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| **EPFL Ranking:** It is very difficult to precisely compare ranking of different universities, but various rankings show certain general trends. Among the recent examples that cover world-wide universities is | **EPFL Ranking:** It is very difficult to precisely compare ranking of different universities, but various rankings show certain general trends. Among the recent examples that cover world-wide universities is | ||
| [[http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/ARWU-FIELD2008/ENG2008.htm|The List of top 100 world universities in Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences]] (cached [[http://lara.epfl.ch/~kuncak/ENG2008.htm|here]]). | [[http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/ARWU-FIELD2008/ENG2008.htm|The List of top 100 world universities in Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences]] (cached [[http://lara.epfl.ch/~kuncak/ENG2008.htm|here]]). | ||
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| + | Switzerland has been repeatedly ranked as world's number one country in terms of innovation by the UN agency World Intellectual Property Index (WIPO). | ||
| For general information see also the {{2008_campus_research_switzerland.pdf|Campus and Research Park Switzerland}} brochure and the [[http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/reps/nameri/vusa/wasemb/scitec/study.html|Studying in Switzerland]] web site. | For general information see also the {{2008_campus_research_switzerland.pdf|Campus and Research Park Switzerland}} brochure and the [[http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/reps/nameri/vusa/wasemb/scitec/study.html|Studying in Switzerland]] web site. | ||
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| * [[http://wikitravel.org/en/Lausanne|Lausanne at Wikitravel]] | * [[http://wikitravel.org/en/Lausanne|Lausanne at Wikitravel]] | ||
| * [[http://ri.epfl.ch/Jahia/site/ri/op/edit/lang/en/pid/63043|Additional Practical Information]] | * [[http://ri.epfl.ch/Jahia/site/ri/op/edit/lang/en/pid/63043|Additional Practical Information]] | ||
| - | * Online news for Switzerland: [[http://www.swissinfo.org|Swissinfo]], [[http://www.swisster.ch/|Swisster]], [[http://www.worldradio.ch/|WorldRadio.ch]] | + | * Online news for Switzerland: [[http://www.swissinfo.org|Swissinfo]], [[http://www.swisster.ch/|Swisster]], [[http://www.worldradio.ch/|WorldRadio.ch]], [[http://www.thelocal.ch/3669/20120703/|thelocal.ch]] |
| **Internship during PhD program:** PhD students at EPFL often have opportunities to pursue summer internships in major research labs throughout the world. LARA encourages its PhD students to pursue summer internships when the internship topic is close to the student's PhD research. | **Internship during PhD program:** PhD students at EPFL often have opportunities to pursue summer internships in major research labs throughout the world. LARA encourages its PhD students to pursue summer internships when the internship topic is close to the student's PhD research. | ||