CHE École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

EPFL is the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. The past decade has seen EPFL ascend to the very top of European institutions of science and technology: it is ranked #1 in Europe in the field of engineering by the Times Higher Education (based on publications and citations), Leiden Rankings, and the Academic Ranking of World Universities.

EPFL's main campus brings together 12,600 students, faculty, researchers, and staff in a high-energy, dynamic learning and research environment. It directs the Human Brain Project, an undertaking to simulate the entire human brain using supercomputers, in order to gain new insights into how it operates and to better diagnose brain disorders. The university is building Solar Impulse, a long-range solar-powered plane that aims to be the first piloted fixed-wing aircraft to circumnavigate the Earth using only solar power. EPFL was part of the Alinghi project, developing advanced racing boats that won the America's Cup multiple times. The university operates, for education and research purposes, a Tokamak nuclear fusion reactor. EPFL also houses the Musée Bolo museum and hosts several music festivals, including Balelec, that draws over 15,000 guests every year.

EPFL is a major force in entrepreneurship, with 2012 bringing in $100M in funding for ten EPFL startups. Both young spin-offs (like Typesafe and Pix4D) and companies that have long grown past the startup stage (like Logitech) actively transfer the results of EPFL's scientific innovation to industry.

EPFL have partnered with Coursera and edX to deliver online courses to learners across the globe.

Learn new skills, pursue your interests or advance your career with these short online courses from EPFL:

Courses on Coursera
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• Functional Programming in Scala
• Functional Programming Principles in Scala
• Digital Signal Processing
• Municipal Solid Waste Management in Developing Countries
• Smart Cities – Management of Smart Urban Infrastructures
• Big Data Analysis with Scala and Spark
• Systèmes d’Information Géographique - Partie 1
• Functional Program Design in Scala
• Planning & Design of Sanitation Systems and Technologies
• Economie du sol et de l'immobilier I
• Management of Urban Infrastructures – part 1
• Interest Rate Models
• Analyse numérique pour ingénieurs
• Initiation à la programmation (en C++)
• Parallel programming
• Introduction to Public Health Engineering in Humanitarian Contexts
• Initiation à la programmation (en Java)
• Mobilité et urbanisme
• Introduction à la programmation orientée objet (en C++)
• Villes africaines I: Introduction à la planification urbaine

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Courses on edX
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• Introduction à l'immunologie: méthodes et applications médicales
• Groundscape Architecture Design Lab, re-thinking cities underground
• Image Processing and Analysis for Life Scientists
• Introduction à l'immunologie: aspects fondamentaux
• Electronique II
• Electronique I
• Launching New Ventures
• Find the right markets for your innovation - A tool for entrepreneurs and innovators for choosing which markets to play in
• MATLAB and Octave for Beginners
• Electrotechnique II
• Intro to Traffic Flow Modeling and Intelligent Transport Systems
• Electrotechnique I
• MATLAB et Octave pour débutants
• Introduction à l'astrophysique
• Explorer l’espace des humains: une introduction à la géographicité
• Cement Chemistry and Sustainable Cementitious Materials
• A Resilient Future: Science and Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction
• Exploring Humans’ Space: An Introduction to Geographicity
• Micro and Nanofabrication (MEMS)
• Cellular Mechanisms of Brain Function

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