École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Geschichte

The École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne is a research institute/university in Lausanne, Switzerland, that specializes in natural sciences and engineering. The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology complex has three main missions: education, research and technology transfer at the highest international level.EPFL is widely regarded as a world leading university. The QS World University Rankings ranks EPFL 12th in the world across all fields in their 2017/2018 ranking, whilst Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranks EPFL as the worlds 11th best school for Engineering and Technology.EPFL is located in the French-speaking part of Switzerland; the sister institution in the German-speaking part of Switzerland is the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich . Associated with several specialised research institutes, the two universities form the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain , which is directly dependent on the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research. In connection with research and teaching activities, EPFL operates a nuclear reactor CROCUS, a Tokamak Fusion reactor, a Blue Gene/Q Supercomputer and P3 bio-hazard facilities.