MGT-454: Principles of microeconomicsThe course allows students to get familiarized with the basic tools and concepts of modern microeconomic analysis. Based on graphical reasoning and analytical calculus, it constantly links to real economic issues. ...
MGT-431: Information: strategy & economicsIntroduction to the economics of information and its strategic ramifications. The main objectives are to use economic theory to understand strategic interactions in the presence of uncertainty, estimate the value of information, and to analyze competitive ...
EE-570: Power system restructuring and deregulationThis course presents different types and mechanisms of electricity markets. It addresses in particular their impacts on power/distribution systems operation and consequently the appropriate strategies capable to ensure a secure and reliable functioning. ...
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-414: Technology & innovation strategyThis course focuses on the economic and organizational conditions that shape technological innovation by firms. The intent is for students to learn core concepts that can make innovation initiatives within a firm more successful, and to then apply those c ...
ENV-471: Environmental economicsIntroduction to economic analysis applied to environmental issues: all the necessary basic concepts, including cost-benefit analysis, for environmental policy making and its instruments (examples: climate, waste, mobility). Introduction to financial calcul ...
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 ...
MGT-410: Applied corporate & industry analysisThe intent of this project is to encourage interchange between students and their mentors. Each student, in consultation with her or his mentor, will choose a company that the student will analyze in context of its primary industry. The company may be that ...
MGT-494: Economics for challenging timesThis course analyzes socio-economic issues related to poverty, inequalities, climate change, globalization, migration, AI, etc. We teach students how to analyze data using quantitative methods in economics and develop solutions compatible with the function ...
BIO-510: IGEMAn interdisciplinary EPFL student team will design and build genetic circuits with novel functionalities. Students learn to develop a project and carry it out to completion in a concrete manner. Their creativity and critical thinking are highly encouraged. ...
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. ...
MGT-401: Strategic marketing & technology commercializationThis course teaches students the power of building and implementing marketing strategies in order to help businesses to commercialize successfully their technological innovations.
It offers a large overview of modern marketing and is not suited for stude ...
MGT-200: Economic thinkingThis course introduces frameworks, concepts and tools to understand the economic dimensions of the world we live in. The course includes applications to real-world situations and events. Assessment is through group projects. The course is divided into two ...
AR-154: Histoire et théories de l'environnement ILe cours vise a familiariser les etudiants avec l'histoire de l'environnement et des paysages, et avec la maniere dont les preoccupations environnementales amenent a repenser aujourd'hui le sens et les principes de l'architecture et des disciplines de pr ...
MGT-650: Sciencepreneurship: Sustainability & AlThis summer school provides its students with the necessary tools and network to identify and develop the social impact of
research-grounded innovation. Throughout the course, they work in small teams to develop a science-based business concept and present ...
MGT-421: Essentials of for-profit & hybrid entrepreneurshipThis course provides an introduction to the topic of entrepreneurship in for-profit and hybrid settings (social and sustainability goals). The course integrates theories of entrepreneurship with a practical, process-based project in which students develop ...
ENV-610: Ecological economicsThis course is an introduction to economic theory applied to environmental issues. It presents the methods used to assess environmental impacts and natural resources as well as environmental regulation instruments. It then broadens the analysis to ecologic ...
HUM-387: How technology shapes the workplace of the futureArtificial intelligence, big data, and advances in computing power have triggered a technological revolution that may have enormous bearing on the workplace and the labor market. This course provides you with tools to analyze these developments, and discus ...
MGT-486: Strategy & disruption IIThis course will be a follow up of the course given in the previous semester. We will explore how firms can develop innovative strategies in order to both develop competitive advantage and reach collective objectives of contributing to a more sustainable a ...
