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EPFL Campus Tour
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), or the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, is a public research university in Lausanne, Switzerland. Unusually for a Swiss university, it is controlled by the federal government. The university originated from the École special de Lausanne, a school with just 11 students. In 1869 it became the technical department of the public Académie de Lausanne. After the academy became the University of Lausanne, the école established itself as a federal institute in its own right: EPFL. EPFL is highly regarded for its research and teaching in engineering. More recently, the university has branched out into the life sciences. It acquired the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research in 2008. The university belongs to the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain, a union of research institutes and universities which also includes ETH Zürich. Like other Swiss universities, EPFL is unselective in its undergraduate admissions. Selection is based on the results of first year exams, which approximately half of students fail. EPFL has a highly international student population, with about half of students coming to study at the university from abroad. EPFL has coordinated ambitious international research projects, including the Blue Brain Project and the Human Brain Project, attempting to reconstruct mammalian and human brains digitally. The institute is home to a nuclear reactor, a fusion reactor and a Blue Gene/Q supercomputer. The EPFL campus in Écublens is located beside Lake Geneva and is powered entirely by electricity produced from hydropower. EPFL has several satellite campuses and facilities in Switzerland. The main campus hosts regular music festivals, and has two museums: the Musée Bolo and Archizoom. Alumni of EPFL include Jacques Dubochet, winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and chess grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.
- Total number of students10,343
- Number of international students5,896
- Total number of academic staff911
- Number of international staff628
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded929
- Number of master's degrees awarded974
- Number of doctoral degrees awarded405
- Number of research only staff1,428
- Number of new undergraduate students2,124
- Number of new master's students266
- Number of new doctoral students447
- Global score74.7
- Global research reputation#47
- Regional research reputation#12
- Publications#184
- Books#184
- Conferences#41
- Normalized citation impact#33
- Total citations#121
- Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#114
- Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#24
- International collaboration#528
- Percentage of total publications with international collaboration#31
- Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#99
- Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#44
*The above data comes from:Official website of U.S.News
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No. of students per staff
59%
Percentage of International Students
28 : 72
Student Ratio of Females to Males
10,492
Number of FTE Students
*The above data comes from:Official website of TIMES
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World University Rankings
2011
48
2012
46
2013
40
2014
37
2015
34
2016
31
2017
0
2018
0
2019
35
2020
0
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Young University Rankings
2012
2
2013
2
2014
2
2015
1
2016
1
2017
1
2018
2
2019
2
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World Reputation Rankings
2011
71
2012
61
2013
51
2014
49
2015
48
2016
48
2017
45
2018
43
2019
0
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Engineering & technology
2011
24
2012
20
2013
14
2014
15
2015
12
2016
14
2017
11
2018
0
2019
18
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Life sciences
2013
44
2014
57
2015
43
2016
33
2017
35
2018
33
2019
33
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Physical sciences
2012
28
2013
23
2014
23
2015
20
2016
14
2017
0
2018
15
2019
17
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Computer Science
2017
8
2018
10
2019
13
*The above data comes from:Official website of TIMES
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#6Chemistry
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- Chemistry overall score92.9
- Chemistry global research reputation#31
- Chemistry regional research reputation#15
- Chemistry publications#52
- Chemistry normalized citation impact#1
- Chemistry total citations#11
- Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#20
- Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#16
- Chemistry international collaboration#296
- Chemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration#59
- Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#7
- Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#10
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#14Materials Science
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- Materials Science overall score81.9
- Materials Science global research reputation#16
- Materials Science regional research reputation#2
- Materials Science publications#97
- Materials Science normalized citation impact#15
- Materials Science total citations#32
- Materials Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#44
- Materials Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#33
- Materials Science international collaboration#269
- Materials Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration#25
- Materials Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#24
- Materials Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#27
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#23Engineering
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- Engineering overall score83.0
- Engineering global research reputation#21
- Engineering regional research reputation#4
- Engineering publications#60
- Engineering normalized citation impact#50
- Engineering total citations#35
- Engineering number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#35
- Engineering percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#76
- Engineering international collaboration#324
- Engineering percentage of total publications with international collaboration#54
- Engineering number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#45
- Engineering percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#188
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#23Mathematics
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- Mathematics overall score75.0
- Mathematics global research reputation#35
- Mathematics regional research reputation#12
- Mathematics publications#91
- Mathematics normalized citation impact#23
- Mathematics total citations#41
- Mathematics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#29
- Mathematics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#19
- Mathematics international collaboration#81
- Mathematics percentage of total publications with international collaboration#6
- Mathematics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#49
- Mathematics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#66
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#29Physics
