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AdmissionCriteria&Application

Onlineapplication

MASTER'S STUDIESEPFL
Online application
Theapplicationprocessisdoneentirelyonline,inFrenchorEnglish.Documentssentbyemailorfaxwillnotbeconsidered.
Pleasereadalltheinstructionsonthispagebeforestartingyouronlineapplication.
Notethatyoucanapplytoonlyoneprogramperacademicyear.
ApplicationsforstartingaMaster'sprograminSeptember2016areopen

APPLY
Seetheoverviewoftheimportantdeadlines.

Preparingyourapplication
Requireddocuments
Recommendationletters
Statementofpurpose
Applicationfee

Preparingyourapplication
Theapplicationprocessbeingcompletelyelectronic,youwillfirsthavetodigitizetherequesteddocuments(seelisthereunder).
Onceyouhavefilledintheapplicationformanddownloadedallyourdocuments,validateyourapplication.Pleasenotethatyourcandidacywillnotbe
consideredifyourcompleteapplicationisnotsubmittedbythedeadline.
Validatingyourelectronicapplicationwillgenerateaconfirmationemailandanapplicationnumberforyourfile.

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Attention:Thereferencelettersmustberegisteredinthesystem.Thedeadlineforreceivingthelettersis1weekaftertheapplicationdeadline.Theexactday
isindicatedintheconfirmationemailyoureceiveonceyourelectronicapplicationisvalidated.
TheonlineapplicationformwillcloseonJanuary15andrespectivelyApril15.
ApplicantsfortheprogrammeinArchitectureonly:sendyourworkportfolio(A4format)byposttotheRegistrar'sOffice,mentionningtheapplicantnumber
thatwillbegeneratedwhenyouvalidateyouronlineapplicationformtothefollowingaddress:
EPFL
Studentservices
BP1229
Station16
CH1015Lausanne

Requireddocuments
AlldocumentsanddiplomasshouldbeinEnglish,French,GermanorItalian.Pleasejoinalegalizedtranslationofalldocumentswritteninanother
language.
1.Yourresum(curriculumvitae)
2.CopyofyourUniversitydegree(s)orBachelor'sdegree.Ifyoudon'thaveyourdegreeyet,youwillbringittotheRegistrar'sOfficeuponregistrationat
EPFL*.

3.Legalizedtranscriptsfromeachuniversityyouhaveattended.

4.Astatementofpurpose.Seehereunderforamoredetailedexplanation.
5.Threerecommendations(exceptholdersofanyEPFLBachelor'sdegreeapplyinginanotherfieldthantheiroriginalfieldandexceptforcandidates
fromanotherSwissuniversityapplyingtoaMasterinthesamefieldofstudyastheirBachelor).
Duringtheelectronicapplicationprocess,youwillhavetogivethedetailsofthreereferees,whowillthenberequestedtoproducerecommendation
lettersforyoudirectlytoEPFL.Seehereunderforamoredetailedexplanation.
6.Youridentitycardorpassport.

7.ForforeignerswhoalreadyliveinSwitzerland:yourresidencepermit.
ExtradocumentssuchasTOEFLorGREscores,researchpublicationsorotherportfoliosofyourpreviouswork,arewelcomebutnotcompulsory.Wewill
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onlyconsiderdocumentsuploadedinyouronlineapplicationform.(Nodocumentssentbypostalmail).

AdditionalrequirementstoapplyforArchitecture::
ApplicantsfortheprogrammeinArchitecturearerequiredtojoinaportfoliooftheirworksample(A4max.).Sincetheportfolioscannotbedigitized,those
applicantsareaskedtosendapapercopyoftheirportoliobypost(seedirectionsabove).CandidatesforArchitecturemustalsohavea12month
professionalexperiencebeforetheystarttheprogramme.Pleasedownloadtheworkorinternshipscertificates(ifavailable)intheelectronicform.

*AlladmittedcandidatesarerequestedtopresentcertifiedacademicdocumentsuponregistrationatEPFL.Furtherinformationhere.

Recommendationletters
HoldersofanEPFLBachelor'sdegreeapplyinginanotherfieldthantheiroriginalfieldofstudydonotneedtosupplyanyrecommendation.
CandidatesfromETHZurichorfromanotherSwissuniversityapplyingtoaMasterinthesamefieldofstudyastheirBachelor,donotneedtosupplythe
recommendations.
Allothercandidatesarerequestedtoprovidethreerecommendationletters.Therecommendationlettersmustbeissuedbyprofessorswhoarewellawareof
yourworkandqualities.Theserecommendationsareconfidentialandwillonlybeacceptediftheyarereceivedthroughtheelectronicapplicationprocess.
Duringtheapplicationprocess,youwillberequestedtogiveyourreferees'details.Validatingyourelectronicapplicationwillgenerateapersonalemailto
yourreferees,requestingthemtofillintherecommendationform.
Makesureyouleaveenoughtimetoyourrefereestofillintherecommendationletter,byvalidatingyourelectronicapplicationformearlyenough.Your
applicationwillonlybefinalizedwhenEPFLreceivesyourrecommendationletter.Youwillbenotifiedbyemailwheneachrefereehasprovidedhisorher
recommendation.
Attention:Thereferencelettersmustberegisteredinthesystem.Thedeadlineforreceivingthelettersis1weekaftertheapplicationdeadline.Theexactday
isindicatedintheconfirmationemailyoureceiveonceyourelectronicapplicationisvalidated.
TheonlineapplicationformwillcloseonJanuary15andrespectivelyApril15.

Statementofpurpose
Thestatementofpurposeshouldnotexceed1000words.Youarerequiredtodescribeyouracademicbackgroundandyourcareerstrategy.Pleasebe
preciseabouttheobjectivesyouwishtoreachthroughyourstudiesatEPFL.

Applicationfee
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ForEPFLtohandleyourapplicationfile,youarerequestedtopay:
afeeofCHF150.SwissFrancs,ifyouhold(orwillhold)aforeignBachelor'sdegree
afeeofCHF50.ifyouhold(orwillhold)ofaBachelor'sdegreedeliveredbyaSwissuniversity(studentsfromEPFLorETHZrichdonotneedtopay
anyfee).
Bestwaytopaytheapplicationfeeforallcandidates:
Westronglyadviseyoutopaytheapplicationfeebycreditcard(MastercardouVisa).Youwillhavethepossibilitytopaybycreditcardatthetimeyou
validateyouronlineapplicationform.
IfyouareunabletouseMastercardouVisaforyourpaymentpleasepayasindicatedhereunder:
Ifyouarepayingfromabroad:
Pleasepay150./50.SwissFrancstoEcolePolytechniqueFdraledeLausanneonthefollowingaccount:
SwissPost,Postfinance,Nordring8,3030Berne,Switzerland
Clearing:09000
Swift/Bic:POFICHBEXXX
AccountNr:176113781
IBAN:CH8909000000176113781

IfyouarepayingfromSwitzerland:
Pleasepay150./50.SwissFrancstoEcolePolytechniqueFdraledeLausanneonthefollowingaccount:
EcolePolytechniqueFdrale
Comptecourant
1015Lausanne
AccountNr:176113781

AP P LI C ATI ON
ApplicationsforstartingaMaster'sprogramin
September2016areopen.
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CON TA CT
Incaseofquestions,pleasecontact

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