Some key figures
52 years
Since its founding in 1969, EPFL is one of the youngest institutes of technology in the world
over 16’000
students and collaborators make EPFL a bustling and dynamic city today
over 120
nationalities raising EPFL in the top 3 most international campus in the world
over 370
laboratoires focused on disciplines ranging from mathematics to life science to architecture and engineering
over 350
internationally recognized professors. 40% female professors have been hired in 2019.
5%
of EPFL professors belong to the most cited in the world
N° 14
University in the world, according to QS ranking, alongside with Columbia and Yale Universities
over 4’200
scholarly publications in 2020, making a prolific average of one publication per professor per month
161
number of grants by the European Research Council (ERC) at the end of 2020
25
start-ups created in 2020 (nearly two per month) on a total number of almost 300 since 2000
over 1.6 billion CHF
funds raised from 2012 to 2020 by start-ups which have spun off of EPFL ecosystem
over 1 billion CHF
of annual budget with around one third from third parties
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