Transversal Skills Courses | Interdisciplinary seminar series (ENG-647)
A new course developed by the CCTC and the Doctoral School available to all EPFL PhD candidates giving 1 ECTS. This course will allow you to develop your interdisciplinary research skills and network. Through experiential learning and reflection, you will learn how to present your PhD work to an interdisciplinary audience, how to give and receive feedback, and you will have unique opportunities to engage with the EPFL community at large.
February 13, 2025 – May 22, 2025 | 30 participants max
Registration period: until February 13, 2025
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PhD Excellence Program | Apply now for the 2025 cohort
This program is ideal for those looking to pursue careers beyond academia, whether in industry, science policy, or entrepreneurship. It is open to EPFL doctoral candidates in all research fields in any of the 22 doctoral programs, who are at the beginning of their PhD studies and have passed their candidacy exam by the time the program starts on May 15, 2024. The call for applications is currently open to the 4th cohort, and we encourage all eligible PhD candidates to seize this exciting opportunity!
Application deadline: February 7, 2025
Curious About PhD Excellence?
Read here the testimonials of our first two PhD graduates about their experiences in the program and the benefits it brought them. Discover here why EPFL PhD candidates chose to join the program and how it could be the perfect fit for you, too!
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EPFL - ETHZ Summer schools | Explore exciting opportunities at 5 summer schools taking place in June and July 2025
- Simulating Many-Body Quantum Physics: A Classical and Quantum Perspective, June 2-6, 2025 | EPFL (VD)
- From Science to Action: Shaping sustainable and informed policy, June 23-27, 2025 | Beatenberg (BE)
- Movement Matters: Exploring Transitions in Architecture Research, June 23-27, 2025 | Hotel Passo San Gottardo at Gotthard Pass (TI)
- Lattice-Based Cryptography, July 7-11, 2025 | EPFL (VD)
- Evolution by Nature and by Design: from molecules to populations, July 14-18, 2025 | EPFL (VD)
More information will follow soon. Stay tuned and check this webpage regularly.
ETH Summer School | Research Data Management
This ETH Summer School is organized by ETH Zurich and is aimed at doctoral candidates and postdocs within the ETH domain. It gives you an extensive overview of research data management (RDM), its principles as well as its practical implications and useful tools for early career scientists. The Summer School builds on the internationally established “FAIR Data” principles.
June 2-6, 2025 | ETH Zurich Zentrum campus
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Fellowship opportunities in cyber-defence | 11th call for proposals
Within the framework of the CYD fellowships, jointly launched by EPFL with the Cyber-Defence (CYD) Campus with the aim to promote research and innovation in cyber-defence, a diverse range of fellowship opportunities is now open in Switzerland aimed at Master, Doctoral and Postdoctoral researchers as well as at future entrepreneurs:
An online Applicant Workshop will be held on January 21, 2025 (11:00-11:45 CET).
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EVENTS
The EuroTeQ Challenge Day | January 28, 2025
Join the European network with your innovative solution to tackle societal challenges! We are looking for PhD candidates to collaborate on real-world challenges and present innovative ideas for a sustainable future to leading universities and industrial partners across Europe.
This is your chance to join a challenge proposed by our external partners (e.g., Logitech, WWF, Pronatura, etc.) and be part of a dynamic team representing EPFL at the upcoming EuroTeQathon in Eindhoven, on June 14-16, 2025, where top engineering universities will present groundbreaking innovations. During the event, you’ll learn about the challenges, form teams, and start preparing for the next steps, which include developing solutions, receiving mentoring, and gaining training. As always, the event will conclude with a small aperitif from 18:00 to 19:00.
Tuesday, January 28 | 16:15 | Starling Hotel Lausanne
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