A set of courses for transversal skills, approved by the EPFL Doctoral Commission (Cdoct), is open to all doctoral programs
Transversal Skills Courses 2023-24
EDOC General and external courses
Cours
Langue
Examen
Crédits
Academic Writing for Doctoral Students (1) (Registration via Language Centre EPFL (UNIL) CdL only
)
ENG-627 / Section EDOC-GE
Various lecturers
EN
Written
2
Academic Writing for Doctoral Students (2) (Registration via Language Centre EPFL (UNIL) CdL only)
ENG-628 / Section EDOC-GE
Various lecturers
EN
Written
2
Coaching for Communicating in English in an Academic Context (Registration via Language Centre EPFL (UNIL) CdL only)
ENG-635 / Section EDOC-GE
Various lecturers
EN
Written & Oral
1
Communication for Research Engineers (Next time Fall 2023 : Oct 23, 24, 27, 30 (9h15-12h) / Oct 31 (9h15-11h) / Nov 13-16 (9h15-12h) / Nov 17 (9h15-11h))
CIVIL-607 / Section EDOC-GE
EN
Written & Oral
2
EN
Written
2
Entrepreneurial Opportunity Identification and Exploitation (Next time: Fall 2023
Registration for PhD via IS-Academia, for MA https://go.epfl.ch/registering-courses-exams)
ENG-632 / Section EDOC-GE
EN
Oral presentation
2
How to prepare successful Grant proposals (Please fill out this form to enroll:
https://forms.gle/CrMjLSeZHCLbNh8z6)
ENG-610 / Section EDOC-GE
EN
Project report
1
Innosuisse Business Concept (FALL) (Next courses and Registration: https://www.science2market.ch/training. Application through link mandatory.)
MGT-642(a) / Section EDOC-GE
Various lecturers
EN
Project report
4
Innosuisse Business Concept (SPRING) (Next courses and Registration: https://www.science2market.ch/training. Application through link mandatory.)
MGT-642(b) / Section EDOC-GE
Various lecturers
EN
Project report
4
Lecturing and Presenting in Engineering (For PhD via IS-Academia, for Master students https://go.epfl.ch/registering-courses-exams)
ENG-629 / Section EDOC-GE
EN
Project report
2
Ma thèse en 180 secondes (Next time: Fall 2023 // Registration via: https://go.epfl.ch/mt180 )
ENG-626 / Section EDOC-GE
Various lecturers
FR/EN
Oral presentation
1
MINTT: Management of Innovation and technology transfer (EDOC) (Registration via mintt's website (mintt.epfl.ch) //)
ENG-623 / Section EDOC-GE
EN
Project report
3
Motion Design for Science (This is an introductory course to motion design for science. You do not need to have experience in the software, except for the tasks listed under Learning Prerequisites.)
ENG-640 / Section EDOC-GE
EN
Oral presentation
1
Practical in venture capital (February 20th 2023 - December 20th 2023)
MICRO-633 / Section EDOC-GE
EN
Multiple
3
Presenting Research in English (Registration via Language Centre EPFL (UNIL) CdL)
ENG-630 / Section EDOC-GE
Various lecturers
EN
Oral presentation
1
Producing evidence that makes sense to policy (Cancelled in 2023-2024)
ENG-638 / Section EDOC-GE
EN
Term paper
2
Science and Engineering Teaching and Learning - FALL (Flexible course with both online and on-campus components. PhD register via IS-Academia, for Master students https://go.epfl.ch/registering-courses-exams)
ENG-624(a) / Section EDOC-GE
EN
Oral
2
Science and Engineering Teaching and Learning - SPRING (Flexible course with both online and on-campus components. PhD register via IS-Academia, for Master students https://go.epfl.ch/registering-courses-exams)
ENG-624(b) / Section EDOC-GE
EN
Oral
2
EN
Oral presentation
1
Supervising Students in Projects (Next time: Spring 2024 // This course REQUIRES that you are supervising students working on a project during the same period as this course)
ENG-633 / Section EDOC-GE
EN
Oral
1
Teaching STEM: a problem solving approach - FALL (Teaching assistants in First Year courses are the intended audience for this course - please contact the instructors if you are not currently involved in such a course.)
ENG-644(a) / Section EDOC-GE
EN
Project report
2
Teaching STEM: a problem solving approach - SPRING (Teaching assistants in First Year courses are the intended audience for this course - please contact the instructors if you are not currently involved in such a course.)
ENG-644(b) / Section EDOC-GE
EN
Project report
2
Technology and Public Policy - Technology and innovation policies for grand and global challenges (Next time: Spring 2024)
MGT-641 / Section EDOC-GE
EN
Term paper
2
Videomaking for science communication (Next time: February 21-23, 2024)
ENG-608 / Section EDOC-GE
Invited lecturers, Milanese
EN
Oral presentation
1