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SMT Study Plan & Rules

Course overview per semester

1st semester (MA1 – 30 ECTS)

Bloc 1 : Technology (12 ECTS)

Bloc 2: Economics & Management (9 ECTS)

Bloc 3 : Transferable Skills & Group Project (6 ECTS)

Group : Leadership competencies – development & integration (3 ECTS) 

2nd semester (MA 2 – 30 ECTS)

Bloc 1 : Technology (15 ECTS)

Bloc 2 : Economics & Management (12 ECTS)

Group : Leadership competencies – development & integration (3 ECTS)

3rd semester (MA3 – 30 ECTS)

Bloc 2 : Economics & Management (3 ECTS)

Bloc 3 : Transferable Skills & Group Project (13 ECTS)

  • Communication for impact
  • Transformative project                                  

Bloc 4 : Electives (14 ECTS)

  • Choice of courses

Important information – Fall semester 2025-26

When courses are tagged “no withdrawal” (“sans retrait”) on the study plan, withdrawal is not allowed once the registration deadline has passed.

Please note that some courses are taught on EPFL campus, others on UNIL or IMD campuses; and some courses have special schedules!

The following courses are taught in “block” – please check in advance the exact dates, time and location:

  • MA1 / MGT-475 Strategy, sustainability and innovation (Prof Bonardi & Bouquet) / IMD Campus from 8h30-12h30
  • MA1 / MGT-476 Improve your personal effectiveness (Prof Mischke & Pfluger) / IMD Campus during integration week and later in the semester
  • MA1 / MGT-487 Complex Problem solving in organizations (Prof. A. Chevallier) / IMD Campus from 8h30-12h30
  • MA1 / MGT-495 Introduction to ethics & critical thinking (Prof. G.Palazzo) / IMD Campus from 8h30-12h30
  • MA3 elective / MGT-540 Advanced sustainable accounting and finance (Prof. G.Markarian)
    Course given from the week of 03.11.2025 until the end of the semester, on Tuesdays 13h15-17h00. Exercise sessions on Thursdays 8h15 – 10h on the same weeks; please check the schedule.
  • MA3 / MGT-545 Communication for impact (Prof Cairns-Lee) / IMD Campus from 8h30-12h30
  • MA3 / MGT-556 ESG accounting and reporting (Prof Hoos & Melloni) / IMD Campus from 8h30-12h30

Please note that the following SMT courses, given on IMD Campus, are only open to students admitted to the SMT master program:

  • MGT-475 Strategy, sustainability and innovation
  • MGT-476 Improve your personal effectiveness
  • MGT-487 Complex problem solving in organizations
  • MGT-545 Communication for impact
  • MGT-556 ESG accounting and reporting

Please note that the following SMT courses, given on UNIL Campus, are only open to students admitted to the SMT master program:

  • MGT-499 Data Science & Causal Inference for Sustainability
  • HEC-500 Business and society – Corporate Responsibility
  • HEC-501 Risk Analytics
  • HEC-502 Social innovation lab

Sustainable Management and Technology 2025-26

Block 1: Technology Courses

Courses
Language
Master 1
Master 2
Master 3
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
Data Science & Causal Inference for Sustainability (Courses given on UNIL Campus, open to EPFL students)
MGT-499 / Section MTE
Chiarotti, Gallea
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
-
Winter session
During the semester
4
Data science and machine learning
MGT-502 / Section MTE
Vlachos
EN
-
  • Courses: 3h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Summer session
During the semester
5
Energy supply, economics and transition
ENG-410 / Section SIE
Ballif, Binder, Thalmann
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
-
Summer session
Written
2
Environmental assessment and reporting
MGT-504 / Section MTE
Friot
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Course based project: 1h
-
Summer session
During the semester
4
Science of climate change
ENV-410 / Section SIE
Schmale
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Course based project: 1h
-
-
Winter session
Written
4
Sustainable logistics operations
MGT-530 / Section MTE
Gallay
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Course based project: 2h
-
Summer session
During the semester
4
Technology, sustainability and public policy
MGT-450 / Section MTE
Aklin
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
-
Winter session
Written
4

Block 2: Economics & Management

Courses
Language
Master 1
Master 2
Master 3
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
Economics for challenging times
MGT-494 / Section MTE
Gallea, Laurent-Lucchetti, Thoenig
EN
  • Courses: 4h
  • Course based project: 2h
-
-
Winter session
Oral
6
ESG accounting and reporting ( Courses given on IMD Campus. MA3 only)
MGT-556 / Section MTE
Hoos, Melloni
EN
-
-
  • Courses: 1.71h
Winter session
During the semester
3
Marketing & sustainability in a digital world (Courses given on IMD Campus)
MGT-532 / Section MTE
Dalsace
EN
-
  • Courses: 1.71h
-
Summer session
During the semester
3
Strategy, sustainability and innovation (Courses given on IMD Campus.)
MGT-475 / Section MTE
Bonardi, Bouquet
EN
  • Courses: 1.71h
-
-
Winter session
During the semester
3
Sustainable & entrepreneurial finance (Courses given in UNIL Campus)
FIN-429 / Section MTE
Jondeau, Mitali
EN
-
  • Courses: 4h
-
Summer session
During the semester
5
Systems thinking
MGT-505 / Section MTE
Nick
EN
-
  • Courses: 3h
  • Course based project: 1h
-
Summer session
During the semester
4

