Let's not kid ourselves: EPFL is a BIG place where it is not always easy to find what you are looking for - especially in the beginning. Fortunately, our kind Webmasters have taken the trouble of collecting all this information just for you!

We invite you to glance at the themes below which are very likely to provide the answers you need. In fact, you may even find useful information you hadn't thought about...

• Everyday life on campus
• Everyday life outside the campus (accommodation, insurance, budget, etc)
  

General information

Information site: a host of useful phone numbers, links and organisation charts
Index edited by class representatives
IT Domain: all about IT, surfing the Web & EPFL authentication
EPFL structure: who does what where?
Academic structure
Synoptic table of services
EPFL Directory
Campus maps: finding your way (even to your lectures)

Getting to EPFL

Transport, parking
Bike Point: support & maintenance centre

Where to eat on campus

Restaurants & canteens
You can pay for your meals with your CAMIPRO card

Shopping

List of shops on campus

IT resources at your disposal

Find out all about the EPFL IT environment
Computer rooms
Private laptops for EPFL students & staff
E-mail & other means of communication
Communicate via the Web: wikis, blogs, etc.
Identification & authentication
IS-Academia - support to CMS, Bachelor & Master students
Access your mailbox wherever you are
E-mail: mailing lists
Directives concerning student use of IT resources

Course schedules

Bachelor & Master course schedules
Doctoral School course schedules

Where to study in peace

The Main Library welcomes you during opening hours
Some libraries have work tables
The whole campus has WiFi access - work anywhere on your laptop
Computer rooms
Espaces Vie et Etude (EVE) - living & studying

Main Library

Main Library: a mine of documentation at your disposal
Services provided by the Library

Course notes & books

Where to find course notes ("polycopiés")
Where to find essential reading on EPFL courses
Where to purchase your books

Printing & copying

The EPFL copy centre: solutions to print & copy your documents
Printing quotas are set independently by each Programme. Please contact the administrator or your class representative.
Printing - reloading and state of your account

Learning languages

Spoken languages on campus
EPFL Language Center
UNIL Tandem Programme

Problem? Need a hand? Need to talk?

(Help) - support and prevention resource network
Not sure you have made the right choice? Thinking about changing track?
List of hospitals and medical centres
Psychotherapeutic consultations

Student representation

AGEpoly - EPFL Student Association
Class representatives

Chaplaincy

La Géode - interreligious area
EPFL chaplaincy

Expressing your opinion

Blogs, forums and other Web tools at your disposal
Flash - the EPFL newsletter
AGEPoly is the official student representation body

Accommodation

Finding or offering accommodation
Student halls of residence
Emergency/temporary accommodation
Cheap supplies
Finding lodgings on the newsgroup

Insurance

Compulsory insurance for students
Find the most reasonable insurance for you
Advice on insurance: taking out Swiss insurance
Exemption from the obligation to use Swiss insurers

Student's budget

Cost of living in Switzerland
Tuition costs at EPFL (Bachelor, Master, PhD, continuing education)
Scholarships/grants
Cheap supplies
Alll you need to know about social insurance
Support towards purchasing a Poseidon laptop

Working while studying

Working while you study
Finding or offering a job
Job offers for assistant students
Working as a PhD student (.pdf)

Studying & family

Childcare
Financial aid
Café-contact - forum for dialogue and exchange
Family reunification
Maternity protection

Classified advertisements

AGEPoly classifieds
Classifieds on the workgroup