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Application Information
Admission to our program is centralized and highly competitive. With a rich intellectual environment, a working culture and resources only matched by the highest-rated academic institutions, and geographically located in the breathtaking Lake Geneva region, our program targets training bright minds to be the research and industrial leaders of tomorrow.
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Coming to EPFL as a visiting doctoral student
If you are currently doing a PhD at another university in Switzerland or elsewhere in the world and you have been in contact with an EPFL Professor to spend a few weeks/months at EPFL to do part of your research, the information below is for you