Funded EPFL Excellence Fellowships, 2018 in Switzerland

EPFL offers a limited number of fellowships aThe École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne is offering fellowships at the Master’s level to outstanding students.t the Master’s level to students with outstanding academic records. Some of the fellowships are financed by EPFL directly and others through partnerships with foundations or companies.

Fellowship Details

1. External Applicant

Fellowships for those candidates include:

• CHF 16’000 per academic year (split into monthly payments), meaning:

CHF 32’000 for a 2-years Master’s(120 credits)

CHF 24’000 for a 1 1/2 year Master’s (90 credits)

• reservation of a room in students accomodation

2. Internal Applicant

Fellowships for those candidates include:

• CHF 10’000 (split into 2 payments)
• A certificate of excellence for the results obtained during their Bachelor’s

Eligibility

• The EPFL Excellence Fellowships, 2018 is open to anyone applying for EPFL Master’s Program.
• The candidates should are evaluated based on their academic records.

Selection Procedure

A first screening is done by sections. The attribution of the fellowships is then done by the Excellence Fellowships Committee, presided by Prof. Vandergheynst, Vice-Provost for Education.

To ensure that all fellowships are distributed in case of withdrawals, multiple candidates can be selected and placed on a waiting list. The fellowship is then offered to the main candidate who will be given a deadline (2-4 weeks) for confirming the acceptance of her/his admission and fellowship. In case of withdrawal or absence of response, the fellowship is offered to the first candidate on the waiting list who then get a deadline (1-2 weeks) for confirming the acceptance of her/his admission and fellowship.

Official Link

Deadline: Ongoing