The EPFL Excellence Research Internship Program (ERIP) 2024

The EPFL Excellence Research Internship Program (ERIP) offers laboratory internships of three months to outstanding students. Candidate have to be enrolled in the program partner universities from North America and Singapore, regardless of nationality. (see list of partners below)

Partner universities

The following institutions from North America and Singapore have a partnership with the Excellence Research Internship Program that includes structured research internship opportunities. Students from these universities only are eligible to apply to this specific program.

If you are studying in an institution in North America and Singapore that is not in the list please contact us by email to verify your eligibility. We have ongoing discussions with several other institutions in these regions.

Canada

• McGill University
• University of British Columbia
• University of Toronto
• University of Waterloo

Singapore

• Nanyang Technological University – NTU Singapore

United States

• Carnegie Mellon University
• Johns Hopkins University
• University California San Diego
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Students coming from the above universities must be nominated by their home institution, except for McGill University.

• Table of Content
• About Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne (EPFL)
• EPFL Excellence Research Internship Program (ERIP)
• Aim and Benefits of EPFL Excellence Research Internship Program (ERIP)
• Requirements for EPFL Excellence Research Internship Program (ERIP) Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for EPFL Excellence Research Internship Program (ERIP)
• Documents Required for Application
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne (EPFL)

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EPFL Excellence Research Internship Program (ERIP)

Aim and Benefits of EPFL Excellence Research Internship Program (ERIP)

Scholarship benefits not specified

Requirements for EPFL Excellence Research Internship Program (ERIP) Qualification

Excellent students (top 10%) at the Bachelor’s level are accepted, and applicants must:

• have at least completed their 2nd year of Bachelor’s degree (undergraduate) when they start the internship
• be enrolled as regular students at their home university during the whole length of the internship
• come from one of our program’s partner universities (see list of partners below)
• be nominated by their home institution international exchange office (exception made from some institutions in the list below)

Internships are generally three months long and should be part of the student curriculum.
Longer internships are accepted if they are part of the student’s home university-accredited projects. In this case, a proof must be attached to the application form.

Interview date, Process and Venue for EPFL Excellence Research Internship Program (ERIP)

The EPFL Central Admission Committee will review all complete applications in December and shortlist successful candidates. Shortlisting decisions will be communicated by the end of December.

Applications will then be submitted to the laboratories for final selection and recruitment. Laboratories are free to conduct interviews and successful candidates will receive an email of full acceptance to the Excellence Research Internship Program.

Documents Required for Application

The applications must contain the following documents and information:

• Curriculum vitae 
• Motivation letter – detailed info below
• Official transcripts – detailed info below
• Contact details of two references – detailed info below
• Scan of your passport in PDF format
• Choice of three EPFL laboratories – detailed info below

Timeline for the internship is flexible between May and September, but placement is linked to lab availability.

Incomplete and late applications will not be considered.

Detailed information

Motivation letterOfficial transcriptsReference lettersChoice of EPFL laboratories

Application Deadline

How to Apply

Students must be nominated by their home institution in order to participate to the Excellence Research Internship Program (except for McGill University).

This concretely means that you must reach out first to your Study Abroad/International Office and get selected by them before we could consider your application file.

Application is now open. The application deadline is on November 30th, 2023.

For more details visit: EPFL website.