Graduation Day – Magistrale – Saturday 1 October 2022

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The graduation day was held on October 1, 2022 at the SwissTech Convention Center, in the presence of the Federal Councillor Simonetta Sommaruga.
Pictures
- Selection of pictures from the ceremony (internal link)
- Pictures from the ceremony
- Selection of pictures from the graduation ceremonies
- Pictures from the graduation ceremonies – All sections
ℹ️ Information
9:30 am |
Door opening |
10:30 am | Opening of the ceremony, Martin Vetterli, President of EPFL |
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Speech by the Federal Councillor Simonetta Sommaruga Awarding of the Honoris Causa doctorates
Academic Awards
Alumni Awards
Art performance, Merritt Moore, physicist and dancer Programme of the section ceremonies Night of the Magistrale |
Please present your ticket and a valid ID when signing in. Graduating students and their guests must register at the same time, indicating the student’s family name.
Tickets are personal and non-transferable. Because of the carefully planned seating arrangements, you cannot bring additional guests or use another graduating student’s tickets.
You were not able to attend your graduation ceremony? Here is some information:
- Your diploma will be sent to you by registered mail by the end of November.
- You can still pick up your gift at the Esplanade reception desk from Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm. If you are unable to come yourself, it is possible to send someone in your place.
The EPFL campus can easily be accessed by public transport, and we invite you to prioritise this mean of travelling, as parking spaces are limited in numbers.
The EPFL access page lists all available options to access the campus.
If you come by car, please find the access map to the parking
The graduation ceremony of the EPFL students of the year 2020-2021 was held in the presence of the President of the Confederation, Guy Parmelin.
We thank and congratulate the 1179 graduates.
To view photos of the ceremony: https://mediatheque.epfl.ch/
The Docteur Honoris Causa was attributed to :
- Lorraine Daston, Director of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Germany
- Soumya Swaminathan, Deputy Director General of Programmes (DDP) at the World Health Organization
The Alumni Awards was attributed to :
- Claudia Clopath, Professor of Computational Neuroscience, Imperial College London, UK
- Pierre-Alain Ruffieux, CEO of Lonza Group, Switzerland