Lausanne campus

[2] It is served by Lausanne Metro line 1, from four consecutive stations (UNIL-Chamberonne, UNIL-Mouline, UNIL-Sorge and EPFL), and possesses a bicycle sharing system.

In 1946, the citizens of Lausanne voted against a massive airport project ("aéroport vaudois Lausanne-Écublens") on the site.

[3] EPFL was officially founded on 1 January 1969 following the passage of the "Loi sur les Ecoles Polytechniques Fédérales"/"Law regarding Federal Polytechnic Institutes" in 1968.

At that time, EPFL started the process of moving its campus from Lausanne to the new site at Ecublens-Dorigny.

The campus also features the Napoleon Oak, a magnificent tree which has stood at its current location since 1800.

The EPFL , on the west part of the Lausanne campus, on the shore of Lake Geneva
A building of the University of Lausanne , towards the east of the Lausanne campus
The main library of the EPFL, the Learning Center
The campus, seen from the west, before the construction of the Swiss Tech Convention Center
The circular "Vortex" building which housed the Olympic village of the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics and is now a student residence.
Aerial view of what was to become the Lausanne campus (1960)