Support for your maturity work
Looking for a topic or need help?
We can put you in touch with experts in the field of civil engineering in order to help with and provide advice for your final maturity project. Just contact the civil engineering section by email: [email protected]
Award for the best maturity thesis
EPFL’s Civil Engineering Section (SGC) will be awarding a Civil Engineering Prize for the best maturity project linked to the themes of civil engineering.
Who can take part?
Are you a high school student in a Swiss gymnasium or college and you’re working and writing your Maturity project in the field of civil engineering? Then this prize is for you!
Which topics?
This prize is awarded for the best maturity thesis in the field of civil engineering, and more specifically: how buildings and infrastructure are designed, constructed, and operated; what lies beneath the surface of the ground and why it is essential for human activities and construction; how water is managed; how to organize more sustainable transportation and travel; how to make cities and buildings more energy efficient; and, more generally, how to develop land in a safe, sustainable, and environmentally friendly manner.
Award, jury?
The prize of CHF 1,000 is awarded each year by a jury existing out of academic members of the civil engineering section (provided that a suitable candidate is identified). The prize is awarded during the graduation ceremony at the gymnasium, college or high school of the winner.
How does it work?
You or your teacher who supervised the work must send by email to the civil engineering section ([email protected]) following 3 documents:
- the electronic version of your maturity work
- a brief recommendation written by your teacher with the grade for the work obtained
- this filled-out administrative form
Deadline: Applications must be sent to the civil engineering section ([email protected]) before 30 April of the current year.