Life Sciences Engineering 2025-26

Bloc 2 "SHS"

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

Block "Core courses"

Courses
Language
Master 1
Master 2
Specialisations/Orientations
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
Genomics and bioinformatics
BIO-463 / Section SV
Bitbol, Luisier, Rougemont
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
During the semester
4
Life Sciences engineering: genome to function
BIO-411 / Section SV
Gönczy, McCabe, Naef
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
During the semester
4
Next-generation biomaterials
BIOENG-458 / Section SV
Persat, Tang
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Written
4

Group 1

Courses
Language
Master 1
Master 2
Specialisations/Orientations
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
Applied biomedical signal processing
EE-512 / Section EL
Lemay
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Lab: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
4
Applied biostatistics (Pas donné en 2025-26)
MATH-493 / Section MA
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Molecular Health
Summer session
During the semester
5
Applied data analysis
CS-401 / Section SC
Brbic
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Course based project: 2h
-
  • Biological Data Science
Winter session
Written
8
Applied probability & stochastic processes
MGT-484 / Section MTE
Cristi
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Written
4
Dynamical system theory for engineers (Pas donné en 2025-26 - Cours biennal)
COM-502 / Section SC
EN
-
  • Courses: 3h
  • Exercises: 1h
Summer session
Written
6
Fundamentals of biomicroscopy
MICRO-561 / Section SV
Altug
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
4
Image processing I
MICRO-511 / Section MT
Unser, Van De Ville
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
-
Winter session
Written
3
Machine learning
CS-433 / Section IN
West
EN
  • Courses: 4h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • Course based project: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
8

