EPFL takes 3e place at IPT

© 2022 EPFL

© 2022 EPFL

The EPFL team of students wins 3rd place in the International Physicists' Tournament.

The international final of the International Physicists' Tournament took place in Bucamaranga, Colombia, from 9 to 15 May 2022. Fifteen teams from the best universities in the world challenged each other during six days with exciting Physics Fights. The EPFL team was 3rd after the first selection phase and then brilliantly won its semi-final before Poland and Sweden. In the final on Friday 13 May, after 3 very high level physics fights, the EPFL team obtained a great 3rd place behind Brazil, represented by Unicamp in Campinas, and France represented by the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris. Congratulations to the whole team and to their coaches Jean Philippe Ansermet and Jean Marie Fürbringer.