Vice Presidency for Academic Affairs (VPA)
©Alain Herzog, 2021
About
The Vice Presidency for Academic Affairs (VPA) oversees our activities in our two core missions of education and research.
We grouped these missions under a single vice presidency in order to leverage synergies more effectively among students, researchers, faculty members and staff.
The VPA aims to drive research and technological progress by giving students a solid foundation in the basic sciences and engineering and drawing on best practices in university teaching. We take an integrated approach that combines education and research.
This approach involves supporting innovative projects that harness the knowledge and cross-disciplinary skills at our School. The VPA’s role also includes coordinating the efforts of our various research institutes and R&D centers. All this makes us better equipped to help develop responses to today’s societal challenges.
Organizational structure
Vice President and Provost
I’m really looking forward to working closely with Anna as EPFL’s provost. Together we will help our community achieve excellence in all its academic endeavors – which is the core of our School’s mission. If we’re to overcome the challenges that lie ahead, we will need to innovate in various ways, and this includes by trying out new forms of collaboration. For example, some VPA team members will also work for the office of the president.
Delegate of the Provost for Student Relations
Associate Vice Presidencies
Associate Vice Presidency for Education (AVP-E)
Associate Vice President for Education: Nicolas Grandjean
Associate Vice Presidency for Research (AVP-R)
Associate Vice President for Research: Annalisa Buffa
Associate Vice Presidency for Centers and Platforms (AVP-CP)
Associate Vice President for Centers and Platforms: David Atienza
Associate Vice-presidency for Doctoral and Lifelong Education (AVP- DLE)
Associate Vice-president for Doctoral and Lifelong Education: Anne-Marie Kermarrec
Resources and links
Academic Committees
Contact
Vice Presidency for Academic Affairs
EPFL VPA
Centre Est
Station 1
CH-1015 Lausanne