EPFL

🌐 Support for our community
Current initiatives

🚧 Double Deck construction site
Practical information

Apertus partners with Proton's Lumo AI assistant

News
EPFL

The Apertus team, a group of researchers at EPFL, ETH Zurich, and the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS), partners with Swiss technology company Proton to make Apertus 1.5 available in Lumo, Proton’s AI assistant. This enables researchers to gain direct feedback from real-world use for the first time.

AI takes root in university curriculum

14.09.26NewsEPFL

More than 12,000 students have returned to classes at EPFL. How has the advance of artificial intelligence transformed higher education?

EPFL researchers identify rubber-related chemicals in Swiss milk

14.09.26NewsResearch

Researchers at EPFL have identified several rubber-related chemicals in Swiss raw milk. The study, supported by the Swiss Federal Office of Food Safety, also suggests that dairy equipment may be an overlooked source of contamination.

All news

🎓 Top Resources for the New Semester

Welcome to our new students! Below you’ll find valuable information to help you start the semester successfully.

EPFL Campus

Download the app

People running in front of the Rolex Learning Center

Keys to success

Profiles

Paloma Navarro. 2026 EPFL/Emma Brancato and Laurent Fridez - CC BY SA 4.0

“Healthspan, not necessarily lifespan”

08.09.26EPFL

EPFL professor Paloma Navarro studies how the immune system changes the aging brain, and how those changes might one day be targeted to help people stay healthier for longer.

Anabelle Ayma (left) and Quitterie Legrand. 2026 EPFL/Hector Garcia Morales - CC-BY-SA 4.0

A friendship, a semester's project, and a scientific article

01.09.26EPFL

Few master's students see their work published in an international scientific journal. For Anabelle Ayma and Quitterie Legrand, that rare achievement grew out of a friendship formed at EPFL.

Shardul Chiplunkar - 2026 EPFL/Mediacom - CC-BY-SA 4.0

“Representing PhD students helps me contribute in the here and now”

05.08.26EPFL

Shardul Chiplunkar is a fourth-year PhD candidate in the School of Computer and Communication Sciences who is deeply involved in representing his peers at EPFL. In this interview for the “Mind to Mind” series, he offers an inspiring perspective on managing stress and engaging with big questions.

View all profile articles

Couverture du numéro 21 du magazine Dimensions. Des personens se baignant dans un lac. Sous l'eau, des poissons. Au second plan, un bâteau. En arrière-plan, des montagnes © Denis Kormann

Water all around

Read the magazine

It’s why Earth is called the Blue Planet. Water is everywhere. This edition of Dimensions explores some key issues related to water, from the nanoscopic scale to the cosmic scale.

About

EPFL

Located in Switzerland, EPFL is one of Europe’s most vibrant and cosmopolitan science and technology institutions.

Overview

Schools and Colleges

Through five schools and one college, EPFL community tackles the biggest challenges of our time through education, research and innovation.

Schools and Colleges

Campus

At the heart of beautiful Switzerland, EPFL is a world of curiosity, collaboration and learning.

Discover life on campus

EPFL Memento

Le Procès de l’Espace – Avant-première documentaire

Le jeudi 24 septembre 2026, venez assister à la projection exclusive au cinéma CityClub de Pully! "Le Procès de l'Espace" est une série documentaire YouTube en trois épisodes d'environ vingt minutes, en français….

24.09.2026 18:3022:00

Speaker: Chloé Carrière (réalisatrice), Mathilde Sahraoui (vidéaste et monteuse), Emmanuelle David (EPFL, projet Espace Commun), Fabien Carruzzo (modération)
Category: Cultural events
Target audience: General public