Block 3: Transferable Skills & Group Project

Courses
Language
Master 1
Master 2
Master 3
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
Communication for impact (Courses given on IMD Campus.)
MGT-545 / Section MTE
Cairns-Lee
EN
-
-
  • Courses: 2.29h
Winter session
During the semester
3
Complex problem solving in organizations (Courses given on IMD Campus.)
MGT-487 / Section MTE
Chevallier
EN
  • Courses: 1.71h
-
-
Winter session
During the semester
3
Introduction to ethics & critical thinking (Courses given on IMD Campus.)
MGT-495 / Section MTE
Palazzo
EN
  • Courses: 1.71h
-
-
Winter session
During the semester
3
Transformative project
MGT-535 / Section MTE
Profs divers
EN
-
-
  • Individual project: 10h
Winter session
During the semester
10

Block 4: Electives

Courses
Language
Master 1
Master 2
Master 3
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
Advanced sustainable accounting and finance (Pas donné en 2025-26. MTE-SMT Students : MA3 only )
MGT-540 / Section MTE
EN
-
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
Winter session
During the semester
3
Applied ecology
ENV-422 / Section SIE
Grossiord
EN
-
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • TP: 1h
  • Course based project: 1h
Winter session
During the semester
4
Business and society - corporate sustainability (Courses given on UNIL Campus, only available to SMT students)
HEC-500 / Section MTE
EN
-
-
  • Courses: 4h
During the semester
6
Energy conversion and renewable energy
ME-409 / Section GM
Maréchal, Nguyen
EN
-
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Course based project: 1h
Winter session
Written
4
Information security & digital trust (Pas donné en 2025-26** In automne 2023-24 - only in MA3 for students cohort 2022-24)
MGT-493 / Section MTE
EN
-
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
Winter session
Written
4
Innovation for construction and the environment
CIVIL-424 / Section GC
Terzis
EN
-
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
Winter session
During the semester
3
Legal aspect of sustainability & digitalisation ( Pas donné en 2025-26 Courses given on UNIL Campus. MA3 only)
MGT-536 / Section MTE
EN
-
-
  • Courses: 3h
  • Course based project: 1h
Winter session
During the semester
4
Material flow analysis and resource management
ENV-501 / Section SIE
Binder, Felix Martin Del Campo
EN
-
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Course based project: 1h
Winter session
Written
4
Nature finance (MTE-SMT Students : MA3 only )
MGT-541 / Section MTE
Coutu
EN
-
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Course based project: 1h
Winter session
During the semester
3
Risk analytics (Courses given on UNIL Campus, only available to SMT students)
HEC-501 / Section MTE
Profs divers
EN
-
-
  • Courses: 4h
Winter session
During the semester
6
Social innovation Lab (Courses given on UNIL Campus, only available to SMT students)
HEC-502 / Section MTE
Gallay, Profs divers
EN
-
-
  • Courses: 2h
Winter session
During the semester
3
Sustainability in the global context (MTE-SMT Students : MA3 only )
MGT-470 / Section MTE
Baldwin
EN
-
-
  • Courses: 2h
Winter session
Written
4
Sustainable transformation and future-fit business
MGT-546 / Section MTE
Headon, Normand
EN
-
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Course based project: 1h
Winter session
During the semester
3
Value chain management in practice
MGT-417 / Section MTE
Riboni
EN
-
-
  • Courses: 3h
Winter session
During the semester
4
Water and sanitation for development
ENV-402 / Section SIE
LĂŒthi
EN
-
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
Winter session
Written
3

Group: Leadership competencies - development & integration

Courses
Language
Master 1
Master 2
Master 3
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
Improve your group effectiveness (Courses given on IMD Campus.)
MGT-477 / Section MTE
Mischke Jaep, Pfluger
EN
-
  • Courses: 2.29h
-
Summer session
During the semester
3
Improve your personal effectiveness (Courses given on IMD Campus.)
MGT-476 / Section MTE
Mischke Jaep, Pfluger
EN
  • Courses: 2.29h
-
-
Winter session
During the semester
3

Master project

Courses
Language
MP Autumn
MP Spring
Specialisations/Orientations
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
Master project in sustainable management and technology
MGT-589 / Section MTE
Profs divers
EN
  • Individual project: 900h
  • Individual project: 900h
Winter/Summer session
Oral
30