School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC)

ENAC combines the forces of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences and Engineering to help ensure a sustainable living environment for humanity through the sound and respectful integration of human activities into the biosphere.

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New: Master in Urban Systems

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Starting in fall 2025, a program designed to equip students with backgrounds in engineering and architecture with the foundations needed to tackle the complex challenges of sustainability in urban areas and their surrounding territories.

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ENAC’s latest news

In 2020, Julia Schmale was stranded in the icy Arctic for four months © 2020 EPFL/Julia Schmale

How scientists prepare expeditions in remote environments

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Scientific expeditions require months of planning before scientists can acquire the first data.

Robotaxis can be found all over city streets from China to Abu Dhabi. © iStock

When self-driving cars become socially intelligent

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Driven by AI, the advent of autonomous mobility has accelerated in recent years. It has advantages that go beyond the asphalt. 

Since the advent of the smartphone, travel services have expanded faster than a high-speed train. © iStock

Is transport just another service?

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Digital transport technology is catching on, from apps that let you buy train tickets with a single swipe to sophisticated car-sharing systems. They may be easy to use, but such transport services often mask an array of complex technical, financial and public-policy decisions.

ENAC three disciplines

ENAC bring together three transformative disciplines:

  • Architecture
  • Civil Engineering
  • Environmental Sciences and Engineering

ENAC explores the potentials of interdisciplinarity to achieve excellence in the training of tomorrow’s architects and engineers as well as to place scientists at the forefront of research.

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Events

Adsorption mechanisms in active clays: experimental evidence and implications for chemo-hydro-mechanical water retention modeling frameworks

 02.04.2026  

Speaker: Svetlana BABIY
Location:  CM 1 5 &  Online
Category: Thesis defenses
Target audience: General public

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FameLab Switzerland 2026 competition

 16.02.202630.04.2026  

Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

Une éducation au réel. L'Atelier Cantàfora à l'EPFL / ARCHIZOOM

 17.03.202605.06.2026  

Speaker: LAPIS
Location:  Archizoom
Category: Exhibitions
Target audience: General public

Brunner, Ernst, and Peter Pfrunder. Photographien 1937–1962. Zürich: OZV Offizin Zürich Verlags-AG

HOMO FABER : Un forum pour l'avenir écologique de l'artisanat du bâtiment en Suisse / LAPIS + FBA

 19.03.202610.06.2026  

Location:  Fondation Braillard Architectes, Genève
Category: Public Science Events
Target audience: General public

Call for projects CROSS 2027

 18.03.202615.06.2026   00:0023:59

Category: Call for proposal
Target audience: Expert

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Des Cèdres à Dorigny, bâtir l'école d'architecture / ACM ARCHIZOOM

 04.03.202629.09.2026  

Speaker: ACM    
Location:  Archizoom
Category: Exhibitions
Target audience: General public

RIOT Lecture Series: The Construction of Architecture. Clients, Contractors, and Capital, with Davide Spina

 13.04.2026   14:3016:00

Speaker: Davide Spina 
Location:  AAC 1 14 &  Online
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public

Manfred Max Bergman

LASUR Seminar – Manfred Max Bergman: "Methodological Mapping of the Space-Mobility Research Nexus"

 14.04.2026   12:1513:45

Speaker: Manfred Max Bergman
Location:  CO 121 &  Online
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public

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Une éducation au réel. L'Atelier Cantàfora à l'EPFL / ARCHIZOOM

 14.04.2026  

Speaker: Nicola Braghieri
Location:  Archizoom
Category: Miscellaneous
Target audience: General public

School Lecture Series: Truwant+Rodet+ / EPFL Architecture

 14.04.2026   18:3020:00

Speaker: Truwant+Rodet+
Location:  Foyer SG
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

Sustainable Buildings & Construction Summit announcement

Sustainable Buildings and Construction Summit

 20.04.202622.04.2026  

Location:  SwissTech Convention Centre
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

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EESS seminar talk on "The Proteolytic Inactivation of Viruses in Lakewater"

 21.04.2026   12:1512:45

Speaker: Josephine Meibom, LEV
Location:  GC B1 10 &  Online
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

Climate Robotics Summit 2026

 21.04.202623.04.2026  

Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

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Circular economy beyond stocks and flows: Characterising the built environment's socio-metabolic profile

 22.04.2026  

Speaker: Ankita SINGHVI
Location:  SG 1212 &  Online
Category: Thesis defenses
Target audience: General public

How to Prepare Successful Grant Proposals: a course for Postdocs

 24.04.2026  

Category: Internal trainings
Target audience: General public

EESS seminar talk on "Biogeochemical Controls on Arsenic Methylation and Demethylation in Rice Paddy Soils"

 28.04.2026   12:1513:15

Speaker: Prof. Matthew Reid, Cornell University 
Location:  GC B1 10 &  Online
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

Lausanne et jeunes

Rencontre du LASUR – Ola Söderström: « Concevoir des villes favorables à la santé mentale »

 28.04.2026   12:1513:45

Speaker: Ola Söderström
Location:  CO 121 &  Online
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public

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School Lecture Series: MAIO, Anna Puigjaner / EPFL Architecture

 28.04.2026   18:3019:00

Speaker: MAIO, Anna Puigjaner
Location:  Foyer SG
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

FLP Program -Foster. Lead. Promote. – Influcence, convince and handle conflict through Applied Neuroscience

 28.04.202611.06.2026   09:0013:00

Speaker: Dr. Catherine Marselli Pasquier has held several positions in project management and training, both in corporate and academic environments. A graduate of EPFL, she holds a PhD in Science from the University of Neuchâtel as well as an MBA from the School of Management in Neuchâtel. For several years, she has focused on social cognitive neuroscience and behavioral economics, integrating recent discoveries about brain functioning into her courses and managerial practice. She also delivers seminars and workshops at EPFL and in other professional contexts, offering new insights into key topics such as difficult communication, stress management, cognitive performance, motivation, and decision-making — while emphasizing practical and directly applicable tools
Location:  GC C2 413
Category: Internal trainings
Target audience: General public

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Imaging Lunch: A Practical Introduction to Machine Learning for Vision Applications

 29.04.2026   11:0013:00

Speaker: Mallory Witwer
Location:  CE 1 711.2
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

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