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- Physics overall score80.8
- Physics global research reputation#26
- Physics regional research reputation#9
- Physics publications#33
- Physics normalized citation impact#292
- Physics total citations#31
- Physics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#32
- Physics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#312
- Physics international collaboration#528
- Physics percentage of total publications with international collaboration#218
- Physics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#32
- Physics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#269
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#32Computer Science
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- Computer Science overall score69.4
- Computer Science global research reputation#15
- Computer Science regional research reputation#1
- Computer Science publications#48
- Computer Science normalized citation impact#112
- Computer Science total citations#54
- Computer Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#34
- Computer Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#54
- Computer Science international collaboration#133
- Computer Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration#20
- Computer Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#151
- Computer Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#206
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#57Space Science
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- Space Science overall score62.6
- Space Science global research reputation#99
- Space Science regional research reputation#22
- Space Science publications#199
- Space Science normalized citation impact#9
- Space Science total citations#83
- Space Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#119
- Space Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#8
- Space Science international collaboration#105
- Space Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration#5
- Space Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#78
- Space Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#10
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#68Neuroscience and Behavior
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- Neuroscience and Behavior overall score58.2
- Neuroscience and Behavior global research reputation#88
- Neuroscience and Behavior regional research reputation#7
- Neuroscience and Behavior publications#196
- Neuroscience and Behavior normalized citation impact#16
- Neuroscience and Behavior total citations#128
- Neuroscience and Behavior number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#126
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#26
- Neuroscience and Behavior international collaboration#188
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications with international collaboration#10
- Neuroscience and Behavior number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#94
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#22
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#87Biology and Biochemistry
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- Biology and Biochemistry overall score53.6
- Biology and Biochemistry global research reputation#53
- Biology and Biochemistry regional research reputation#7
- Biology and Biochemistry publications#225
- Biology and Biochemistry normalized citation impact#85
- Biology and Biochemistry total citations#151
- Biology and Biochemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#100
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#22
- Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration#336
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration#36
- Biology and Biochemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#141
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#131
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#102Molecular Biology and Genetics
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- Molecular Biology and Genetics overall score51.4
- Molecular Biology and Genetics global research reputation#71
- Molecular Biology and Genetics regional research reputation#68
- Molecular Biology and Genetics publications#188
- Molecular Biology and Genetics normalized citation impact#82
- Molecular Biology and Genetics total citations#130
- Molecular Biology and Genetics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#103
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#20
- Molecular Biology and Genetics international collaboration#343
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications with international collaboration#89
- Molecular Biology and Genetics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#78
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#23
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#113Environment/Ecology
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- Environment/Ecology overall score61.3
- Environment/Ecology global research reputation#162
- Environment/Ecology regional research reputation#23
- Environment/Ecology publications#200
- Environment/Ecology normalized citation impact#65
- Environment/Ecology total citations#146
- Environment/Ecology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#107
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#24
- Environment/Ecology international collaboration#274
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications with international collaboration#50
- Environment/Ecology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#183
- Environment/Ecology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#190
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#162Geosciences
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- Geosciences overall score52.3
- Geosciences global research reputation#110
- Geosciences regional research reputation#51
- Geosciences publications#236
- Geosciences normalized citation impact#106
- Geosciences total citations#196
- Geosciences number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#163
- Geosciences percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#67
- Geosciences international collaboration#268
- Geosciences percentage of total publications with international collaboration#71
- Geosciences number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#234
- Geosciences percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#212
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#390Clinical Medicine
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- Clinical Medicine overall score45.1
- Clinical Medicine global research reputation#406
- Clinical Medicine regional research reputation#98
- Clinical Medicine publications#691
- Clinical Medicine normalized citation impact#307
- Clinical Medicine total citations#574
- Clinical Medicine number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#467
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#72
- Clinical Medicine international collaboration#355
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications with international collaboration#21
- Clinical Medicine number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#540
- Clinical Medicine percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#408
