About the programme
EPFL offers excellence fellowships to students starting a Bachelor's degree who hold a Swiss high-school maturity diploma or a Swiss vocational maturity diploma (CMS). Selection rewards outstanding results and engagement both in school and in extracurricular activities such as arts, sports, civic or entrepreneurial involvement. Selected candidates present their maturity project or another subject before an EPFL professor jury.
Duration: 3 years
Eligibility
- Hold a Swiss high-school maturity diploma or Swiss vocational maturity diploma (CMS)
- Starting a Bachelor's degree at EPFL
- Final-year high-school students must tick the fellowship box on the Bachelor application form before 30 April and submit the requested application file
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What they look for
- Outstanding results and engagement throughout pre-university studies, including extracurricular activities
- Motivation to pursue scientific interests and demanding studies
What you receive
- CHF 10,000 over three years
- Guaranteed housing on request
- Access to the McCall MacBain Leadership Development Program
What you will need
- Application file requested on the Bachelor application form
- Maturity project or chosen subject for presentation (if shortlisted)
How to apply
- Tick the fellowship box on the Bachelor application form before 30 April
- Submit the application file
- Shortlisted candidates give a five-minute presentation and answer questions before an EPFL professor jury
Applications are submitted on EPFL’s own site. Open Doors helps you prepare; it is not the official application portal.
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Source and verification
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- EPFL
- Last checked
- 11 Nov 2026, read automatically from the official page
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