Study Abroad Fair

Interested in a student exchange? Learn everything about studying abroad from the Education Outreach Department and the Student Exchange Office at their annual Study Abroad Fair. This event is reserved for second year Bachelor students who will receive an invitation.

The next edition will take place in October, 2024. The exact date will be communicated few weeks before the event.

Get out of your comfort zone to increase your employability

The benefits of studying abroad? Discovering another education system and new pedagogical approaches are a real added benefit to your career. An international experience, including a good command of another language will significantly increase your employability and help you stand out in the job market.

Get out of your comfort zone, get to know yourself better and unfold your potential. Build a network for your future, open to new cultures, look at the world through a different lens and widen your horizons. Come and see for yourself at our annual Study Abroad Fair! This project is financially supported by Movetia.

Program of the 2023 edition, Forum Rolex

Do I participate in the afternoon or in the evening?

The event is reserved for second year Bachelor’s students and takes place in two identical sessions at the Forum Rolex. According to your section you will be attributed the midday (12h15 – 15h00) or the evening (18h15 – 21h30) schedule. It is not possible to change slots. Snacks will be provided at both sessions.

To participate you will need to register via the link in the email you will receive end of September.

Time of SessionSections
Midday
12h15 – 15h00
(general presentation of mobility program and fair with booths)
Chemistry and Chemical Eng. (CGC)
Electrical Eng. (EL)
Microengineering (MT)
Materials Science and Eng. (MX)
Physics (PH)
Communication Systems (SC)
Life Sciences (SV)
Evening
18h15 – 21h30
(general presentation of mobility program and fair with booths)
Mechanical Engineering (GM)
Civil Engineering (GC)
Maths (MA)
Architecture (AR)
Environm. Sciences and Eng. (SIE)
Computer Science (IN)

General presentation of the exchange opportunities

Prof. Kathryn Hess, Associate Vice-President for Student Affairs and Outreach, and the Education Outreach Department will open the general presentation underlining the benefits of study abroad opportunities for academic, personal and professional development. The Student Exchange Office will provide an overview of topics related to student exchanges (conditions, deadlines, language tests, modalities etc.) and answer questions from the audience.

Fair with booths representing partner institutions

After the general presentation, participants will be able to move around the booths and meet and discuss with returning EPFL or incoming exchange students or pass by the booth of the Student Exchange Office to ask additional questions.

Booths at the fair

The below list of booths (expand toggles), manned by students, gives you an idea of the represented institutions.

Sweden:

KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Chalmers University of Tecnology
Linköping University (LiU)
Lund University

Norwegian University of Science and Technology – NTNU 

Technical University of Denmark – DTU 

France:

École polytechnique – L’X
ENS Lyon
ENS Paris

Netherlands/Belgium: 

Delft University of Technology 
KU Leuven
UCLouvain
Free University of Brussels (ULB)
Eindhoven University of Technology

Germany:

Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
Technische Universität Berlin
Technische Universität München – TUM
RWTH Aachen University  

TU Wien

Italy:

Politecnico di Milano
Politecnico di Torino
University of Padua
Sapienza University of Rome

Spain and Portugal:

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya – UPC
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid – UPM
Universidad Politecnica de Valencia – UPV
Universidade de Lisboa
University of Barcelona

United Kingdom:

Imperial College London
University of Edinburgh

Canada:

École Polytechnique de Montréal
McGill University
University of British Columbia
University of Waterloo 
University of Toronto UoT
Laval University

USA:

Carnegie Mellon University 
Johns Hopkins University
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
UC San Diego

Asia:

City University of Hong Kong
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology – KAIST
Pohang University of Science and Technology – POSTECH (Korea)
Seoul National University – SNU
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology – HKUST
Tokio Tech

Australia: 

University of Sydney
UNSW Sydney

Singapore:

Nanyang Technological University – NTU
NUS National University of Singapore
Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)

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