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N-Pulse puts students on track for the 2028 Cybathlon

Published:07.05.26 — Through the N-Pulse student association, around 50 budding engineers are developing non-invasive biomedical technology to assist the disabled. The initiative is now entering its second year.

EPFL Xplore wins first place at the 2025 European Rover Challenge

Published:10.09.25 — The EPFL Space Center is proud to announce that EPFL Xplore has taken 1st place at the 2025 European Rover Challenge (ERC), Europe’s largest and most prestigious Mars rover competition. This achievement highlights the strength of Swiss engineering and marks a major milestone for the team.

Designing life with artificial intelligence

Published:11.02.25 — “Designing Life with AI” is a cross-disciplinary MAKE project in which EPFL students get a chance to explore the research process by designing proteins. A total of eight research labs are involved.

Powdered Soap Dispenser Wins Circular Economy Innovation Prize

Published:28.01.25 — The graduate course “Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering” brought together students from various fields of study at EPFL to tackle prototyping challenges focused on developing devices for a circular economy.

RebuiLT project shows it's possible to build differently

Published:13.12.24 — In a real-world example of how construction materials can be reused, a team of 230 EPFL students is building a community pavilion in Ecublens, near the Lausanne campus, through a low-tech, participative approach. This bold initiative entailed overcoming a number of logistical, technical and architectural challenges.