Group 2 : Options

Courses
Language
Master 1
Master 2
Specialisations/Orientations
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
Basics in bioinstrumentation
BIOENG-421 / Section SV
Merten
EN
  • Courses: 1h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Lab: 2h
-
Winter session
During the semester
4
Bioimage informatics
BIO-410 / Section SV
Sage, Seitz
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Course based project: 2h
Summer session
Written
4
Biomechanics of the cardiovascular system
ME-481 / Section GM
Stergiopoulos
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Biomedical Engineering
Summer session
Written
3
Biomechanics of the musculoskeletal system
ME-482 / Section GM
Pioletti
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Biomedical Engineering
Summer session
During the semester
5
Biomedical optics
BIOENG-445 / Section SV
Wagnières
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
-
  • Biomedical Engineering
Winter session
Oral
3
Biophysics : physics of biological systems
PHYS-302 / Section PH
Rahi
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
During the semester
4
Biophysics : physics of the cell
PHYS-301 / Section PH
Manley
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
Summer session
Written
3
Biostatistics (Pas donné en 2025-26)
MATH-449 / Section MA
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • Biological Data Science
Summer session
Written
5
Brain-like computation and intelligence
NX-414 / Section NX
Mathis, Schrimpf
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Written
5
Cancer biology I
BIO-471 / Section SV
Lingner, Oricchio
EN
  • Courses: 3h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
  • Molecular Health
Winter session
During the semester
5
Cancer biology II
BIO-472 / Section SV
De Palma, Huelsken
EN
-
  • Courses: 3h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
During the semester
5
Causal thinking
MATH-352 / Section MA
Stensrud
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
5
Cellular biology and biochemistry for engineers
BIO-105 / Section SV
Zufferey
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
4
Computational cell biology
BIOENG-455 / Section SV
Shillcock
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
  • Biological Data Science
Winter session
During the semester
4
Computational motor control
MICRO-436 / Section MT
Ijspeert
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
During the semester
4
Computational neurosciences: neuronal dynamics
NX-465 / Section NX
Gerstner
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • Biological Data Science
  • Neuroscience
Summer session
Written
5
Computational optical imaging
MICRO-421 / Section MT
Psaltis
EN
-
  • Courses: 3h
  • Exercises: 1h
Summer session
During the semester
4
Controlling behavior in animals and robots
BIOENG-456 / Section SV
Ramdya
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 3h
Summer session
During the semester
5
Deep learning
EE-559 / Section EL
Cavallaro
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
During the semester
4
Deep learning in biomedicine (pas donné en 2025-26)
CS-502 / Section IN
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • Course based project: 1h
  • Biological Data Science
Summer session
During the semester
6
Deep reinforcement learning (Pas donné en 2025-26)
CS-456 / Section IN
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Lab: 1h
Summer session
Written
6
Digital epidemiology
BIO-512 / Section SV
Salathé
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • Biological Data Science
Summer session
During the semester
4
Ethics for life sciences engineers
BIO-508 / Section SV
Tormey
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
Summer session
During the semester
2
Experimental biomicroscopy
MICRO-562 / Section SV
Altug, Seitz
EN
-
  • Courses: 1h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Course based project: 2h
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Molecular Health
  • Neuroscience
Summer session
During the semester
4
Fundamentals of biomedical imaging
PHYS-438 / Section PH
Xin
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • Biomedical Engineering
Summer session
Written
4
Fundamentals of biophotonics
BIO-443 / Section SV
Radenovic
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Biomedical Engineering
Summer session
During the semester
3
Fundamentals of biosensors and electronic biochips
EE-515 / Section EL
Guiducci
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
-
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Neuroscience
Winter session
Written
3
IGEM (Only a limited number of students will be selected based on their application file (max. 12). Participants of iGEM team will register on IS-Academia in BA6/MA3)
BIO-510 / Section SV
McCabe
EN
  • Courses: 3h
  • Exercises: 3h
  • Course based project: 6h
  • Courses: 3h
  • Exercises: 3h
  • Course based project: 6h
Winter/Summer session
During the semester
12
IGEM lab (Inscription sur dossier d'application, merci de vous inscrire sur ISA qu'après avoir reçu l'accord de la section. iGEM lab can only be taken by students who validated iGEM as a bachelor project)
BIO-511 / Section SV
McCabe
EN
  • Lab: 6h
  • Lab: 6h
Winter/Summer session
During the semester
6
Image analysis and pattern recognition
EE-451 / Section EL
Thiran
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • TP: 2h
Summer session
During the semester
4
Image processing II
MICRO-512 / Section MT
Sage, Unser, Van De Ville
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
Summer session
Written
3
Immunoengineering
BIOENG-399 / Section SV
Tang
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • Molecular Health
Summer session
Written
4
Immunology - advances and therapeutic implications (pas donné en 2024-25)
BIO-479 / Section SV
Ablasser
EN
  • Courses: 3h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
  • Molecular Health
Winter session
Written
5
Infection biology
BIO-477 / Section SV
Blokesch
EN
-
  • Courses: 3h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • Molecular Health
Summer session
Written
5
Introduction to natural language processing
CS-431 / Section IN
Bosselut, Chappelier, Rajman
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
  • Biological Data Science
Winter session
Written
6
Lab immersion academic (outside EPFL)
BIO-504 / Section SV
Profs divers
EN
  • Individual project: 660h
  • Individual project: 660h
Winter/Summer session
During the semester
22
Lab immersion I
BIO-501 / Section SV
Profs divers
EN
  • Individual project: 8h
  • Individual project: 8h
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Molecular Health
  • Biological Data Science
  • Neuroscience
Winter/Summer session
During the semester
8
Lab immersion II
