Centers create networks, collaborations and synergies between researchers and students around state-of-the-art scientific subjects. They build bridges between researchers at EPFL and other academic institutions, foster innovation and contribute to advance and share knowledge on specific themes within and beyond the academic world.

The Associate Vice Presidency for Centers and Platforms (AVP-CP) has issued new regulations aimed at achieving consistency in the way EPFL’s centers operate and are governed.

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Platforms provide access to cutting-edge technical infrastructure and knowhow expertise to EPFL scientists and students to perform their research making optimal use of resources. They are also a place where knowledge and knowhow are shared and where EPFL contributes to the advancement of state-of-the-art techniques.

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The unit coordinates the acquisition of major scientific equipment at EPFL, manages financial aspects of large research projects, and oversees the management of technological platforms and of transdisciplinary and inter-instituional entities.