Program Overview

Program Overview

The Master's program in Sciences Humaines et Sociales (SHS) at EPFL is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of human and social sciences. The program is offered over two consecutive semesters during the first year of the Master's curriculum.

Program Structure

• The first semester (autumn) is an introduction to the field, taught through in-person lectures.
• The second semester (spring) involves individual or group research on specific themes developed during the course.
• The objective is to enable students to work, often in groups, on the development of a problem and its resolution in a project-based approach.

Program Details

Information Important

In case of exceptional admission to the Master's program in the spring semester, students will not be able to follow the teachings for which a prerequisite was taught in the autumn semester. The student must first follow a teaching of their choice "SHS: introduction to the project" in the autumn semester before being able to follow the teaching "SHS: project" in the following spring semester.

Research Areas

The program offers more than 20 thematic SHS teachings at the Master's level, with limited places available. These teachings provide interdisciplinary approaches to specific themes.

Program Schedule

• Master semester 1: Wednesday, 16h15-19h
• Master semester 2: Wednesday, 16h15-19h

Faculties and Colleges

• Faculté de l'environnement naturel, architectural et construit (ENAC)
• Faculté des sciences de base (SB)
• Faculté des sciences et techniques de l'ingénieur (STI)
• Faculté informatique et communications (IC)
• Faculté des sciences de la vie (SV)
• Collège du management de la technologie (CDM)
• Collège des humanités (CDH)

Education

• Admission
• Academic calendar
• Bachelor
• Master
• Doctorate
• Continuing education - Extension School
• Study management
• International
• Teaching
• Pedagogical initiatives
• Promotion of education and science
• Infrastructures in development
• Commitment to society

Research

• Mission and strategy
• Research areas
• Research platforms
• EPFL professors
• Solutions for sustainability - S4S
• Awards and distinctions
• Funding sources
• Research management support
• From lab to market
• Research ethics
• Animal research
• Open science

Innovation

• Collaboration with industry
• Innovation areas
• Startup launchpad

Campus

• Services and resources
• Library
• Restaurants, shops, and hotels
• Security, prevention, and health
• Sports
• Community and support
• Chaplaincy
• Events
• Arts and culture
• Associations
• Visiting EPFL
• Mobility and travel