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Welcome ceremony by the Presidency
10:15 to 11:30 at the Swiss Tech Convention Center
Explore the campus along with:
- Anna Fontcuberta i Morral, EPFL President
- Nicolas Grandjean, EPFL Associate Vice President for Education
- Andreas Osterwalder, EPFL Delegate of the Provost for Student Relations
- Students of the General Student’s Association of EPFL (AGEPoly)
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After the ceremony
EPFL welcomes you with a giant picnic! You’ll receive a lunch bag worth 10 Swiss francs, and EPFL students, including members of the section’s associations, will be there to assist you. More information will be provided during the morning ceremony!
Section welcome during the afternoon
Your section meets you on campus and provides you with all the essential information to start your studies. To find out when and where to meet, click on your section:
- Architecture (AR)
- Civil Engineering (GC)
- Environmental sciences and engineering / Urban systems (SIE)
- Chemistry / Molecular and biological Chemistry / Chemical engineering and Biotechnology (CGC)
- Physics / Applied physics / Nuclear engineering (PH)
- Mathematics / Applied mathematics / Computational science and engineering / Statistics (MA)
- Electrical and electronic engineering / Energy Science and Technology (EL)
- Mechanical engineering (GM)
- Microengineering / Robotics (MT)
- Material science and engineering (MX)
- Computer science and cyber security (IN)
- Data science (SC)
- Digital humanities (DH)
- Neuro-X (NX)
- Quantum Science and Engineering (SIQ)
- Life sciences engineering (SV)
- Management of technology and entrepreneurship (MTE)
- Sustainable Management and Technology (SMT)
- Financial Engineering (IF)
If you are unable to come to campus, you can join your section’s welcome on each section’s page.
Starting university life
Welcome Party
After the section welcome sessions, from 5pm to 10pm, the Coaching team invites all new arrivals at EPFL to the Rolex Learning Center for the Welcome Party! CMS, bachelor, master, exchange and HES gateways students, you are all warmly welcome for activities, a musical stage, a meal, and, above all, sharing!