Mathematics - master program 2025-26

Block 1

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

Group 1

Courses
Language
Master 1
Master 2
Specialisations/Orientations
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
Mathematics projects (master)
MATH-498 / Section MA
Profs divers
FR
  • Individual project: 10h
  • Individual project: 10h
Winter/Summer session
During the semester
10

Master project

Courses
Language
MP Autumn
MP Spring
Specialisations/Orientations
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
Master project in Mathematics
MATH-599 / Section MA
Profs divers
FR/EN
  • Individual project: 900h
  • Individual project: 900h
Winter/Summer session
Oral
30

Option 2b - Mathematics

Courses
Language
Master 1
Master 2
Specialisations/Orientations
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
Abstract analysis on groups
MATH-416 / Section MA
Monod
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Oral
5
Advanced analytic number theory (Cours donné en alternance tous les deux ans)
MATH-521 / Section MA
Michel
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Oral
5
Advanced stochastic analysis
MATH-525 / Section MA
Hairer
EN
-
  • Courses: 3h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • a
Summer session
Oral
5
Algebraic geometry III - selected topics
MATH-535 / Section MA
Rychlewicz
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Oral
5
Algebraic geometry II - schemes and sheaves
MATH-510 / Section MA
Mukhopadhyay, Valloni
EN
  • Courses: 4h
  • Exercises: 4h
-
Winter session
Written
10
Algebraic methods in combinatorics
MATH-526 / Section MA
Janzer
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • a
Summer session
Written
5
Applied biostatistics (Pas donné en 2025-26)
MATH-493 / Section MA
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • a
Summer session
During the semester
5
Applied statistics
MATH-516 / Section MA
Mhalla
EN
-
  • Courses: 1h
  • Exercises: 3h
  • a
Summer session
During the semester
5
Biostatistics (Pas donné en 2025-26)
MATH-449 / Section MA
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • a
Summer session
Written
5
Calculus of variations (Cours donné en alternance tous les deux ans)
MATH-437 / Section MA
Michelat
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Oral
5
Cellular automata and models of artificial life
MATH-527 / Section MA
Hudcová
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • a
Summer session
Written
5
Complex manifolds (Pas donné en 2025-26. Cours donné en alternance tous les deux ans)
MATH-473 / Section MA
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Written
5
Computational linear algebra (Pas donné en 2025-26)
MATH-496 / Section MA
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Oral
5
Computational linear algebra
MATH-453 / Section MA
Kressner
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • a
Summer session
Written
5
Computational optimal transport
MATH-528 / Section MA
Chizat
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • a
Summer session
Written
5
Differential geometry IV - general relativity
MATH-530 / Section MA
Moschidis
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Oral
5
Diophantine approximation (Pas donné en 2025-26)
MATH-540 / Section MA
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Oral
5
Dispersive PDEs (Pas donné en 2025-26 Cours donné en alternance tous les deux ans)
MATH-478 / Section MA
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Oral
5
Distribution and interpolation spaces (Cours donné en alternance tous les deux ans)
MATH-502 / Section MA
Michelat
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Oral
5
Empirical processes
MATH-522 / Section MA
Limnios
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • a
Summer session
Written
5
Ergodic theory
MATH-518 / Section MA
Richter
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
5
Error control in scientific modelling
MATH-500 / Section MA
Herbst
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
  • a
Winter session
Oral
5
Euclidean and hyperbolic geometries
MATH-529 / Section MA
Huruguen
FR
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Oral
5
Foundations of probabilistic proofs (This course is a "depth" for Cyber Security master program and Cyber Security minor.)
CS-459 / Section IN
Chiesa
EN
  • Courses: 4h
  • Exercises: 1h
-
  • a
Winter session
During the semester
6
Gaussian processes
MATH-426 / Section MA
Aru
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
  • a
Winter session
Oral
5
Gödel and recursivity (Pas donné en 2025-26 Cours donné en alternance tous les deux ans )
MATH-483 / Section MA
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
5
Harmonic analysis (Cours donné en alternance tous les deux ans)
MATH-405 / Section MA
Krieger
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Oral
5
Homotopical algebra (Pas donné en 2025-26)
MATH-436 / Section MA
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Oral
5
HPC for numerical methods and data analysis (Pas donné en 2025-26)
MATH-505 / Section MA
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
  • a
Winter session
Oral
5
Integer optimisation (Pas donné en 2025-26)
MATH-504 / Section MA
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • a
Summer session
Written
5
Introduction to dynamical systems
MATH-523 / Section MA
Krieger
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
5
Introduction to multi-scale stochastic dynamics
MATH-487 / Section MA
Li
EN
-
  • Courses: 3h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • a
Summer session
Oral
6
Introduction to random geometry
MATH-531 / Section MA
Aru
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Oral
5
Introduction to stochastic PDEs (Pas donné en 2025-26)
MATH-485 / Section MA
EN
-
  • Courses: 3h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • a
Summer session
Oral
5
Kinetic and non-equilibrium conservation laws
MATH-532 / Section MA
Gorji
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Oral
