Admission
The DH Master at at EPFL is truly interdisciplinary and thus has welcomed students from a wide variety of backgrounds, including: computer science, communication systems, life sciences, civil engineering, microengineering, electrical engineering, physics and more.
Courses and Registration
Yes, DH students have the possibility to choose courses outside of the courses listed in the Options Group.
- Academic year 2022/23 and after: Maximum number of authorized credits outside of the study plan: 15 ECTS
- All previous years: Maximum authorized credits outside of the study plan: 8 ECTS
Before registering to outside of the study plan courses, please get authorization from the Section.
- Please submit your request to the section, indicating the title of the course, the number of credits, and a link to the course description.
- Once you have received authorization, you can register for the course in IS-Academia 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.
EPFL courses from other sections
Please note that some sections 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
If you wish to take a Doctoral School course, you will first need to obtain approval from the faculty member teaching the course. Once you have this authorization, please contact the Section for review and final approval.
Once you have both of the above-mentioned approvals you can register for the class. For this, please send an e-mail to Student Services for them to enroll you.
Please note that some courses have limited-seat capacity. In this case, you will not be allowed to register for these courses.
UNIL courses
DH Master students can take a selection of UNIL courses outside of the study plan as part of the Options group.
Courses at UNIL are all given in French.
Please contact the Section for more information on which courses are pre-authorized.
For any other courses you wish to follow at UNIL, please make a request to the Section before registering.
Registering for UNIL courses
Please click here to access the EPFL SAC page which contains information on how to register to UNIL courses from EPFL. Please see “Subjects outside of the study plan”.
For UNIL, please follow these steps:
For classes in the “Faculté des lettres”:
Complete the form « Inscription d’un étudiant externe » available on this page and send it to: [email protected]
For classes in the “Faculté des Sciences sociales et politiques”:
Complete the two forms: « Formulaire d’inscription à un enseignement pour les étudiant·e·s qui ne peuvent s’inscrire via internet » and « Formulaire d’inscription à une évaluation pour les étudiant·e·s qui ne peuvent s’inscrire via internet » available on this page and send them to: [email protected]
Internships
Students in Digital Humanities are encouraged to do an internship in a wide variety of places such as NGOs, federations, cultural institutions, libraries, archives, media companies, museums or industry in general.
No. Although you are not required to write an activity report for the Section, a written evaluation from your internship supervisor, as well as your evaluation of the internship is mandatory for the validation of the internship (by the Section Deputy). The evaluation process is automated by filling out an electronic file.
However, DH Master students are required to provide a 3-minute video about their internship upon its completion. This video should not contain any confidential information and can be posted on the DHI website.
Yes, they are all available on our Youtube channel:
Master’s project
No, the Master’s project must be related to the field of Digital Humanities.
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