Research domains

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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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)
Molecule / Protein (analysis and production)
Bertarelli Foundation Gene Therapy Platform
Biomolecular Screening Facility
Central Environmental Laboratory
Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS)
Mass Spectrometry and Elemental Analysis Platform (ISIC-MSEAP)
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Platform (ISIC-NMRP)
Protein Production and Structure Core Facility
Cell
Organism
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.
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Civil Engineering Institute (IIC)
Environmental Engineering Institute (IIE)
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 Mathematics (MATH)
Institute of Mechanical Engineering (IGM)