Research Domains

Explore below the fields of research in which EPFL is active, through its centers, platforms, hubs and institutes.

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Centers

Centers create networks, collaborations and synergies between researchers and students around state-of-the-art scientific subjects. They build bridges between researchers at EPFL and other academic institutions, foster innovation and contribute to advance and share knowledge on specific themes within and beyond the academic world.

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Center for Applied Ecotoxicology (CENTRE ECOTOX)

Energy Center (CEN)

EPFL Space center (eSpace)

Limnology Center (LIMNC)

Swiss Competence Center of Electrical Infrastructure (SCCER-FURIES)

Swiss Polar Institute (SPI)

EPFL Center for Imaging (IMAGING)

Bernoulli Center (CIB)

Competence Centre for Materials Science and Technology (CCMX)

Center for Quantum Science and Engineering

European Centre of Atomistic and Molecular Computations (CECAM)

Max Planck-EPFL Centre for Molecular Nanosciences and Technology (CMNT)

Swiss Plasma Center (SPC)

Center for Artificial Muscles (CAM)

Center for Personalized Health (CPH)

lntegrative Food and Nutrition Center (IFNC)

Projet Bluebrain (BBP)

Projet Human Brain (HBP)

Synapsy Center for Neuroscience and Mental Health Research

Center for digital trust (C4DT)

Center for Intelligent Systems (CIS)

EcoCloud Center (ECOCLOUD)

EPFL Hub for Machine Learning Theory and Methodology with Applications (ML)

Integrated Systems Center (CENTRE-SI)

Swiss Data Science Center (SDSC)

Scala Center (SCALA)

Facilities

Facilities provide access to cutting-edge technical infrastructure and know-how expertise to EPFL scientists and students to perform their research, making optimal use of resources. They are also a place where knowledge and knowhow is shared and where EPFL contributes to advance the state of the art in the techniques covered by the platform.

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Material

Molecular and Hybrid Materials Characterization Center

X-Ray Diffraction and Surface Analytics Platform (ISIC-XRDSAP)

Crystal Growth and Characterization Plateform

Chemistry

Central Environmental Laboratory

Mass Spectrometry and Elemental Analysis Platform (ISIC-MSEAP)

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Platform (ISIC-NMRP)

Life science

Biomolecular Screening Core Facility

Bioelectron Microscopy Core Facility

Bioengineering & Technology Facility

Gene Expression Core Facility

Proteomics Core Facility

Bertarelli Foundation Gene Therapy Core Facility

Flow Cytometry Core Facility

Histology Core Facility

Center of PhenoGenomics

Protein Productoin and Structure Core Facility

Mechanical

Hydraulic Machines Platform

Student Kreativity and lnnovation Laboratory

ENAC – Technical Platform

Plateforme Ateliers Techniques

Atelier de Fabrication Additive (Impression 3D)

Atelier de fabrication de Circuits Imprimés.

Atelier de l’institut de génie mécanique

Atelier de l’Institut de production et robotique

Atelier de l’Institut des Matériaux

Electronic and Mechanical Engineering Workshops Platform

Mechanical Workshop IPHYS

Bio – Micro – Nano

Center of MicroNanoTechnology (CMI)

Micromanufacturing Science & Engineering Center (M2C)

Clean Rooms Facilities of IPHYS

BioImaging and Optics Core Platform

Center for Biomedical Imaging (CIBM)

Dubochet Center for Imaging

ENAC Interdisciplinary Platform for X-ray micro-tomography (PIXE)

Interdisciplinary Center for Electron Microscopy (CIME)

BioInformatics Competence Center

IC Cluster computing resources and services

Scientific IT and Application Support (SCITAS)

Swiss Plasma Center (SPC)

SupraLeiter TestAnlage

Institutes

EPFL institutes gather scientists around defined research themes, sometimes specific to a single faculty, sometimes more transversal for the interfaculty or inter-institutional institutes. Here they are listed in alphabetical order.

Brain Mind Institute (BMI)

Civil Engineering Institute (IIC)

Digital Humanities Institute

Environmental Engineering Institute (IIE)

Global Health Institute (GHI)

Institute for Area and Global Studies (IAGS)

Institute of Architecture (IA)

Institute of Bioengineering (IBI)

Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC)

Institute of Electrical and Micro Engineering (IEM)

Institute of Materials (IMX)

Institute of Mathematics (MATH)

Institute of Mechanical Engineering (IGM)

Interschool Institute Neuro-X (INX)

Institute of Physics (IPHYS)

Management of Technology & Entrepreneurship Institute

Swiss Finance Institute (SFI)

Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC)