Switzerland's 2025 EPFL Excellence Fellowships | Fully Funded Mp3 Download

Switzerland’s 2025 EPFL Excellence Fellowships | Fully Funded

Continue your studies in Switzerland. Good news! EPFL Excellence Fellowships are now accepting applications. We shall go into great depth about this scholarship program, including its advantages and the detailed application procedure, in this post.

International students can apply for fully financed master’s scholarships through the EPFL Excellence Fellowships 2025–2026. These scholarships will cover up to 32,000 CHF in addition to housing, tuition, and visa costs.

A restricted number of Master’s level fellowships are available from EPFL to students who have demonstrated exceptional academic performance. While some fellowships are funded directly by EPFL, others are funded through collaborations with businesses or charities.

With faculty, staff, and students from more than 120 countries, EPFL is the most international technical university in Europe. Focused on its three missions—teaching, research, and technology transfer—EPFL is a vibrant environment that is accessible to Switzerland and the rest of the world.

In order to make a significant impact on society, EPFL collaborates with a wide range of partners, including other academic institutions and technological institutes, secondary schools and colleges, business and the economy, political circles, and the general public.

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Overview of the Scholarship

Study Level: Master’s

Study in Switzerland at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

Depending on the program type, the program period is either 1.5 or 2 years. The opportunity focus areas are Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Engineering, Computer and Communication Sciences, Basic Sciences, Life Sciences, Management of Technology, College of Humanities, and EPFL Middle East.

The deadline is either April 15 or December 15 (each year).

Scholarship Coverage

EPFL Excellence Fellowships provide the recipients with the following 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)
• Fellowship holders will be responsible to cover all expenses on their own (including rents). The fellowship will be paid for 4 semesters maximum (3 semesters for a 90 credits master’s program) provided that the fellowship holder is registered as a regular EPFL student (see section 4.6). No extension is possible, even in case the student decides to take a minor or for any other reason that might extend the duration of studies.

The following requirements must be met in order to be eligible for EPFL Excellence Fellowships:
• All countries in the world are eligible;
• Candidates must have excellent academic records and references;
• Bachelor’s degrees from universities or their equivalents in fields related to EPFL curricula are eligible to apply to one of the EPFL Masters Programs; candidates who already hold a Master’s degree or its equivalent in the program’s field (or a related field) are not eligible.

How to Apply for EPFL Excellence Fellowships?

Please follow below instructions to avail EPFL Excellence Fellowships:

(1) Register through the online application from here.

(2) Fill in the online application.

(3) All documents provided should be in English, French, German or Italian. Please attach a legalized translation of all documents in another language:

A CV.
Your academic certificate (s) or bachelor’s degree (s). You must present your diploma to the Academic Service as soon as you arrive * if you haven’t already.
Every one of your official university graduation transcripts.
A cover letter that is no more than a thousand words. Please provide a brief overview of your educational history and career goals.
The contact information for three academic references, each of whom must write a recommendation letter about you (with the exception of applicants who are already enrolled at another Swiss Federal Institute of Technology or University and who seek a Master’s degree in the same field as their Bachelor’s).
Three referees: Teachers who are aware of your work and potential should write letters of recommendation. If these suggestions are not produced via the electronic application, they will not be accepted and are confidential.
Your passport or identity card.
Your residency permit, if you are a foreign national living in Switzerland.