BIO-502 / Section SV
Profs divers
EN
  • Individual project: 8h
  • Individual project: 8h
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Molecular Health
  • Biological Data Science
  • Neuroscience
Winter/Summer session
During the semester
8
Lab immersion III
BIO-503 / Section SV
Profs divers
EN
  • Individual project: 12h
  • Individual project: 12h
Winter/Summer session
During the semester
12
Lab immersion in industry
BIO-506 / Section SV
Profs divers
EN
  • Individual project: 660h
  • Individual project: 660h
Winter/Summer session
During the semester
22
Lab on cell-free synthetic biology
EE-490(j) / Section EL
Maerkl
EN
  • TP: 4h
-
Winter session
During the semester
4
Linear models
MATH-341 / Section MA
Panaretos
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
5
Management of intellectual property (Special schedule. See the MTE website: https://go.epfl.ch/mte)
MGT-404 / Section MTE
de Rassenfosse
EN
-
  • Courses: 1.5h
  • Course based project: .5h
Summer session
Written
3
Mechanobiology: how mechanics regulate life (Pas donné en 2025-26 )
ME-480 / Section GM
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
During the semester
4
Methods: from disease models to therapy
BIOENG-518 / Section SV
Chrast, Knott, Pojer, Schneider, Seitz, Sordet, Turcatti, Warot
EN
-
  • Courses: 1h
  • TP: 3h
Summer session
Written
4
Methods: omics in biomedical research
BIOENG-519 / Section SV
Chrast, Garcia, Guex, Iseli, Mangeat, Pavlou, Pojer
EN
  • Courses: 1h
  • TP: 3h
-
Winter session
Written
4
Micro/Nano robotics
ME-436 / Section GM
Sakar
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
Summer session
During the semester
3
Modern natural language processing
CS-552 / Section IN
Bosselut
EN
-
  • Courses: 3h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Course based project: 2h
Summer session
During the semester
8
Molecular endocrinology: health and environment
BIO-450 / Section SV
Brisken
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • Molecular Health
Summer session
During the semester
4
Nanobiotechnology
CH-413 / Section CGC
Steinauer
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
Summer session
During the semester
3
Neural circuits of motivated behaviors
BIO-499 / Section SV
Kochubey, Schneggenburger
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • Neuroscience
Summer session
Written
4
Neural interfaces
NX-422 / Section NX
Lacour, Schiavone, Shoaran
EN
  • Courses: 4h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
During the semester
6
Neural signals and signal processing
NX-421 / Section NX
Micera, Van De Ville
EN
  • Courses: 4h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
  • Neuroscience
Winter session
Written
6
Neuroscience
BIO-311 / Section SV
Mathis
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
  • Neuroscience
Winter session
During the semester
4
Neuroscience: behavior and cognition
BIO-483 / Section SV
Blanke, Herzog, Sandi
EN
-
  • Courses: 3h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • Neuroscience
Summer session
Written
5
Neuroscience: cellular and circuit mechanisms
BIO-482 / Section SV
Crochet, Petersen
EN
  • Courses: 3h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
  • Neuroscience
Winter session
During the semester
5
Neuroscience: from molecular mechanisms to disease
BIO-480 / Section SV
Gräff, Mahul Mellier, Schneider
EN
  • Courses: 3h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
  • Neuroscience
Winter session
Written
5
New tools & research strategies in personalized health
BIO-491 / Section SV
Fellay, Friedli
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Course based project: 2h
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Molecular Health
Summer session
During the semester
4
Nutrition: from molecules to health (For MSc students only)
BIO-441 / Section SV
Descombes, Hager, Rezzi
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
  • Molecular Health
Winter session
During the semester
4
Pharmacology and pharmacokinetics
BIO-478 / Section SV
Firsov, Kellenberger
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
Summer session
Written
2
Physics of life
PHYS-468 / Section PH
Stahlberg
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Written
4
Planetary health
BIO-413 / Section SV
Banwell, D'Angelo, McKinney, Oricchio
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
During the semester
4
Principles and applications of systems biology
ChE-411 / Section CGC
Hatzimanikatis
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
-
  • Biological Data Science
Winter session
During the semester
3
Randomness and information in biological data
BIO-369 / Section SV
Bitbol
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • Biological Data Science
Summer session
Written
4
Regulatory, quality and clinical affairs
NX-451 / Section NX
Rochat
EN
-
  • Courses: 1h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Course based project: 1h
Summer session
During the semester
3
Sensors in medical instrumentation
EE-511 / Section EL
Chételat, Ionescu
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Biomedical Engineering
Summer session
Written
3
Single cell biology
BIOENG-420 / Section SV
D'Angelo, Deplancke, Zenk
EN
-
  • Courses: 3h
  • Molecular Health
  • Biological Data Science
  • Neuroscience
Summer session
During the semester
4
Statistical physics of biomacromolecules
PHYS-441 / Section PH
De Los Rios
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Oral
4
Stem cells and organoids
BIO-447 / Section SV
Karthaus, Radtke, Suter
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
-
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Molecular Health
Winter session
Written
3
Structural biology
BIO-315 / Section SV
Antanasijevic, Dal Peraro
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • Molecular Health
  • Biological Data Science
Summer session
During the semester
4
Structural mechanics for SV
ME-231(b) / Section SV
Fantner
EN
  • Courses: 3h
  • Exercises: 1h
-
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Molecular Health
Winter session
Written
4
Synthetic biology
BIOENG-320 / Section SV
Barth
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • Neuroscience
Summer session
Written
4
Systems neuroscience
NX-435 / Section NX
Mathis
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • Neuroscience
Summer session
During the semester
4
Translational neuroengineering
NX-423 / Section NX
Blanke, Courtine, Hummel, Micera
EN
-
  • Courses: 3h
  • Exercises: 3h
Summer session
Written
6
Trends in chemical biology and drug discovery
BIOENG-510 / Section SV
Correia, Thomä
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Written
4
Understanding statistics and experimental design
BIO-449 / Section SV
Herzog
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
4

