"It's not Balelec every day at EPFL - but have fun!"

On Friday, EPFL held its Welcome Day for the school's 1,955 new Bachelor's students and the 223 students taking the Special Mathematics Course (CMS). They were formally welcomed at the Swiss Tech Convention Center before heading off to check out the campus - where they'll spend the next five years of their life. Four days before classes start, EPFL's 1,955 new Bachelor's students and 223 CMS students* were invited to the Swiss Tech Convention Center. "This is a key day for you and an important one for me, because I wanted to be here to welcome you to EPFL," said Martin Vetterli, who also spoke to the students about their social and ethical responsibilities in a world where technology is changing all the time. "EPFL is agile, dynamic and innovative, and we foster a strong culture of excellence - and I don't mean just technically but also as humans. We are training a high-potential group of students. If you succeed, we have done our job," he said, before wishing them luck with their studies.