Doctoral Education ME

Doctorate EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, offers doctoral candidates customized PhD programs in a modern campus setting with cutting-edge laboratories directed by internationally renowned professors. EPFL's Doctoral School is organized into 22 doctoral programs, each typically obtained after four years of study devoted to an original and independent scientific research project. The Doctoral School and the EPFL Career Center have developed a new transversal skills course for EPFL doctoral candidates, enhancing their communication tactics for managing relationships. EPFL also offers programs like EPFLglobaLeaders, a doctoral fellowship program funding early stage researchers, and EPFLinnovators, attracting excellent PhD candidates with an interest in entrepreneurship. Each year, EPFL grants a distinction to a selection of high-quality theses, highlighting the scientific merit of the doctoral candidates' research work.