EPFL introduces a new excellence program for PhD students

This spring, the new EPFL PhD Excellence Programme will get under way. There is space for 45 PhD students, and applications are being accepted now. This new program aims to prepare EPFL PhD graduates for a bright future - not only as scientists and engineers, but also as engaged, active leaders of society. It's also intended to help PhD students who plan to go into the business world make the transition from academia. The program is open to all EPFL PhD students who passed their candidacy exam at the start of their PhD studies. It includes a series of classes that go beyond the technical topics typically covered in the School's PhD programs, so as to equip students with key transferable skills. The curriculum includes leadership training by professional coaches as well as courses on charisma in scientific fields, management, communication, legal affairs, technology transfer and risk management.