The School of Life Sciences fosters education, research and innovation at the interface of engineering and biology to advance the understanding of the living world and solve biomedical problems.
Education
We offer a Bachelor and Master program in Life Sciences Engineering, a Master program in Neuro-X, as well as four Doctoral programs.
Research
Our 58 research groups in 5 institutes operate at the interface of biology, basic sciences, computer sciences and engineering.
Innovation
We cultivate a climate of exploration and translation of knowledge and technologies to a sustainable benefit of humankind.
Upcoming events
BioE2024 Symposium – celebrating Bioengineering and IBI's 20 years
With: David Baker (U Washington, Seattle, WA, USA) – Maartje M.C. Bastings (EPFL, Lausanne, CH) – Maria Brbic (EPFL, Lausanne, CH) – Nathalie Brandenberg (SUN bioscience & Doppl SA, Lausanne, CH) – Chan Cao (Uni GE, Geneva, CH) – Giovanni D’Angelo (EPFL, Lausanne, CH) – Bill DeGrado (UC San Francisco, USA) – Daan Frenkel (University of Cambridge, UK) – Jeffrey A. Hubbell (U Chicago, USA) – Ralf Jungmann (Technical University Munich, DE) – Matthias Lutolf (Roche, Basel and EPFL, Lausanne, CH) – Arianna Menciassi (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, IT) – Sai Reddy (ETHZ, Basel, CH) – Sylvie Roke (EPFL, Lausanne, CH) – Molly Stevens (Imperial College, London, UK) – Melody A. Swartz (U Chicago, USA) – Kislon Voitchovsky (Durham University, UK)
Place and room: Rolex Learning Center
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Inaugural Lectures | Nicolas Thomä and Fides Zenk
With: Nicolas Thomä
Fides Zenk
Place and room: SV 1717
Category: Inaugural lectures – Honorary Lecture
Synergies of combinatorics and theoretical computer science
With: Nati Linial, Lianna Hambardzumyan, Rob Morris, Alexey Gordeev, Rico Zenklusen, Sophie Huiberts, Parinya Chalermsook, Vera Traub, Sorrachai Yingchareonthawornchai, Pravesh Kothari, Peter Manohar, Venkatesan Guruswami, Benny Sudakov, Hannaneh Akrami, Mehtaab Sawhney, Sammy Luo, Maya Sankar, Daniel Kral, Nathan Klein, Jinyoung Park, Matija Bucic, Omar Alrabiah, Oliver Janzer, Matthew Kwan, Zixuan Xu, Daniel Dadush
Place and room: GA 3 21
Online: https://bernoulli.epfl.ch/external-programs/
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Exploring Longevity in the Future of Health
Place and room: RLC E1 240
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Annual Meeting of the NeuroLeman Network and Doctoral Schools
With: See program
Place and room: SwissTech Convention Center
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Job Opportunities
Highlights
Discover the splendid labs and facilities of the Schools of Life Sciences (SV) and Engineering Sciences and Technology (STI)
“Being in a technical school gives us many opportunities”. Watch our interview with the dean of the School of Life Sciences, Andy Oates
