EPF Lausanne
The Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) is the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne in Switzerland.
History
Founded in 1853 as a private school under the name Ecole spéciale de Lausanne, it became the technical departement of the public Académie de Lausanne in 1869. When the latter was reorganized and acquired the status of a university in 1890, the téchnical faculty changed its name to Ecole d'ingénieurs de l'Université de Lausanne. In 1946, it was renamed to Ecole polytechnique de Lausanne (EPUL) .
In 1969, the EPUL was separated from the rest of the university of Lausanne and became a federal institute under its current name.
Campus
The origins of the EPFL were in the center of Lausanne, where the university is still located. In 1978, the EPFL moved to its new campus in Ecublens, a suburb west of Lausanne on the shores of Lake Geneva.
Statistics
In 1946, there were 360 students at the EPUL. In 1969, the EPFL numbered 1'400 students and 55 professors. The university continued to grow rapidly, and in 2002, there were 5'872 students enrolled.
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