Lausanne , Vaud , Switzerland
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Mechanical engineers are first and foremost concerned with designing technical products. To be able to come up with effective solutions for different fields, they not only have to possess strong skills in solid and fluid mechanics, but also in the field of heat transfer or applied physics.
This knowledge serves material engineers well for modeling the physical phenomena which they plan to use, in order to understand them better and thus be able to optimize the effectiveness of the products they wish to develop.
In addition to this theoretical command of phenomena, material engineers also need, these days more than ever, to consistently take account of the environmental impact of their work, notably through introducing the notion of the life cycle to it. They must therefore endlessly rethink the industrial processes in which they are involved, in order to introduce innovations or even revolutions in the way in which they produce, distribute, consume, and recycle.
Course Code : N/A
Course Type : Full Time
Course Level : Bachelors/UG Degree
Duration : 03 Year
Total Tuition Fee :18000 CHF
Annual Cost of Living :150 CHF
Application Fee :150 CHF
The roots of modern-day EPFL can be traced back to the foundation of a private school under the name École spéciale de Lausanne in 1853 at the initiative of Lois Rivier, a graduate of the École Centrale Paris and John Gay, the then professor and rector of the Académie de Lausanne. At its inception, it had only 11 students and the offices were located at Rue du Valentin in Lausanne. In 1869, it became the technical department of the public Académie de Lausanne.
When the Académie was reorganized and acquired the status of a university in 1890, the technical faculty changed its name to École d'ingénieurs de l'Universite de Lausanne. In 1946, it was renamed the École Polytechnique de l'Universite de Lausanne (EPUL). In 1969, the EPUL was separated from the rest of the University of Lausanne and became a federal institute under its current name. EPFL, like ETH Zurich, is thus directly controlled by the Swiss federal government.
In contrast, all other universities in Switzerland are controlled by their respective cantonal governments. Following the nomination of Patrick Aebischer as president in 2000, EPFL has started to develop into the field of life sciences. It absorbed the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC) in 2008.
There is absolutely no PSW but the Universities and institutions does encourage and provide opportunities for the students can go for internships