Study Plan MTE

Important information – Autumn semester 2020-2021

1. Note that for some courses, withdrawal is not allowed once the registration deadline has passed. These courses are tagged “no withdrawal” (“sans retrait”) on the study plan and will be highlighted with an alert in the registration tab on is-academia.
2. The course “Financial & Managerial Accounting” will be taught on Wednesday 14h15-16h and on Thursday 13h15-16h, on the following dates: Wednesday: 23.9 – 30.9 – 7.10 – 21.10 – 28.10 – 4.11 – 25.11 – 2.12. Thursday: 17.9 – 24.9 – 1.10 – 8.10 – 22.10 – 29.10 – 5.11 – 26.11 – 3.12.
3. The course “Accounting for Finance” will be taught on Thursday 9h15-12h, on the following dates: 17.9 – 24.9 – 1.10 – 8.10 – 22.10 – 29.10 – 5.11 – 26.11 – 3.12.
4. The course “Intercultural Presentation Skills” will be given twice (on Thursday 14h15-18h and on Friday 8h15-12h), and taught over the first 7 weeks of the semester (Thursday class: from 17.9 to 29.10; Friday class: from 18.9 to 30.10).
5. The course “Negotiation Techniques” will be taught on Friday 13h15-16h, on the following dates: 18.9 – 25.9 – 9.10 – 16.10 – 30.10 – 13.11 – 27.11 – 4.12 – 11.12.
6. The course “Technology Policy & the Energy Transition” will be taught on Friday, 9h15-12h, over the last 7 weeks of the semester (from 6.11 to 18.12).

Management, technologie et entrepreneuriat 2020-21   

Master project

Courses

Code

 

Programs

 

Lecturers

 

Specialisation

Master 1 

l

e

p

Master 2 

l

e

p

MP Autumn 

l

e

p

MP Spring 

l

e

p

Exam

 

Credits

 

 

 

 

 

Engineering internship credited with master project (master in Management of Technology and Entrepreneurship) (Stage d'au minimum 8 semaines. Inscription en principe par la bourse au stages, sinon en s'adressant à la section)

MGT-597 

MTE 

Profs divers  

 

 

 

320h 

 

 

320h 

 

 

320h 

 

 

320h 

 

 

Term paper

0

 

 

 

 

Master project in Management of Technology

MGT-599 

MTE 

Profs divers  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

900h 

 

 

900h 

 

 

Oral

30

 

Block 1

Courses

Code

 

Programs

 

Lecturers

 

Specialisation

Master 1 

l

e

p

Master 2 

l

e

p

Exam

 

Credits

 

 

 

 

 

Accounting for finance (MA1 only. Special schedule: see the FE website)

FIN-411 

IF 

Cauvin  

 

2h 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Written

2

 

 

 

 

Applied corporate & industry analysis (OPEN TO MTE MASTER STUDENTS ONLY)

MGT-410 

MTE 

De Groot  

 

 

 

 

1h 

 

2h 

 

During the semester

3

 

 

 

 

Applied probability & stochastic processes

MGT-484 

MTE 

Kiyavash  

 

2h 

2h 

 

 

 

 

 

Written

4

 

 

 

 

Financial & managerial accounting (MA3 Only. Special schedule. See the MTE website: http://cdm.epfl.ch/mte/study-plan )

MGT-481 

MTE 

Cauvin  

 

3h 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Written

4

 

 

 

 

Introduction to econometrics

MGT-581 

MTE 

de Rassenfosse  

 

 

 

 

2h 

2h 

 

 

Written

4

 

 

 

 

Principles of finance

MGT-482 

MTE 

Morellec  

 

2h 

2h 

 

 

 

 

 

Written

5

 

 

 

 

Principles of microeconomics

MGT-454 

MTE 

Mack  

 

3h 

1h 

 

 

 

 

 

Written

4

 

 

 

 

HSS : Introduction to project

 

SHS 

Divers enseignants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

HSS : Project

 

SHS 

Divers enseignants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

Group 1

Courses

Code

 

Programs

 

Lecturers

 

Specialisation

Master 1 

l

e

p

Master 2 

l

e

p

Exam

 

Credits

 

 

 

 

 

Applied data analysis

CS-401 

SC 

West  

 

2h 

 

2h 

 

 

 

 

Written

6

 

 

 

 

Continuous improvement of manufacturing systems

ME-498 

GM 

Kaboli  

 

 

 

 

2h 

 

2h 

 

During the semester

4

 

 

 

 

Convex optimization

MGT-418 

MTE 

Kuhn  

 

2h 

2h 

 

 

 

 

 

Written

4

 

 

 

 

Corporate strategy

MGT-400 

MTE 

Strecker  

 

3h 

 

 

 

 

 

 

During the semester

4

 

 

 

 