Group 3

Courses
Language
Master 1
Master 2
Specialisations/Orientations
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
Industry internship (Minimum 8 weeks mandatory internship. Registration through the internship portal)
BIOENG-596 / Section SV
Profs divers
EN
  • Individual project: 320h
  • Individual project: 320h
Winter/Summer session
During the semester
8

Group 4

Courses
Language
Master 1
Master 2
Specialisations/Orientations
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
Scientific literature analysis in bioengineering (only one registration per student to a scientific thinking course)
BIO-467 / Section SV
Altug, Antanasijevic, Merten
EN
  • Courses: 1h
  • Exercises: 3h
-
Winter session
During the semester
4
Scientific literature analysis in computational molecular biology (Only one registration per student to a scientific thinking course)
BIO-468 / Section SV
Barth, Dal Peraro
EN
  • Courses: 1h
  • Exercises: 3h
-
Winter session
During the semester
4
Scientific literature analysis in neuroscience (Only one registration per student to a scientific thinking course)
BIOENG-451 / Section SV
La Manno
EN
  • Courses: 1h
  • Exercises: 3h
-
Winter session
During the semester
4
Scientific project design in cell and developmental biology (only one registration per student to a scientific thinking course)
BIO-464 / Section SV
Gönczy, Oates
EN
  • Courses: 1h
  • Exercises: 3h
-
Winter session
During the semester
4
Scientific project design in drug discovery (only one registration per student to a scientific thinking course)
BIO-494 / Section SV
Auwerx
EN
  • Courses: 1h
  • Exercises: 3h
-
Winter session
During the semester
4
Scientific project design in integrative neurosciences (only one registration per student to a scientific thinking course)
BIO-493 / Section SV
Petersen
EN
  • Courses: 1h
  • Exercises: 3h
-
Winter session
During the semester
4
Scientific project design in translational oncology (only one registration per student to a scientific thinking course)
BIO-488 / Section SV
De Palma, Radtke
EN
  • Courses: 1h
  • Exercises: 3h
-
Winter session
During the semester
4

Group 5

Courses
Language
Master 1
Master 2
Specialisations/Orientations
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
Concept to early-stage drug and medTech products
BIO-497 / Section SV
Ghisays, Pojer, Tang
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
During the semester
4
Entrepreneurship in food & nutrition science
BIO-498 / Section SV
Feige, Lê Bur, Van der Beek
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
During the semester
4
Entrepreneurship in life sciences
BIO-490 / Section SV
Merten
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
During the semester
4
Introduction to law and ethics
BIO-455 / Section SV
Hotz, Malbois
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Oral
4
Strategic management of innovation
MGT-425 / Section MTE
Piveteau
EN
  • Courses: 3h
-
Winter session
During the semester
4

Master project

Courses
Language
MP Autumn
MP Spring
Specialisations/Orientations
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
Master project in Life Sciences Engineering
BIO-597 / Section SV
Profs divers
EN
  • Individual project: 900h
  • Individual project: 900h
Winter/Summer session
Oral
30