Physics 2024-25

Core courses

Courses
Language
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
Advanced biomedical imaging methods and instrumentation (Next time: Fall )
PHYS-719 / Section EDPY
Hyacinthe, Invited lecturers, Mishkovsky
EN
Term paper
4
Advanced concepts in particle accelerators (Next time: Spring 2026)
PHYS-751 / Section EDPY
Herr, Ischebeck, Pieloni
EN
Oral presentation
4
Advanced experimental methods in condensed matter and nanophysics
PHYS-630 / Section EDPY
Kern
EN
Oral
2
Advanced Quantum Field Theory (Next time: Fall )
PHYS-702 / Section EDPY
Bellazzini, Invited lecturers, Rattazzi
EN
Multiple
4
Astrophysics VI : The variable Universe (Next time: Fall 2025)
PHYS-643 / Section EDPY
Anderson
EN
Oral
3
Atomic and radiative processes in plasmas (Next time: Spring 2026)
PHYS-762 / Section EDPY
Mykytchuk, Porte, Sheikh, Stollberg
EN
Written
4
Attosecond radiation sources (Next time: Fall)
PHYS-761 / Section EDPY
Carbone, Invited professor(s), Puppin
EN
Oral
4
Axiomatic Quantum Field Theory (Next time: Fall 2025)
PHYS-757 / Section EDPY
Bossoney
EN
Oral
1
CIBM translational MR neuroimaging & spectroscopy (Next time: Spring )
PHYS-770 / Section EDPY
Cudalbu Moldovan, Invited lecturers, Lanz, Wenz, Xin
EN
Project report
4
Conformal Field theory and Gravity (Next time: Fall)
PHYS-739 / Section EDPY
Guica
EN
Oral
4
Control and Operation of Tokamaks (Next time: Spring 2025)
PHYS-748 / Section EDPY
Felici, Galperti, Mele, Merle, Pau, Reimerdes
EN
Oral
3
Electron Matter Interactions in Transmission Electron Microscopy (Next time: Spring 2026)
PHYS-637 / Section EDPY
Alexander, Hébert, La Grange
EN
Oral presentation
2
Field Theory in Condensed Matter Physics (Next Time: Fall 2024)
PHYS-639 / Section EDPY
Mudry
EN
Term paper
4
Fundamentals of superresolution optical microscopy and Scanning Probe Microscopy (Next time: Spring )
PHYS-631 / Section EDPY
Sekatski
EN
Multiple
2
Fusion and industrial plasma technologies (Next time: Spring 2025)
PHYS-632 / Section EDPY
Baquero Ruiz, Decker, Hogge, Martin, Nes, Pouchon, Reimerdes, Sedlák, Siravo
EN
Oral
4
Gauge Theories and the Standard Model (Next time: Fall )
PHYS-741 / Section EDPY
Cohen
EN
Multiple
4
General aspects of the electronic structure of crystals (Next time: Fall 2025)
PHYS-636 / Section EDPY
Yevtushynsky
EN
Oral
2
Introduction to Frustrated Magnetism (Next time: Spring 2026)
PHYS-726 / Section EDPY
Mila
EN
Oral
2
Introduction to Metalorganic Vapour Phase Epitaxy of III-V semiconductors (Next time: Spring)
PHYS-747 / Section EDPY
Caroff, Dwir, Grandjean, Moselund, Rudra
EN
Oral
1
Magnetic confinement (Next time: Fall 2024)
PHYS-731 / Section EDPY
Fasoli, Graves, Loizu, Merle, Ricci
EN
Oral
4
Neutron and X-ray Scattering of Quantum Materials (Next time: Fall)
PHYS-640 / Section EDPY
Fogh, Rønnow, Schmitt
EN
Winter session
Oral
4
Non-equilibrium statistical mechanics simulations (Next time: Spring 2026)
PHYS-729 / Section EDPY
Bonella
EN
Project report
1
Parallel programming ( Next time: Fall (Block course))
PHYS-743 / Section EDPY
Lanti, Richart
EN
Oral presentation
3
Physical Optics and Advanced Imaging (Next time: Fall 2024)
PHYS-715 / Section EDPY
Guizar Sicairos, Invited lecturers
EN
Oral presentation
3
Plasma Diagnostics in Basic Plasma Physics Devices and Tokamaks: from Principles to Practice (Next time: Spring 2026 (Block course))
PHYS-732 / Section EDPY
Furno, Labit, Reimerdes
EN
Written
2
Plasma instabilities (Next time: Fall 2025)
PHYS-736 / Section EDPY
Brunner, Graves
EN
Multiple
4
Some aspects of topology in condensed matter physics (Next time: Fall 2025)
PHYS-638 / Section EDPY
Mudry
EN
Term paper
4
Statistical physics for optimization & learning (Next time: Spring 2027)
PHYS-642 / Section EDPY
Barbier, Krzakala, Stephan
EN
During the semester
4

Other doctoral courses (EDOC)

Courses
Language
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
Advanced lll-Nitride Semiconductor Devices (Next time: Spring 2025)
EE-627 / Section EDEE
Grandjean, Matioli
EN
Oral presentation
3
Condensed matter from a many-electron point of view
PHYS-718 / Section EDPY
Holzmann
EN
Oral
1
Introduction to conformal field theory
PHYS-621 / Section EDPY
Invited lecturers, Trevisani
EN
Oral
2
Lecture series on scientific machine learning (Next time: Fall 2024)
PHYS-754 / Section EDPY
Bitbol, Carleo, Ceriotti, Harvey, Mathis, Schwaller, Zdeborová
EN
Oral presentation
2
Lectures on twisted bilayer graphene (Next time: Spring 2025)
PHYS-756 / Section EDPY
Kruchkov
EN
Oral presentation
2
Summer school: Simulating Many-Body Quantum Physics (June 2-6, 2025. Registration via https://sim-mbqp25.epfl.ch/)
PHYS-820 / Section EDPY
Carleo
EN
Oral
2

Master courses

Courses
Language
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
Biophysics : physics of biological systems
PHYS-302 / Section PH
Rahi
EN
Winter session
During the semester
4
Quantum computing
PHYS-541 / Section PH
Savona
EN
Winter session
Oral
6
Quantum optics and quantum information
PHYS-454 / Section PH
Brantut
EN
Summer session
Written
6
Spintronics : basics and applications
PHYS-510 / Section PH
Pivetta, Rusponi
EN
Summer session
Oral
4
Statistical physics of biomacromolecules (pas donné en 2024-25)
PHYS-441 / Section PH
EN
Winter session
Oral
4