Semester 1: Mid September to Late December
Semester 2: Mid February to Early June

Bachelor in 3 years (180 ECTS)
Master in 3 or 4 semesters (90 – 120 ECTS)

Bachelor courses are taught mainly in French, although several Programmes offer master courses in English. A French course is organised for exchange students before and during term time. For more information on registration refer to the Language Centre.

	School of Architecture , Civil and Environment Engineering School of Computer and Communication Sciences School of Sciences School of Engineering Sciences and Techniques School of Life Sciences College of Humanities College of Management of Technology

No restriction except exchanges with the faculty of Architecture, which has signed special agreements with partners.

The number of exchange students in the sections Management of Technology and Financial Engineering are limited. A special request has to be submitted by the partner university to the EPFL Student Exchange Office. The student will complete the on-line application form only once he/she has received the approval from the EPFL Student Exchange Office.

Please refer to the Other Links section for relevant links to course information.  

Please check with your faculty for its internal application deadlines. After you have been selected by and accepted your faculty’s internal offer, your faculty would give you the application instructions of the partner university. An online application to the partner university is needed.

Although Lausanne and its suburbs have a population of 200'000, there is no actual campus and each student is responsible for finding accommodation http://logement.epfl.ch/ for more links.

The visa application must be submitted at least 3 months prior to the start of your study curriculum by means of the appropriate visa application form.

In order to improve the effectiveness and the speed of the process, it is required to join to the visa application file the following document: Application for a Temporary Residence Permit for Study Purposes in the Canton of Vaud. Read carefully this document and join all the requested documents in order not to slow down your application.

The fact of meeting all the conditions does not necessarily mean that a visa will automatically be issued. At all events, the criteria of the competent Federal and cantonal authorities prevail

Swiss Embassy in Singapore / EPFL – exchange office can help : http://sae.epfl.ch/detail-permit-en

Also http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/reps/asia/vsgp/ref_visinf/vissgp/stuwp.html

Health and accident insurance is compulsory in Switzerland and all foreign students must have insurance approved by the Swiss authorities and keep up to date with the payments. However, there are possibilities of keeping one's foreign insurance or joining an approved foreign insurance company, which may be cheaper.

Please refer to the Other Links Section for the relevant links to the university’s insurance policies.  

Breakdown of Costs	CHF$
Accommodation	580
Food	580
Transport	160
Insurance	132
Others (Entertainment, clothes)	200
Monthly Estimate	1,652

Please refer to the Other Links Section for the relevant links to the estimated costs of living.

Universal Currency Converter:

	http://www.xe.com/ucc/

Accommodation:

	http://sae.epfl.ch/housing

Cost of Living:

	http://sae.epfl.ch/page-27054-en.html

Exchange Student Guide:

	http://studying.epfl.ch/files/content/sites/studying/files/Guide%20des%20Etudes/EPFL_Guide_ English_2012.pdf

Others:

	http://sae.epfl.ch/page-27094-en.html