EPFL – International Activities France – Russia Ursina Roder , Program Manager India & Russia

1. EPFL – International Activities France – Russia Ursina Roder , Program Manager India & Russia Photography: Alain Herzog

2. Presentation of EPFL An Overview

3. Swiss Higher Education • One of Two Federal Institutes of Technology

4. A growing international Campus • EPFL in Numbers • Facts & Figures 2010

5. Academic Ranking of World Universities by Broad Subject Field - 2009 • EPFL Rankings • One of the Leaders in Europe EPFL in the top 20 in Engineering, Technology and Computer Science No 1 in Europe !

6. Education – Research – Tech Transfer • EPFL Missions • A Responsibility towards Society Educateandtrain future scientists, engineers and architects Conduct cutting-edgeresearch Transferknowledge to create jobs and companies

7. A wide range of knowledge Schools Basic Sciences Engineering Computer and Communication Sciences Architecture, Civil and Environmental Eng. Life Sciences Social Sciences and Humanities Management of Technology Educational programs • EPFL - Core Competences • Physics • Chemistry / Chemical Eng. • Mathematics • Material Sciences • Electrical Engineering • Microtechnology • Mechanical Engineering • Nuclear Engineering • Computer science • Communication systems • Architecture • Civil Engineering • Environmental Science & Eng. • Life Sciences & Technology • Management of Technology • Financial Engineering • Computational Science & Eng.

8. EPFL International Activities

9. EPFL International • An Overview of International Activities at EPFL EPFL’s international relations Academic Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) Student exchange agreements Cooperation@epfl partners

10. France @ EPFL • EPFL - France • French population at EPFL Non-exhaustive list!

11. French Partner Universities 37 student exchange agreementsincluding: http://sae.epfl.ch/partner-universities Ecole Polytechnique Palaiseau ENS Paris ENS Lyon EC Paris SUPELEC ISAE • EPFL - France • EPFL - International

12. EPFL – Russia Relations & Projects

13. EPFL UNIL UNIGE EPFL ETHZ UNIZH UNIBA STI Russia - Priority Country for Switzerland http://www.unige.ch/collaborateurs/recherche/STCP-CH-RU.html Swiss Science & TechnologyCooperationStrategy 2008 - 2011: 4 Priority Countries – 4 LeadingHouses • EPFL - Russia • Priority Country India China Russia South Africa EPFL = « AssociatedLeading House » Scientific & TechnologicalCooperation Programme Switzerland-Russia

14. Cooperation and student exchange agreements • EPFL - International • Russian Federation • EPFL - International • Asia Tomsk Polytechnic University, 2006 Moscow State Institute of Radioengineering, Electronics and Automation (MIREA), 2008 Moscow State Academy of Fine Chemical Technology (MITHT), 2008 Bauman Moscow State Technical University(BMSTU), 2009 Saint-Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO), 2010 Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), 2010 Novosibirsk State University (NSU), 2010 Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science (SB RAS), 2010

15. Russians at EPFL • Prof. Mikhail Chapochnikov • Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology • Russia: Moscow State University, Institute for NuclearResearch (RAS) • Switzerland: CERN & UNIL & EPFL • EPFL - International • Russian Federation • EPFL - International • Asia • Prof. Yury Tsybin • Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry Laboratory • StudiesatPolytechnical University of Saint-Petersburg • International career: France, Sweden & USA • Since 2006 tenure-track assistant professor at EPFL

16. EPFL links to Novosibirsk • Alumni from NSU: Prof. Lioubov Kiwi • Group of Catalytic Reaction Engineering • PhDat Moscow State University • Post-doc at NSU • Since 1994 at EPFL • Links to 3 institutes of SB RAS • EPFL - International • Russian Federation • EPFL - International • Asia • EPFL delegationat NSU in 2001 • collaboration with NSU recommended • student exchange for master projectsenvisaged • Joint researchwithNovosibirskregion • State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology “Vector”, Koltsovo • Prof. Giovanni Dietler (EPFL) • Prof. Valery Loktev (NSU) & Dr. Boris Zaitsev (Vector)

17. Possible collaboration options A – Cooperation in areas of scientific strength • EPFL-International • Russian Federation • Basic Sciences: Physics – Chemistry - Mathematics • Nanotechnology • Life Sciences • IT & Communication Sciences • …..Others to bediscussed

18. Possible collaboration options B - Education • Exchange semester/year (http://sae.epfl.ch/welcome) • Master projects and internshipsabroad (for both EPFL and Russianstudents) • Master studiesat EPFL (2 scholarships from RussianHonorary Consul) • PhD & Post-doc at EPFL • Summerschools • EPFL-International • Russian Federation Summer School for Russian Students at EPFL, July 2010: “Catalytic Reaction Engineering and Process Intensification”

19. Possible collaboration options C – Research collaboration & competences development • EPFL-International • Russian Federation • Scientists and professors exchange • Joint research projects • Scientific& TechnologicalCooperation Programme Switzerland-Russia: http://www.unige.ch/collaborateurs/recherche/STCP-CH-RU.html • ERA.NetRUS project (FP7): http://www.eranet-rus.eu

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21. Education Our first mission

22. A curriculum structured according to the Bologna process • EPFL Education • Bologna Bachelor (BS) Master (MS) Doctoral Studies (PhD) Executive Master (EM) Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) Continuing Education 15 programs 20 programs 18 programs French English English English/French

