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The Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes (PPUR, literally "Polytechnic and university press of French-speaking Switzerland") is a
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academic publishing house. It is based in
Lausanne , neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR-74), ...
, on the
Lausanne campus The Lausanne campus or Dorigny university campus (French: ''campus lausannois'' or ''campus de Dorigny'') is a large area in Switzerland where the University of Lausanne (UNIL), the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and several o ...
, in the Rolex Learning Center.http://www.ppur.org (page visited on 11 October 2013). The Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes has an English-language imprint called EPFL Press.


Publications

The Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes publish « Le savoir suisse » (literally "The Swiss knowledge"). This series was created in 2002 in collaboration with Bertil Galland. Between 2002 and 2012, it edited 88 books and sold 150'000 copies (in French).Nicolas Dufour, "La collection « Le Savoir suisse » vise d'autres terres", ''
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'', Thursday 1 November 2012.
28 of these books were translated, mainly in German.


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Official website
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