Fees

Fees depends on user's category and kind of activity (in CHF)

Category	Charge per hour	Maximum per month	Access per month
Semester & Master Proj.	0.-	-	-
EPFL Research Projects	80.- in general	1600.- (plus extras)	0.-
Companies	80.- in general	40 hours	2000.-
CMI Services	According to estimate	-	-

Some of our special tools have higher fees and are not limited by the monthly cap :

Equipment	EPFL	Ext. Acad.	Company	Serv. Ext. Acad.	Serv. Company
EBPG 5000	150.-	207.-	450.-	240.-	450.-
Nova 600	120.-	120.-	120.-	192.-	240.-

Semester & Master Projects Students

The fees of the standard equipment used by the semester/master students are covered by the teaching budget of the CMI. However, a contribution might be asked, to the unit in charge of the student, for the semester/master projects inducing a strong activity within the CMI. In any case, the special tools and the special consumables are charged to the unit. Only regular semester projects (resulting in EPFL ECTS credits or grades) are considered as semester projects. Other internship projects are charged like PhD projects.

EPFL Researchers and External Academic Users

For the EPFL researchers and for the external academic users, a contractual participation to the consumable expenses will be charged, on a hourly rate of equipment usage (CHF 80.-/hour for the standard tools), with a monthly cap of CHF 1'600.-, in the event of going beyond 20 hours in the use of the equipment. The fees of the special tools are not included in the monthly cap. The costs of the wafers, of the masks, of the precious metals and of the special products are also invoiced separately.

Industrial Users

External users whose company are associated with the CMI (according to the contract with the CMI), and with a project of collaboration with the EPFL, can have direct access to the CMI. In addition to the equipment hourly fees and to the expenses of the consumables, the companies will be charged a monthly contribution of CHF 2000.-, giving a right of access for one person and for one month to the CMI.

CMI Services

Performances of services can be carried out by the members of the staff of the CMI, according to the availability of the people and of the equipment. These services are invoiced on the basis of an estimate.