Customized curricula
Considering that scientific research is taking place more and more at the interfaces between disciplines, the doctoral school promotes interdisciplinarity and initiatives crossing laboratory and institutional boundaries. PhD candidates in the same doctoral program can belong to different departments and work together on an interdisciplinary research project.
Interdisciplinary initiatives
Summer schools
EPFL, in collaboration with its partners, provides opportunities to its doctoral candidates to obtain funding to create and organize common summer programs and engage in extensive scientific cooperation throughout Switzerland and abroad.
EPFLinnovators
The EPFLinnovators programme aims to attract excellent PhD candidates with an interest in entrepreneurship to EPFL.
EPFLglobaLeaders
EPFLglobaLeaders is a new doctoral fellowship programme funding early stage researchers to become leaders in the transition towards sustainable societies.
Joint and Exchange programs
In addition to agreements on joint PhDs, there are agreements concerning different possibilities for scientific collaborations and exchanges with universities abroad.