Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Switzerland
General and ranking details of the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) to choose your career path in the research area can be found here.
Vision: Materials and Technologies for a Sustainable Future
As an interdisciplinary research institute of the ETH Domain, Empa (German acronym for Eidgenössische Materialprüfungs- und Forschungsanstalt), the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, conducts cutting-edge materials and technology research.
Our research and development activities focus on meeting the requirements of industry and the needs of society, and thus link applications-oriented research to the practical implementation of new ideas in the areas of:
- nanostructured,
- “smart” materials and surfaces,
- energy,
- sustainable building and environmental technologies,
- medical technology and solutions for personalized medicine.
Empa – The Place where Innovation Starts
So that Switzerland will continue to lead the global innovation rankings in the future – Gian-Luca Bona / CEO Empa