School of Life Sciences

The School of Life Sciences fosters education, research and innovation at the interface of engineering and biology to advance the understanding of the living world and solve biomedical problems.

Education

We offer a Bachelor and Master program in Life Sciences Engineering, a Master program in Neuro-X, as well as four Doctoral programs.

Research

Our 58 research groups in 5 institutes operate at the interface of biology, basic sciences, computer sciences and engineering.

Innovation

We cultivate a climate of exploration and translation of knowledge and technologies to a sustainable benefit of humankind.

Upcoming events

New trends and applications around generalized Fokker-Planck operators

16-06-202511-07-2025

With: The speakers for the minicourse are: Omar Mohsen (Paris-Saclay University), Francis Nier (Sorbonne University), Tony Lelièvre (Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées)
Place and room: GA 3 21
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Training "Reshaping Information Research with AI"

17-06-202517-06-2025

With: EPFL Library Teaching Team
Place and room: CO 120, EPFL, 1015
Category: Internal trainings

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Highlights

360° Virtual Visit

Discover the splendid labs and facilities of the Schools of Life Sciences (SV) and Engineering Sciences and Technology (STI)

Four questions to Andy Oates

“Being in a technical school gives us many opportunities”. Watch our interview with the dean of the School of Life Sciences, Andy Oates