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Higher EducationVaud, Switzerland5001-10000 Employees
EPFL, short for Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, is one of Switzerland's two federal institutes of technology and a major center for higher education and research. Located in Lausanne, Vaud, on the shores of Lake Geneva, its campus of more than 10,000 people brings together students, professors, researchers and entrepreneurs in a collaborative environment spanning science, technology and architecture. The institution emphasizes cross-disciplinary interaction, where daily exchanges contribute to new projects and breakthroughs across its disciplines. EPFL serves a broad community that includes students, researchers and industrial partners engaged in education and research with potential for real-world impact. In mid-2026, EPFL's Social Computing Group announced the launch of the world's first fully open medical language models, illustrating ongoing activity at the intersection of computing and biomedical research.