• School of Engineering

    Students invent devices that businesses haven't yet conjured up

    In the Assistive Technology Challenge (ATC), EPFL master’s students carry out MAKE projects to develop practical systems for the disabled.

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  • School of Engineering

    A ultrafast laser on a chip

    EPFL researchers have built a photonic chip that rivals much larger laboratory lasers, delivers extremely short, high-energy optical pulses, and could reshape technologies like medical diagnostics and optical atomic clocks.

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  • School of Engineering

    Appointment of STI professors

    The Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology has announced the appointment of professors at EPFL, including two in the School of Engineering (STI).

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  • School of Engineering

    Smart sweat patch helps doctors monitor high-risk pregnancies

    An EPFL spin-off is developing a patch-like medical device that reads sweat biomarkers. Its first application will be keeping a close watch on high-risk pregnancies.

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  • School of Engineering

    Saving educational robots from the trash

    EPFL master’s student Alexandre Viegas has teamed up with repair website iFixit to develop rankings and repair guides for educational robots. His work aims to help students build new skills while promoting sustainable technology use.

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  • School of Engineering

    Stéphanie Lacour to give inaugural lecture at the Collège de France

    Stéphanie Lacour, the Bertarelli Foundation Chair in Neuroprosthetic Technology in EPFL’s School of Engineering and head of the Laboratory for Soft Bioelectronic Interfaces, will deliver her inaugural lecture on neurotechnology at the Collège de France on Thursday, February 29, 2024.

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37 Professors
10 Adjunct Professors
11 Senior Scientists
25 ERC grants

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Data-Driven Approaches Applied to Electrochemical Measurements for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Precision Medicine 12.8.2026 – 17:30 > 00:00 Speaker Lin DU Place MC A1 272 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Interpretable representation learning for biological data: from small molecules to genes 2.10.2026 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker Maria BOULOUGOURI Place ELA 2 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Foundation Models for Spoken Language Understanding: Capability, Efficiency, and Application 11.12.2026 – 14:30 > 00:00 Speaker Mutian HE Place IDIAP Martigny; Rue Marconi 19; 1920 Martigny Category Thesis defenses Read more

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