From this web page, you can access the PhD online application form, allowing you to apply to one of EPFL's eighteen doctoral programs. Before you proceed please take a few minutes to read the information on this page and on the page Application step by step.

Important :

Please do not create more forms than necessary. You have to create and validate only one form per program you want to apply to.

• Who may apply ?
 

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• Applications for the Joint Doctoral Initiative with IST Portugal

Application process

Applications begun on or before 7 July 2009

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New Program in Civil and Environmental Engineering

The doctoral programs in Structures (EDST) and Environment (EDEN) merge in January 2010 in the creation of a new doctoral program in Civil and Environmental Engineering (EDCE). 

Please note that all applications for the 15th January deadline will be considered for admission into the EDCE program.

The doctoral programs EDST and EDEN were no longer be available from 16th January.

Further information on the new doctoral program EDCE is available here.

Who may apply ?

Doctoral studies at EPFL normally begin after award of an M.Sc. (Master's) degree in the relevant discipline. Candidates with a 4-year or 5-year B.S. (Bachelor's) degree may also apply, but they should explain the specifics of their education in the Statement of Objectives letter.

If you are currently enrolled in a M.Sc. degree program, your application will be considered for admission before you obtain your Master's degree; however, you must have your degree in hand at the time you arrive at EPFL for your doctoral studies.

You must be proficient in English to pursue your doctoral studies at EPFL. For foreign applicants whose first language is not English or French, we strongly recommend that they provide us with the results of the TOEFL and/or GRE test. The results of the GRE general test is not required but recommended. The EPFL institution code is 3253; there is no department code needed.  If you submit your test through the testing institution, please advise the secretariat of the doctoral program you are applying to.