23. A flexible, transdisciplinary education Master Programmes Major 60 or 90 ECTS Core of Master 30 ECTS Master Thesis Project Master 90 ECTS Master 120 ECTS Master 90+30 ECTS (specialisation) Master 90+30 ECTS (minor) 30 ECTS Specialisation 30 ECTS Minor http://master.epfl.ch

24. Master Programmes Application deadlines & procedures • 2 application sessions / year: 15 January and 15 April • All programmes start mid-September (autumn semester) • Entire application procedure online (but legal, hard copy file needed) • Diplomas & transcripts • Supporting letters • Financial situation (if applying for scholarship) • Selection on file by sections (departments) and ad hoc commission • Admission decision (including scholarship) communicated within 2 months • Full scholarships (CHF 1’600/m) available for students with outstanding records

25. Doctoral programmes Research & Innovation at its best All 18 programmes in English 65% of PhD students come from abroad http://phd.epfl.ch

26. PhD Programmes Application deadlines & procedures • Entire application procedure online (but legal hard copy file needed) • Diplomas & transcripts • Supporting letters • Admission on file by Institutes/Labs • 1st year “Doctoral School” + 3 years research = 4 year PhD curriculum • Entry time may be flexible (depends on the programme) • PhD students fully funded (average: CHF 50K / year) when affiliated to a Lab http://phd.epfl.ch

27. Research: Excellence and Transdiciplinarity

28. Excellence in Research Some research priorities Information science Life science at the interface of engineering Micro-engineering and nanosciences Urban systems and mobility – Energy Numerical simulation

29. Excellence in Research Steady increase of scientific impact Publications more than doubling in the last 10 years Strong increase of the number of citations

30. Excellence in Research ERC Starting & Advanced Grants 2007 - 2010 1 University of Cambridge 35 UK 2 EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne 34 CH 3 ETHZ - Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich 29 CH University of Oxford 29 UK 5 Weizmann Institute of Science 26 ISR 6 Imperial College 24 UK 7 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 21 ISR 8 Technion - Israel Institute of Technology 15 ISR 9 University College London 13 UK Universität Zürich 13 CH Karolinska Institutet 13 SE Katholieke Universiteit Leuven 13 BE 13 University of Bristol 12 UK Nb grants / institution

31. Excellence in Research FP7 Participations

32. Rankings… Times Higher Education - Engineering Times of Higher Education, 18 November 2010 

33. Interdisciplinary collaboration EPFL hosts several Research Centers –> NCCR Quantum Photonics –> NCCR Mobile Information and Communication Systems (MICS) –> Multimodal Systems (with IDIAP) –> NCCR Molecular Oncology –> Frontiers in Genetics (with UNIGE) -> Environment and Sustainability (CCES) -> Energy and mobility (CCEM) -> Materials Science (CCMX) -> Center for Integrated Systems -> Neuroprosthetics

34. Interdisciplinary collaboration Three new NCCR Robotics -> Develop interactive « helper » robots, a new generation of intelligentmachines The Synaptic Bases of Mental Diseases -> Explore the molecular and cellularorigins of mentalillness Chemical Biology (EPFL Co-Leading House) -> Study the strategies used by livingcells tocommunicate with their environment

35. International impact The “Blue Brain” Project Aim: Build a simulation-based research facility capable of constructing software models of the brain. Resources: -> A 52 Teraflops Blue Gene/P supercomputer -> 8,192 processors for simulation -> SGI supercomputer for scientific visualization Capability -> Simultaneous simulation up to 100’000 neurons -> Connect neurons to form biologically realistic microcircuits with up to 100millionsynapses http://bluebrain.epfl.ch/

36. Strategic Research Initiatives Info-Bio-Nano-Cogno Convergence Exemple of Center for Neuroprostheses Build on EPFL’s competenices in micro/nanotechnologies, integrated systems, robotics, biomaterials, sensors, signal processing,…

37. Strategic Research Initiatives Sustainable development and “Green energies” -> Developments in the area of Green manufacturin  Emphasis on microtechnology -> National program Nano-Tera Systems engineering for health, security and the environment -> Developments across EPFL’s Centres  Energy Center, Transportation Center, …

38. Alinghi Solar Impulse Hydroptere • 7 professors • 5 research topics • 11 collaborators full time • 9 associated collaborators • student projects/year • http://alinghi.epfl.ch 10 professors 6 research topics 10 collaborators full time 11 associated collaborators 6 student projects/year www.solarimpulse.com • professors • research topics • www.hydroptere.com School-wide projects Dynamism et visibility Alinghi Solar Impulse Hydroptere

39. Innovation and Technology Transfer

40. FINANCIAL TIMES May 14 2003 … and it was commercialized by an EPFL alumnus! Daniel Borel Logitech Innovation and tech transfer Did you know ? « Professor Jean-Daniel Nicoud, a scientist from EPFL, developed the first computer mouse »

41. Innovate and transfer An Eldorado for entrepreneurs SciencePark with >100 companies College of managementoftechnology Techtransferservices Innovationnetwork 10 new companies / year Entrepreneurshipprogram Coaching Logitech incubator …

42. Living in Switzerland The Lake Geneva area • Cosmopolitan, dynamic population of ~1 million between Geneva and Montreux • Quality of life – Secure and stable environment, Primary & Secondary education • In the heart of Europe • International organisations – UN, CIO, WPO, HCR, CICR, WTO, WHO,… • Multinational companies establish global or EMEA headquarters – Nestle, Logitech, Merck-Serono, UBS, Credit Suisse, Philip Morris • A great place for motivated & ambitious young scientists and engineers

43. EPFL… more than a place to work

44. EPFL… more than a place to work Thank you for your attention !