For Swiss maturités/MaturitÀten, diplomas from a Swiss University, French baccalauréats completed after 2020 (baccalauréat général with spécialités and no series), and international baccalaureates (IB), please check the relevant pages.
Matriculation takes place at EPFL on dedicated days shortly before the beginning of the semester.
Place: CM building, room CM 1 105, level 1 (entrance through doorway CM 1 94.5, level 1)
Dates: Tuesday the 2nd, Wednesday the 3rd and Thursday the 4th of September, 2025
Schedule: between 3 PM and 4.30 PM, based on your registration
Unfolding : please read carefully the information about how matriculation unfolds
Documents to bring with you:
- certified copy of the official transcripts for the school-leaving certificate (maturità , CESS, Abitur, baccalauréat, etc.) with the orignal stamp and signature of the school or other authority who issued the transcripts
- if the transcripts do not mention the completion of the school-leaving certificate, certified copy of the diploma or of any other document certifying the successful completion of the school-leaving certificate
- identification (ID card or passport)
- certified translations of the documents which aren’t in French, English, German, or Italian
Only the final transcripts must be provided, not intermediary grade sheets (annual, semestral, trimestral, etc.).
Copies must be certified by the public authority (local or national) in charge of delivering the results and/or the school-leaving certificate. In the case of a private school, the original stamp and signature of the public authority in charge of accreditation is required.
Students accepted to a Bachelor’s program on the basis of a foreign University education must provide a copy of their University transcripts certified by the University, as well as a document certifying the successful completion of that education if necessary.
No matriculation can take place without these documents!