Programme SHS
Photographs taken by Claire Hennel, Madeleine Hueber, and Mélinda Pereira as part of the Graphic Design SHS course at ECAL with Tamara Niklaus and Denis Roueche. Graphic design by Blaise Magnenat.
The Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) program is an integral part of EPFL’s curriculum. It enriches students’ education by providing them with a deeper understanding of human and societal issues, which is essential to a global view of the world.
Its mission is based on two complementary areas: providing the keys to understanding social realities that inform the choices and actions of engineers and scientists, and developing the interpersonal skills that enhance their effectiveness and the quality of their work.
Thanks to an inter-institutional partnership, EPFL offers its students a choice of nearly 150 courses covering a wide range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. These cross-disciplinary skills will serve as a compass for engineers, guiding students throughout their professional careers.
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→ Teaching Commission
→ Brochure pdf
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Testimonials from students and teachers
SHSKENDITU?: The SHS program explained by students
The College of Humanities met with a few students to ask them to explain what SHS is and to get their opinions on the subject.
Foucault’s pendulum: demonstrating the Earth’s rotation!
As part of the “Experimental History of Science” course, students reproduced Léon Foucault’s 1851 experiment at the Panthéon in Paris in the MED hall. The aim was to study the experiment and compare the opinions of spectators nearly two centuries apart!