Courses outside the study plan

You have the possibility to choose courses outside the list of Group 2 – optional courses defined in the study plan of your Master.  

Authorized credits: 15 ECTS, including a maximum of 12 ECTS “non-technical” courses (MTE, UNIL-HEC). The Deputy Head may increase the 15-credit limit if the request is justified.

If authorized, the course credits will be counted in Group 2 – options.

The Deputy Head must authorize the choice of these courses beforehand.

In general, Bachelor’s level courses cannot be taken during the Master program, unless they could not be attended for a valid reason.

The CS- and COM- codified courses appearing in the study plan of the other IC Masters are not considered as outside the study plan and can be taken without prior authorization request.

Students enrolled in a minor cannot take courses outside the study plan, except for CS- and COM- codified courses given in IC.

Procedure

• Before the beginning of the semester, the section will send you an email outlining the procedure to be followed
• Please submit your request to the section, indicating the title of the course, the number of credits, and the course description/URL, by email to Antonella Veltro (IN), Carole Dauphin (SC & DS) or Elise van Eijs (Cyber).
• Once you have received authorization, you need to register for the course by searching for it under “Other subjects”.

Please note that it will be your responsibility to organize your weekly schedule to attend the class, as well as to take the exam. A schedule overlap cannot be ruled out.

You have the following options:

EPFL courses from other sections

Please note that some sections (e.g., MTE) have limited-seat capacity reserved for their own students only. If this is the case, you will not be able to register for these courses.

EPFL Doctoral School courses

You will find the list of courses of the Doctoral School, with description and prerequisites, here. 

It is strongly recommended to have passed the prerequisite of the doctoral course you intend to take. For registration on IS-Academia, please send an email to [email protected], after having obtained the Professor’s agreement to take the course.

If you are interested in a course given by a doctoral program other than EDIC, it is necessary to also request permission from the section (see procedure mentioned above).

Please note that some courses have limited-seat capacity. In this case, you will not be allowed to register for these courses.

Courses given by UNIL-HEC (Faculty of Business and Economics)

If you wish to take a Master’s level course given by UNIL-HEC, you must register in IS-Academia (by choosing the course “UNIL – HEC” under “Other Subjects”), after you have obtained the section’s authorization.

Once the course registration deadline has passed, the list of EPFL students enrolled is sent to UNIL-HEC, which will provide you with the HEC login. You will then need to register for the exam of the course via the HEC interface. Registration for the exams takes place during the 3rd and 4th weeks of each semester (i.e. during the first half of October and March). Late registrations (upon payment of a fee) take place on the 5th and 6th weeks of each semester.

Registration on Moodle, at the beginning of the semester, is used for registering to courses (as well as for obtaining the material), but not for exams. The key concerning Moodle is generally given by the teacher during the first lesson or is mentioned in the course description (syllabus).

ETH Zürich

Only subjects for which there is no equivalent course at EPFL may be authorized.

It is not possible to take a course at ETH Zürich during the 1^st semester of the Master’s program.

When submitting your request to the section, please give the reason why you wish to take the course at ETH Zürich, and provide the course description/URL.