D. Thinking: real problems, human-focused solutions

MGT-409 

MTE 

Flores Pineda  

 

3h 

2h 

 

 

 

 

 

During the semester

5

 

 

 

 

Data science for business (MA3 only)

MGT-432 

MTE 

Younge  

 

3h 

 

1h 

 

 

 

 

During the semester

6

 

 

 

 

Economics of innovation and IP

MGT-404 

MTE 

de Rassenfosse  

 

 

 

 

3h 

 

 

 

Oral

4

 

 

 

 

Entrepreneurship & new venture strategy

MGT-413 

MTE 

Bavato  

 

 

 

 

3h 

 

 

 

During the semester

4

 

 

 

 

Fundamentals of machine learning

EE-311 

EL 

Fleuret
Liebling  

 

 

 

 

2h 

 

2h 

 

Written

4

 

 

 

 

Information: strategy & economics (pas donné en 2020-21)

MGT-431 

MTE 

 

 

 

 

 

3h 

 

 

 

During the semester

4

 

 

 

 

Innovation & entrepreneurship in engineering

MGT-555 

MTE 

Michaud
Profs divers
Weber  

 

2h 

 

8h 

 

 

 

 

During the semester

10

 

 

 

 

Innovation management

MGT-411 

MTE 

Peters  

 

 

 

 

3h 

 

 

 

Written

4

 

 

 

 

Logistics and demand analysis

MGT-426 

MTE 

Wieser  

 

 

 

 

2h 

 

1h 

 

During the semester

4

 

 

 

 

Machine learning

CS-433 

IN 

Flammarion
Jaggi  

 

4h 

2h 

 

 

 

 

 

Written

7

 

 

 

 

Mathematics of data: from theory to computation

EE-556 

EL 

Cevher  

 

2h 

2h 

 

 

 

 

 

Written

5

 

 

 

 

Operations: economics & strategy

MGT-528 

MTE 

Weber  

 

3h 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Written

4

 

 

 

 

Optimal decision making

MGT-483 

MTE 

Kuhn  

 

 

 

 

2h 

2h 

 

 

Written

4

 

 

 

 

Production management

ME-419 

GM 

Kaboli  

 

2h 

 

2h 

 

 

 

 

During the semester

5

 

 

 

 

Project management and risk analysis

MGT-427 

MTE 

Wieser  

 

2h 

 

1h 

 

 

 

 

During the semester

4

 

 

 

 

Statistical inference and machine learning

MGT-448 

MTE 

Kiyavash  

 

2h 

2h 

 

 

 

 

 

During the semester

4

 

 

 

 

Statistics for data science

MATH-413 

MA 

Olhede  

 

4h 

2h 

 

 

 

 

 

Written

6

 

 

 

 

Strategic marketing & technology commercialization

MGT-401 

MTE 

Eckardt  

 

3h 

 

 

 

 

 

 

During the semester

4

 

 

 

 

Supply chain management

MGT-526 

MTE 

Seifert  

 

 

 

 

3h 

 

 

 

During the semester

4

 

 

 

 

Technology & innovation strategy

MGT-414 

MTE 

Younge  

 

3h 

 

 

 

 

 

 

During the semester

4

 

 

 

 

Value chain management in practice

MGT-417 

MTE 

Riboni  

 

3h 

 

 

 

 

 

 

During the semester

4

 

 

 

 

Venture capital (MA3 only)

FIN-522 

IF 

Fahlenbrach  

 

3h 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Written

4

 

Group 2

Courses

Code

 

Programs

 

Lecturers

 

Specialisation

Master 1 

l

e

p

Master 2 

l

e

p

Exam

 

Credits

 

 

 

 

 

Energy supply, economics and transition

ENG-410 

SIE 

Ballif
Binder Signer
Thalmann  

 

 

 

 

2h 

 

 

 

Written

2

 

 

 

 

Global business environment

FIN-523 

IF 

Lambertini  

 

2h 

1h 

 

 

 

 

 

Written

4

 

 

 

 

Intercultural presentation skills

MGT-469 

MTE 

Everett  

 

1h 

1h 

 

 

 

 

 

During the semester

2

 

 

 

 

Leading and managing in a global context

MGT-468 

MTE 

Winzenried  

 

 

 

 

3h 

 

 

 

During the semester

4

 

 

 

 

Negotiation techniques

MGT-466 

MTE 

Canning Wacker  

 

1h 

1h 

 

 

 

 

 

During the semester

2

 

 

 

 

Practical business law

MGT-455 

MTE 

Dorthe  

 

 

 

 

3h 

 

 

 

Written

4

 

 

 

 

Technology policy and the energy transition (Special schedule. See the MTE website: http://cdm.epfl.ch/mte/study-plan )

MGT-408 

MTE 

Foray  

 

2h 

 

 

 

 

 

 

During the semester

2