5
Large deviations
MATH-533 / Section MA
Ott
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • a
Summer session
Oral
5
Lattice models (Pas donné en 2025-26 - Cours donnés en alternance tous les deux ans)
MATH-434 / Section MA
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
  • a
Winter session
Written
5
Martingales in financial mathematics
MATH-470 / Section MA
Schmutz
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • a
Summer session
Oral
5
Mathematical modelling of behavior
MATH-463 / Section MA
Bierlaire
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
  • a
Winter session
Written
5
Metric embeddings (Pas donné en 2025-26)
MATH-513 / Section MA
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
5
Multivariate statistics
MATH-444 / Section MA
Panaretos
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • a
Summer session
Written
5
Nonlinear Schrödinger equations
MATH-514 / Section MA
Genoud
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Oral
5
Nonparametric estimation and inference
MATH-524 / Section MA
Chandak
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • a
Summer session
Written
5
Number theory II.b - Modular forms
MATH-511 / Section MA
Viazovska
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Oral
5
Number theory II.c - Selected topics (Pas donné en 2025-26 - Cours donné en alternance tous les deux ans)
MATH-417 / Section MA
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Oral
5
Number theory II.d - Cryptography (Pas donné en 2025-26)
MATH-489 / Section MA
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • a
Summer session
Written
5
Numerical integration of dynamical systems
MATH-452 / Section MA
Blumenthal
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • a
Summer session
Written
5
Numerical integration of stochastic differential equations
MATH-450 / Section MA
Nobile
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • a
Summer session
Written
5
Numerics for fluids, structures & electromagnetics (Pas donné en 2025-26 *** Cours donné en alternance tous les deux ans.)
MATH-468 / Section MA
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
  • a
Winter session
Oral
5
Optimal transport (Cours donné en alternance tous les deux ans)
MATH-476 / Section MA
Fernandez-Real
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
  • a
Winter session
Oral
5
Optimization on manifolds (Pas donné en 2025-26 Cours donné en alternance tous les deux ans.)
MATH-512 / Section MA
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • a
Summer session
During the semester
5
Probabilistic methods in combinatorics (Pas donné en 2025-26)
MATH-467 / Section MA
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • a
Summer session
Written
5
Probabilistic models of modern AI
MATH-415 / Section MA
Hongler
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
  • a
Winter session
Written
5
Randomized matrix computations (Pas donné en 2025-26 Cours donné en alternance tous les deux ans)
MATH-403 / Section MA
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
  • a
Winter session
Oral
5
Regression methods
MATH-408 / Section MA
Limnios
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
  • a
Winter session
Written
5
Representation theory III - Quantum groups
MATH-534 / Section MA
Negut
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Written
5
Riemann surfaces
MATH-410 / Section MA
Viazovska
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
5
Set theory
MATH-318 / Section MA
Duparc
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Written
5
Spectral theory (Pas donné en 2025-26 Cours donné en alternance tous les deux ans.)
MATH-561 / Section MA
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • a
Summer session
Oral
5
Statistical analysis of network data
MATH-448 / Section MA
Olhede
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
  • a
Winter session
Written
5
Statistical computation and visualisation
MATH-517 / Section MA
Mhalla
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
  • a
Winter session
During the semester
5
Statistical inference
MATH-562 / Section MA
Chandak
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
  • a
Winter session
Written
5
Statistical machine learning
MATH-412 / Section MA
Obozinski, Zemel
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
  • a
Winter session
Written
5
Statistical mechanics and Gibbs measures (Cours donné en alternance une année sur deux.)
MATH-486 / Section MA
Friedli
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • a
Summer session
Oral
5
Statistical theory
MATH-442 / Section MA
Zemel
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • a
Summer session
Written
5
Statistics for genomic data analysis (Pas donné en 2025-26 Cours donné en alternance tous les deux ans )
MATH-474 / Section MA
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • a
Summer session
During the semester
5
Stochastic simulation
MATH-414 / Section MA
Nobile
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
  • a
Winter session
Written
5
Student seminar in pure mathematics
MATH-563 / Section MA
Wyss
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
During the semester
5
Theory of stochastic calculus
MATH-431 / Section MA
Dalang
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
  • a
Winter session
Written
5
Topics in high-dimensional probability (Pas donné en 2025-26)
MATH-519 / Section MA
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
  • a
Winter session
Oral
5
Topics in machine learning
MATH-520 / Section MA
Chizat
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
  • a
Winter session
Written
5
Topology IV.a - Cohomology rings
MATH-506 / Section MA
Scherer
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
5
Topology IV.b - Algebraic K-theory
MATH-488 / Section MA
Hess Bellwald
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Oral
5
Topology IV.b - homotopy theory (Pas donné en 2025-26)
MATH-497 / Section MA
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Written
5