The Vice Presidency for Innovation at EPFL is dedicated to this role and, in particular, to the development of platforms for interaction between EPFL researchers and students, and business and industry.
The VPI is in charge of the deployment of the Switzerland Innovation Park Network West EPFL, which is closely linked to the expansion of EPFL’s other campuses. It is the interface with industrial milieus, in particular through the EPFL Innovation Park, a place of interaction and proximity between companies – start-ups and large enterprises – and the campus.
To promote technology transfer and the commercialization of its research, the Vice Presidency for Innovation has put in place a set of instruments and measures to encourage entrepreneurship as well as students’ entrepreneurial spirit.