Energy Science and Technology 2024-25

Block 1

Courses
Language
Master 1
Master 2
Specialisations/Orientations
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
Convex optimization
MGT-418 / Section MTE
Kuhn
EN
  • Lecture: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
5
Electrochemistry for materials technology
MSE-441 / Section MX
Frantz, Van Herle
EN
  • Lecture: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
-
Winter session
Written
3
Energy conversion and renewable energy
ME-409 / Section GM
Maréchal, Nguyen
EN
  • Lecture: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Project: 1h
-
Winter session
Written
4
Energy supply, economics and transition
ENG-410 / Section SIE
Ballif, Binder, Thalmann
EN
-
  • Lecture: 2h
Summer session
Written
2
Fundamentals & processes for photovoltaic devices
MICRO-565 / Section MT
Ballif
EN
-
  • Lecture: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
Summer session
Written
3
Heat pump systems
ME-459 / Section GM
Schiffmann
EN
-
  • Lecture: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
Summer session
Written
3
Hydraulic turbomachines
ME-453 / Section GM
Vagnoni
EN
  • Lecture: 3h
  • Exercises: 1h
-
Winter session
Written
4

Block 5 "Options"

Courses
Language
Master 1
Master 2
Specialisations/Orientations
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
HSS : Introduction to project
/ Section SHS
Divers enseignants
FR/EN
-
-
Winter session
3
HSS : Project
/ Section SHS
Divers enseignants
FR/EN
-
-
Summer session
3
Project in energy I (MA2 only)
ENG-412 / Section EL
Profs divers
EN
  • Project: 10h
  • Project: 10h
Winter/Summer session
During the semester
10

Group 2

Courses
Language
Master 1
Master 2
Specialisations/Orientations
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
Advanced heat transfer (Pas donné en 2024-25)
ME-465 / Section GM
EN
-
  • Lecture: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
Summer session
Written
3
Air pollution
ENV-409 / Section SIE
Reimann Bhend, Takahama, Violaki
EN
-
  • Lecture: 2h
  • Project: 3h
  • Energy management and sustainability
Summer session
Written
5
Discrete optimization
MATH-261 / Section MA
Eisenbrand
EN
-
  • Lecture: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Written
5
Energy systems engineering
ChE-304 / Section CGC
Luterbacher
EN
-
  • Lecture: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
Summer session
During the semester
3
Fundamentals of electrical circuits and systems I
EE-406 / Section EL
Thiran
EN
  • Lecture: 1h
  • Exercises: 1h
-
Winter session
During the semester
2
Fundamentals of electrical circuits and systems II
EE-407 / Section EL
Rachidi-Haeri
EN
  • Lecture: 1h
  • Exercises: 1h
-
Winter session
Written
2
Heat and mass transfer
ME-341 / Section GM
Tagliabue
EN
-
  • Lecture: 3h
  • Exercises: 1h
Summer session
Written
4
Hydroacoustic for hydropower plants
ME-443 / Section GM
Nicolet
EN
-
  • Lecture: 2h
  • Project: 1h
Summer session
Oral
3
Hydropower plants: generating and pumping units
EE-456 / Section EL
Vagnoni
EN
  • Lecture: 1h
  • Exercises: 1h
-
Winter session
Written
2
Industrial electronics I
EE-465 / Section EL
Dujic
EN
  • Lecture: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
  • Energy conversion devices
Winter session
Oral
4
Life cycle assessment in energy systems
ENV-510 / Section EL
Margni
EN
  • Lecture: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
-
Winter session
Written
3
Lifecycle performance of product systems
ME-516 / Section GM
Friot
EN
-
  • Lecture: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
Summer session
During the semester
3
Liquid-gas interfacial heat and mass transfer
ME-446 / Section GM
Lu
EN
  • Lecture: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
-
Winter session
Written
3
Machine learning I
MICRO-455 / Section MT
Billard
EN
  • Lecture: 4h
-
Winter session
Written
4
Negotiation techniques (Special schedule. See the MTE website: https://go.epfl.ch/mte)
MGT-466 / Section MTE
Williams
EN
-
  • Lecture: 1h
  • Exercises: 1h
Summer session
During the semester
2
Nuclear fusion and plasma physics
PHYS-445 / Section PH
Fasoli
EN
  • Lecture: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Oral
4
Power systems analysis
EE-362 / Section EL
Paolone
EN
  • Lecture: 3h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
During the semester
5
Principles of finance
MGT-482 / Section MTE
Morellec
EN
  • Lecture: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
5
Principles of microeconomics (MA3 only)
MGT-454 / Section MTE
Mack
EN
  • Lecture: 3h
  • Exercises: 1h
-
Winter session
Written
4
Solid waste engineering
ENV-500 / Section SIE
Ludwig
EN
  • Lecture: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Project: 1h
-
Winter session
During the semester
4
Thermodynamics of energy conversion and storage
ChE-414 / Section CGC
Züttel
EN
-
  • Lecture: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
Summer session
Written
3
Water resources engineering and management
CIVIL-466 / Section GC
Bieri, Leite Ribeiro, Perona
EN
-
  • Lecture: 3h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Project: 1h
Summer session
Written
5

