College of Humanities

Bringing together engineering and the humanities

About the CDH

The College of Humanities (CDH) encourages joint research and educational programs that combine the human and social sciences with engineering, life sciences, natural sciences and the other technical fields taught at EPFL. We work through a variety of teaching, research and public outreach programs as described below.

About the CDH

CDH in brief

This year our school has 74 employees, seven faculty members and 130 teachers, and offers 146 classes on a wide variety of topics. We are also home to two research centers – the Digital Humanities Institute (DHI) and the Institute for Area and Global Studies (IAGS) – as well as EPFL Pavilions and the CDH-Culture program, which puts on a range of artistic and cultural events.

Our teaching, research and public outreach activities are carried out using what we call a POLY-perspective approach based on the principles of:

  1. cross-disciplinary thinking
  2. big-picture awareness
  3. responsible citizenship
  4. creativity
Education at CDH
Research at CDH
Art, culture and society

News

© Justine Willa, ECAL

Defying Gravity: Students shooting for the Moon

— EPFL's Asclepios project invites you to imagine what it would be like to travel to another world through a new exhibition hosted by EPFL Pavilions, in Pavilion A from May 4th through May 23rd. 

CROSS 2022, Responsible Innovation © iStock photo, credits: ihsanyildizli

CROSS program 2022 invites proposals in responsible innovation

— The interdisciplinary Collaborative Research on Science and Society (CROSS) program in the College of Humanities is now accepting project proposals, on the theme of responsible innovation, which unite researchers at EPFL and the University of Lausanne (UNIL).

ScanVan © DHLAB / EPFL

3D models to explore the future of urban digitization

— A multidisciplinary Swiss team explored the future of urban digitization in its theoretical, technical, and legal dimensions by modeling the city of Sion with an innovative ScanVan.

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ArtLab EPFL - photo Adrien Barakat

ArtLab EPFL – photo Adrien Barakat

EPFL Pavilions

Learn more about ArtLab

EPFL Pavilions, located in the middle of EPFL’s Lausanne campus, consists of three pavilions that bring together art, research and technology. The exhibitions held by ArtLab explore the many ways that digital technology and engineering are changing the way we experience art and our cultural heritage. Entry free of charge.

Learn more about ArtLab

CDH events

Defying Gravity

04-05-202123-05-2021

With: [email protected], Nicolas Fournier, Justine Willa
Place and room: EPFL Pavilions A
Category: Exhibitions

Ma thèse en 180 secondes – Finale Suisse

21-05-202121-05-2021

Online: https://go.epfl.ch/MT180finalesuisse.LIVE
Category: Public Science Events

The Rolex Learning Center, the first decade !

25-05-202115-05-2021

Online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNZE1IUPTtk
Category: Cultural events

Apéro-philo #4 – Une vie sans rencontrer les autres est-ce vraiment une vie?

26-05-202126-05-2021

With: Charles Pépin, philosophe. Modération par Anne Laure Gannac, journaliste RTS et au Collège des humanités
Place and room: Zoom
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Games on Campus – Rencontre UNIL-EPFL autour du jeu vidéo

27-05-202127-05-2021

With: TBA
Online: https://www.twitch.tv/clicgamestar
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Newsletter

The newsletter of the College of Humanities appears approximately every two months. It includes upcoming events, the latest news, as well as various news about collaborators and current projects.