{"name":"EPFL - EPF Lausanne","slug":"epfl-epf-lausanne-819bd7c2","url":"https://collegestat.britexstudy-15d.workers.dev/university/epfl-epf-lausanne-819bd7c2","country":"Switzerland","country_code":"CH","city":"Lausanne","type":"Public","founded":1853,"website":"http://www.epfl.ch/","summary":"EPFL traces its origins to the École spéciale de Lausanne, a private engineering school founded in 1853 that later became part of the University of Lausanne. In 1969 it was separated from the university and became a federal institute of technology run by the Swiss Confederation, alongside ETH Zurich. Its campus at Ecublens, on the shore of Lake Geneva, includes an innovation park for start-ups and company research labs.","key_facts":[{"id":"rank","value":"=22","detail":"QS 2027","source":"https://insights.qs.com/hubfs/Rankings%20Excel%20Reports/2027%20QS%20World%20University%20Rankings%201.1%20%28For%20qs.com%29.xlsx"}],"sources":[{"label":"rank","url":"https://insights.qs.com/hubfs/Rankings%20Excel%20Reports/2027%20QS%20World%20University%20Rankings%201.1%20%28For%20qs.com%29.xlsx"},{"label":"Official website","url":"http://www.epfl.ch/"},{"label":"Admissions","url":"https://www.epfl.ch/education/admission/fr/"},{"label":"Reference","url":"https://ror.org/02s376052"},{"label":"Official Annual Report 2025 'In Numbers': 14,072 students","url":"https://www.epfl.ch/about/overview/annual-report/annual-report-2025/"},{"label":"Wikipedia cross-check: 1853 origin, 1969 federalisation","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89cole_Polytechnique_F%C3%A9d%C3%A9rale_de_Lausanne"}],"note":"Figures are as reported by the linked sources; confirm requirements with the university before applying."}