HUM-292: Énergie et InnovationCe cours propose une introduction aux fondamentaux techniques, sociaux et économiques de l'énergie. On examinera le cas concret de la fusion nucléaire. Comment cette énergie pourrait remodeler notre monde? Comment garantir son acceptabilité, son intégratio ...
MGT-645: From lab to market: key stepsIn this course, participants will learn how to identify and evaluate market opportunities stemming from new technologies. It is targeted to everyone who seeks to create a startup or wants to understand critical steps in the innovation process. ...
MGT-559: Open Innovation LabThe Open Innovation Lab is an experiential, project-based course where students design open innovation strategies with industry partners. Teams tackle strategic challenges proposed by companies at the EPFL Innovation Park, applying classroom concepts to real innovation management problems.
HUM-471: Economic growth and sustainability IThis course examines growth from various angles: economic growth, growth in the use of resources, need for growth, limits to growth, sustainable growth, population growth. Although grounded in economics, it takes up elements from many other disciplines. ...
ME-562: Innovation in and from spaceThe course provides MA students with a strategic understanding of the space sector and how to translate research into industrial applications. It covers space economy, project mngt, leadership, and interdisciplinary innovation, with skills applicable to large transformative projects across sectors.
CIVIL-484: Sustainable bituminous materialsThe course covers materials and technologies for sustainable asphalt pavements, including asphalt design, recycling, as well as recent innovations like carbon-negative and low-temperature asphalt. Students gain skills to evaluate these solutions and oversee their implementation.
MGT-202: Technologie, économie et politique: en face des crisesCe cours traite centralement de l'innovation comme réponse essentielle aux grandes crises de notre temps - ce que l'on appelle aujourd'hui les grands défis sociétaux. Le cours alternera présentations théoriques - notamment fondées sur l'analyse micro-écono ...
HUM-366: Innovations et marchés émergentsLe cours sensibilise les étudiant-es à l'importance des marchés émergents dans le paysage mondial de l'innovation. Il propose des outils de modélisation pour analyser des innovations produits/services dans le contexte des marchés émergents. ...
AR-301(bi): Théorie et critique du projet BA5 (Parabase)In EXFORMA, conceptual and constructive thinking is developed through 3D modeling, AI-generated imagery, and construction detailing. The atelier explores new perspectives on building construction through the reuse of components from outside the architectural field, focusing on innovative techniques.
HUM-226: Bien-être et limites planétairesCe cours approfondit les acquis d'ENV-101 pour mieux comprendre et mettre en œuvre la durabilité : comment transformer la société vers le bien-être pour tous dans les limites écologiques, avec des approches et solutions sectorielles (énergie, bâtiments, mo ...
CS-412: Software securityThis course focuses on software security fundamentals, secure coding guidelines and principles, and advanced software
security concepts. Students learn to assess and understand threats, learn how to design and implement secure software
systems, and get han ...
MGT-201: Introduction to entrepreneurshipThis course provides an introduction to the field of entrepreneurship, in particular the process of new venture creation and the commercialization of technologies. It integrates theories of entrepreneurship with a practical, process-based
project, where st ...
MGT-400: Corporate strategyWhy are some firms more successful than others? This is the fundamental question of strategy. The course aims to familiarize the student with the most important themes relevant for corporate strategy. We will take the a top management perspective to better ...
ENV-470: Development engineeringThis course teaches the fundamentals of technologies for development (Development Engineering) to design, pilot, and deploy appropriate, affordable and robust technologies to address sustainable development challenges and especially those related to extrem ...
MGT-426: Logistique et analyse de la demandeLa logistique, fonction transversale par excellence, intègre toutes les dimensions des processus industriels à ajout de valeur, de l'approvisionnement à la distribution aux clients et au-delà en intégrant le développement durable. Un focus particulier sera ...
ME-422: Multivariable controlThis course covers methods for the analysis and control of systems with multiple inputs and outputs, which are ubiquitous in modern technology and industry. Special emphasis will be placed on discrete-time systems due to their relevance to digital and embe ...
EE-580: Introduction to the design of space mechanismsSpace environment is different from what we can experience on Earth, requiring specific design approaches in order to achieve reliable operations. Engineers must hence face new challenges stimulating their creativity to tackle those particular constraints. ...
ENV-461: Sustainability assessment of urban systemsThis course enables students to think critically about sustainability and to carry out a sustainability assessment based on problems of urban areas. At the end of the course, students are able to develop their own sustainability assessment using the Sustai ...
DH-415: Ethics and law of AIThis master course enables students to sharpen their proficiency in tackling ethical and legal challenges linked to Artificial Intelligence (AI). Students acquire the competence to define AI and identify ethical and legal questions linked to its conception ...
