Doctoral studies at EPFL offer advanced courses that broaden and deepen your knowledge and experience. EPFL fosters a sense of community among and between each research discipline, and encourages your preparation for your professional career.

EPFL's Doctoral Programs are listed on the left of this page; their individual sites describe their philosophy and goals, their members, course requirements, organisation and research activities. We encourage you to explore these sites to see what is on offer in your chosen discipline.

Thinking of applying

Useful links for your first steps:

Doctoral Studies
Doctoral programs contacts
Application
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During your studies

Your life at EPFL

Transferable Skills: training courses for your studies, your research, and your career

Study:

• Internal regulations for the doctoral school
• Course book
• Schedule by course or by program
• Contact the Registrar's Office
• Library
• Academic schedule
• IS-Academia support
• Certified copies

Thesis:

• Thesis defense workshop
• Tips from the Reprographie (print shop)
• Research Awards
• IBM Research Prize (Computational Science)
• Luce Grivat Prize (SIE)

Teaching:

• Center for Research and Support of Training and its Technologies (CRAFT)
• Teaching guide

Employment and financing your studies:

• Doctoral Assistant positions available at EPFL
  
• Doctorate grants and private foundations

Prepare for your future

It'll happen sooner than you think

• Career Center
• FORUM EPFL
• actionuni (Swiss Researchers' Association)
• eument (mentoring for women in the sciences)
• Association Bernard Gregory
• A3-EPFL (Alumni)
• Vitae (UK) - Careers
• Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects
• EPFL Technology Transfer (Industrial relations office)
• Innovation Network
• myScience.ch
• euraxess