To reward the most outstanding students who are beginning their Master’s studies, EPFL offers a limited number of excellence fellowships, along with guaranteed housing, to candidates who have achieved remarkable academic results and who distinguish themselves in extracurricular activities, whether sporting, artistic, civic, or entrepreneurial.
About the EPFL Excellence Fellowship
Country: Switzerland
- University Name: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
- Degree Level: Masters
- Financial Benefits: Fully Funded
- Number of Awards: Not disclosed
- Application Deadline: 15th April 2024
The EPFL Excellence Fellowship Benefits
- CHF 10’000 per semester
- Reservation of a student room in a student residence
- A certificate of excellence (at the end of the master’s program)
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Eligibility Requirements
- Applicants applying to EPFL for a Masters program are eligible
- from all nationalities are welcome to apply
- Applicants should demonstrate outstanding academic achievement
- Cumulating this fellowship with other substantial scholarships is not possible
- Candidates are required to declare all the scholarships they receive during their master’s (see section 4.2). If the master’s at EPFL is a second master’s degree, candidates are not eligible for an excellence fellowship.
Application Documents
All documents should be in English, French, German, or Italian
- Your resumé (curriculum vitae).
- Copy of your University degree(s), if already available.
- Complete transcripts from each university you have attended.
- A statement of purpose.
- The contact details of three academic referees, who will each be asked to produce a recommendation letter for you (except for holders of an EPFL Bachelor’s degree, and those who hold a Bachelor’s degree from ETH Zürich or a Swiss university or FHS/HES and are applying for a Master’s program in the same field of study).
- Your identity card or passport.
- Extra documents, such as TOEFL or GRE scores, research publications, or other portfolios of your previous work, are welcome but not compulsory.
- The additional requirement to apply for Architecture: a work portfolio is also required and must be uploaded to a dedicated web server.
- All accepted candidates will be required to have certified academic documents sent before their matriculation at EPFL.
- Statement of purpose. The statement of purpose should not exceed 1000 words.
How to apply
Applicants can apply for the fellowship alongside their master’s Program with the same application form
You can find out more about this scholarship here
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