Group 3

Courses
Language
Master 1
Master 2
Specialisations/Orientations
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
Advanced control systems
ME-524 / Section GM
Karimi
EN
-
  • Lecture: 2h
  • Project: 1h
  • Energy systems
Summer session
Written
3
Advanced energetics
ME-451 / Section GM
Maréchal
EN
  • Lecture: 3h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
  • Energy systems
Winter session
Oral
5
Advanced lab in electrical energy systems (Pre-requisites required. Please register only after having obtained the teacher's agreement.)
EE-588 / Section EL
Hodder, Robert
EN
-
  • Project: 4h
  • Energy conversion devices
  • Energy systems
Summer session
During the semester
4
Applied data analysis
CS-401 / Section SC
Brbic
EN
  • Lecture: 2h
  • Project: 2h
-
  • Energy conversion devices
  • Energy systems
  • Energy management and sustainability
Winter session
Written
8
Development engineering (Development Engineering: Innovation and Technologies in the Global South)
ENV-470 / Section SIE
Makohliso, Schönenberger
EN
-
  • Lecture: 2h
  • Project: 2h
  • Energy management and sustainability
Summer session
During the semester
4
Distributed intelligent systems
ENG-466 / Section SIE
Martinoli
EN
  • Lecture: 2h
  • Project: 2h
-
  • Energy management and sustainability
Winter session
Oral
5
Electromagnetic compatibility
EE-576 / Section EL
Rachidi-Haeri
EN
-
  • Lecture: 3h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Energy conversion devices
Summer session
During the semester
4
Energy and comfort in buildings
ENG-445 / Section GC
Khovalyg, Licina, Sonta
EN
  • Lecture: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Project: 2h
-
  • Energy systems
Winter session
During the semester
5
Energy storage in power systems: technologies, applications and future needs
EE-466 / Section EL
Sossan
EN
  • Lecture: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
-
  • Energy conversion devices
Winter session
Written
3
Engines and fuel cells
ME-551 / Section GM
Van Herle
EN
  • Lecture: 3h
-
  • Energy conversion devices
Winter session
Written
4
Environmental transport phenomena
ENG-420 / Section SIE
Crouzy, Porté-Agel
EN
  • Lecture: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Project: 2h
-
  • Energy conversion devices
Winter session
Written
5
Hydropower schemes and pumped-storage
CIVIL-469 / Section GC
De Cesare, Manso
EN
-
  • Lecture: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • Energy conversion devices
Summer session
Written
4
Industrial automation (This course can be taken by students of all engineering sections.)
CS-487 / Section SC
Sommer, Tournier
EN
-
  • Lecture: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Energy conversion devices
Summer session
Oral
3
Industrial electronics II
EE-565 / Section EL
Dujic
EN
-
  • Lecture: 2h
  • Project: 2h
  • Energy conversion devices
Summer session
Oral
4
Material flow analysis and resource management
ENV-501 / Section SIE
Binder, Felix Martin Del Campo
EN
  • Lecture: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Project: 1h
-
  • Energy management and sustainability
Winter session
Written
4
Modelling and optimization of energy systems
ME-454 / Section GM
Maréchal
EN
  • Lecture: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
  • Energy systems
Winter session
Oral
4
Model predictive control
ME-425 / Section GM
Jones
EN
  • Lecture: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
  • Energy conversion devices
  • Energy systems
Winter session
Written
4
Power system restructuring and deregulation
EE-570 / Section EL
Cherkaoui
EN
-
  • Lecture: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Energy management and sustainability
Summer session
During the semester
3
Renewable energy (for ME)
ME-460 / Section GM
Haussener, Van Herle
EN
-
  • Lecture: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Energy systems
Summer session
Written
4
Sanitary engineering for development
ENV-402 / Section SIE
Lüthi
EN
  • Lecture: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
-
  • Energy management and sustainability
Winter session
Written
3
Semiconductor devices I
EE-557 / Section EL
Matioli
EN
  • Lecture: 3h
  • Exercises: 1h
-
  • Energy conversion devices
Winter session
During the semester
4
Smart grids technologies
EE-472 / Section EL
Paolone
EN
-
  • Lecture: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Project: 2h
  • Energy conversion devices
  • Energy systems
  • Energy management and sustainability
Summer session
Written
5
Solar energy conversion (pas donné en 2024-25)
ME-468 / Section GM
EN
  • Lecture: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Project: 1h
-
  • Energy conversion devices
Winter session
Written
4
Sustainability assessment of urban systems
ENV-461 / Section SIE
Binder, Heinrich
EN
-
  • Lecture: 2h
  • Project: 1h
  • Energy management and sustainability
Summer session
During the semester
3
Water and wastewater treatment
ENV-405 / Section SIE
Holliger, von Gunten
EN
  • Lecture: 2h
  • Exercises: 3h
-
  • Energy management and sustainability
Winter session
Written
5

Group 4

Courses
Language
Master 1
Master 2
Specialisations/Orientations
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
Project in energy II
ENG-413 / Section EL
Profs divers
EN
  • Project: 9h
  • Project: 9h
Winter/Summer session
During the semester
9

Master project

Courses
Language
Master 1
Master 2
MP Autumn
MP Spring
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
Engineering internship credited with master project (master in Energy science and technology) (Stage d'au minimum 8 semaines après le 2e semestre de Master. Inscription par la bourse aux stages)
EE-595 / Section EL
Profs divers
FR
  • Project: 320h
  • Project: 320h
  • Project: 320h
  • Project: 320h
Winter/Summer session
During the semester
0
Master project in Energy, Science and Technology
EE-599(d) / Section EL_ENER
Profs divers
FR/EN
-
-
  • Project: 900h
  • Project: 900h
Winter/Summer session
Oral
30