University · Ecublens, Switzerland

École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, ETH Domain

University in Ecublens, Switzerland

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accredited by	Swiss Accreditation Council start time: 24 June 2022; end time: 23 June 2029
affiliation	Agence universitaire de la Francophonie
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category for alumni of educational institution	Category:École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne alumni
category for employees of the organization	Category:Academic staff of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
chairperson	Martin Vetterli start time: 1 January 2017; end time: 31 December 2024 Anna Fontcuberta i Morral start time: 1 January 2025
child organization or unit	EPFL Quantum Computing Association founder: Samuel Bosch; chairperson: Samuel Bosch
coat of arms image	Logo EPFL 2019.svg
Commons category	École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Commons gallery	École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
coordinate location	46.5203, 6.5656
count of students	10,000 point in time: 2014 12,576 point in time: 2022
country	Switzerland
elevation above sea level	396 metre
grants	honorary doctor of the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
has part(s)	EPFL library
has works in the collection	National Museum of World Cultures
inception	1969
instance of	public university engineering school video game publisher polytechnic university of technology
IPv6 routing prefix	2001:620:618::/48
item operated	Infoscience
located in the administrative territorial entity	Lausanne
location	Lausanne
logo image	Logo EPFL 2019.svg
Mastodon instance URL	https://social.epfl.ch
member of	swissuniversities point in time: December 2023 Top International Managers in Engineering Agence universitaire de la Francophonie IIIF Consortium European University Association Confederation of Open Access Repositories arXiv point in time: 2021 ORCID, Inc. point in time: October 2023
official website	https://www.epfl.ch/ language of work or name: French; language of work or name: English
owner of	Rolex Learning Center
part of	ETH Domain University of Lausanne start time: 1869; end time: 1969
ranking	55 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2024 83 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2020 91 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2021 54 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2023 78 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2019 81 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2018 76 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2017 92 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2016 96 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2014 16 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2023 14 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2022 36 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2024 29 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2012 19 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2014 17 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2015 14 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2016 14 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2017 12 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2018 22 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2019 18 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2020 14 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2021 26 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2025 22 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2026 35 determination method or standard: Times Higher Education World University Rankings; point in time: 2026 44 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2025
short name	EPFL (fr)
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topic's main category	Category:École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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