EPFL
EPFL International Relations
Marius Burgat
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EPFL
Facts & Figures
EPFL today
Campus
9’306
355
2’809
Budget
Students including PhD students (2012)
Faculties
Staff *
570 Mio CHF from the Swiss Confederation
219 Mio CHF external funding
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*Scientific and administrative staff, Faculty and PhD students not
included
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EPFL – Korea:
Cooperations
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Agreements KAIST-EPFL
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General MoU (Research, Stud. exch,…) -> August 2011 - August 2016
– Cooperation Implementation Guidelines (Lifes Sciences) -> Sept 2013Sept 2017
– Cooperation Implementation Guidelines (Engineering&Communication
Sciences) -> Sept 2013-Sept 2017
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MoU in the Area of Technology Transfer -> Janv 2014-….
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KAIST-EPFL: Recent actions
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17-18 April 2012, Seoul: SNU-KAIST-ETHZ-EPFL Joint Symposium on
Biomedical Engineering
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15 October 2013: Prof De Micheli and Prof Leblebici have participated as
guests in the "KAIST International Presidential Forum on Global Research
Universities" in Seoul, upon invitation of President Steve Kang.
http://forum.kaist.ac.kr/.
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17-18 October 2013: The Nano-Tera delegation consisting of profs. De
Micheli, Aberer, Leblebici, Ryser, Atienza, Benini, and Huang visited KAIST
campus in Deajeon, and gave a series of seminars in the workshop hosted
by the KAIST Center for Integrated Smart Sensors (CISS).
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18-19 November 2013: KAIST Life Sciences & Bioengineering delegation at
EPFL: connection scientists and discussion about cooperations.
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KAIST-EPFL: Actions to come
• April - September 2014: Two PhD students of Prof Chang Yoo
(KAIST) are invited to visit the laboratories of Prof Leblebici and Prof
Fua, for joint research collaboration.
• Symposium in May 2014, in Life Science, in SEOUL, organized by
the Swiss Embassy, EPFL professors invited
• In line with the Agreement signed in Life Sciences in 2013, following
the meeting at EPFL in November, the Symposium to be organized
at KAIST, in the fall 2014
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EPFL and Korea
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Scientific Workshop / Symposium
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EPFL and Korea
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Scientific Workshop / Symposium
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