the EPFL. Mechanical Engineering is an Engineering discipline that involves the application of principles of physics for analysis Design, Manufacturing Microtechnology is Technology with features near one Micrometre (one millionth of a Metre, or 10-6 metre or 1μm Materials Science or Materials Engineering is an interdisciplinary field involving the properties of matter and its applications to various areas of Science and Dario Floreano is director of the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems (LIS at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. The term architecture (from Greek αρχιτεκτονικήarchitektoniki) can be used to mean a process a profession or documentation Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design construction and maintenance of the physical and naturally built Agronomy is the science and technology of using plants for food fuel feed and fiber Computer science (or computing science) is the study and the Science of the theoretical foundations of Information and Computation and their Foundations of modern biology There are five unifying principles Henry Markram is Director of the Blue Brain Project Director of the Center for Neuroscience & Technology and co-Director of the Brain Mind Institute at École Polytechnique ISREC is the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research ( Institut Suisse de Recherche Expérimentale sur le Cancer in French) a not-for-profit institution 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 The most important one, Balelec, organized in May, proposes about 30 concerts and welcomes 18,000 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 programs, such as the junior year engineering and science program with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States. A student exchange program is a program in which a Student, typically in secondary or Higher education, chooses to live in a foreign country to learn Carnegie Mellon University (also known as CMU) is a private Research University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United

Statistics

CROCUS, the only nuclear reactor of the French-speaking part of Switzerland
CROCUS, the only nuclear reactor of the French-speaking part of Switzerland

In 1946, there were 360 students at the EPFL. CROCUS is a Research reactor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland, sometimes described as zero power but in fact limited This article is a subarticle of Nuclear power. A nuclear reactor is a device in which Nuclear chain reactions are initiated controlled Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In 1969, the EPFL numbered 1,400 students and 55 professors. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The university continued to grow rapidly, and in 2002, there were 5,872 students enrolled. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.

In 2004 there are more than 9000 people at the EPFL. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " About 6000 of these are students, with the remainder consisting of professors, assistants and even entrepreneurs located in the Parc Scientifique of the EPFL. There are over 80 nationalities at the EPFL, with over 50% of the teaching staff coming from outside of Switzerland.

The EPFL have acted as advisors for the Alinghi project, leading to a success at the America's Cup in New Zealand in 2003 and in Valencia in 2007. Alinghi is a Coined name of the syndicate set up by Ernesto Bertarelli to challenge for the America's Cup. The America’s Cup is the most prestigious Regatta and Match race in the sport of Sailing, and the oldest active Trophy in international Valencia ( Valencian: València, Valencia Spanish phonology --> is the capital of the Spanish autonomous The EPFL is also developing a sun-powered glider, Solar Impulse, designed to be completely autonomous (capable of circumnavigation). Solar Impulse is a long-range solar plane project currently under study at the EPFL. Bertrand Piccard is the intended pilot for the demonstration of the glider. Dr Bertrand Piccard (born March 1, 1958) is a Swiss Psychiatrist and balloonist. There is also a sensor network installed in the I&C building called SensorScope which reports live temperature and light measurements.

The EPFL holds the only nuclear reactor of the French-speaking part of Switzerland, CROCUS. This article is a subarticle of Nuclear power. A nuclear reactor is a device in which Nuclear chain reactions are initiated controlled CROCUS is a Research reactor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland, sometimes described as zero power but in fact limited

Notable Professors


Photographs

A view of the Piccard Avenue. 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 Dario Floreano is director of the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems (LIS at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. Arjen Klaas Lenstra (born 1956 Groningen) is a Dutch mathematician Henry Markram is Director of the Blue Brain Project Director of the Center for Neuroscience & Technology and co-Director of the Brain Mind Institute at École Polytechnique Claude Nicollier (born September 2, 1944 in Vevey, Switzerland) is the first Astronaut from Switzerland and has flown Minh-Quang Tran (born in Saigon ( Vietnam) on the 30th May 1951 is a professor at the EPFL. Serge Vaudenay ( 5 April 1968 - is a well-known French Cryptographer. Martin Vetterli (October 4 1957 -) has made fundamental research contributions in the general area of Digital Signal Processing (DSP

Inner corridors in the East Center

SG Place

SG Place

the "Biowall"

Aerial view

BC Building

BC Building Inside

The Esplanade

Follow this link for a live panoramic view taken with a 360° camera mounted on the I&C building.

See also

Swiss federal institutes of technology and research

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External links and references

References

  1. ^ 2008 academic ranking of world universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI is a multi-disciplinary research institute which belongs to the Swiss ETH-Komplex covering also the ETH Zurich and EPFL GNUWin II is a large collection of Free software for Microsoft Windows created by the Linux User Group of the EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale Logitech International SA ( SWX: LOGN,) headquartered in Romanel-sur-Morges, Switzerland, is the Holding company for Logitech Alinghi is a Coined name of the syndicate set up by Ernesto Bertarelli to challenge for the America's Cup. Solar Impulse is a long-range solar plane project currently under study at the EPFL. Top Industrial Managers for Europe (TIME - Technologies d'Ingénieurs et Mobilité Etudiante is a network of more than fifty engineering schools and faculties and technical universities Shanghai Jiao Tong University (15 February 2008). Retrieved on 2008-03-06. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of
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