Urban systems 2025-26

Block 1 "Core foundations"

Courses
Language
Master 1
Master 2
Specialisations/Orientations
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
Computational systems thinking for sustainable eng.
CIVIL-534 / Section GC
Sonta
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Course based project: 1h
Summer session
During the semester
4
Social justice and transition in the urban context
URB-403 / Section SIE
Pattaroni
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
Summer session
Oral
3
Systems approaches for urban transitions
URB-401 / Section SIE
Binder, Hecher, Jessel
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Oral
4
Urban digital twins
URB-410 / Section SIE
Kaplan
EN
-
  • Courses: 3h
  • Course based project: 1h
Summer session
During the semester
4
Urban governance
URB-402 / Section SIE
Genoud
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Written
4

Block 2 "Practical"

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
Projet core
URB-420 / Section SIE
Profs divers
FR
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Individual project: 8h
Summer session
During the semester
10
Projet spécialisation
URB-425 / Section SIE
Profs divers
FR
  • Individual project: 10h
  • Individual project: 10h
Winter/Summer session
During the semester
10

Group 1 "Core options"

Courses
Language
Master 1
Master 2
Specialisations/Orientations
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
Climate and water sensitive urban design
ENV-526 / Section SIE
Manoli
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Course based project: 2h
Summer session
During the semester
4
Computational methods in urban studies
URB-404 / Section SIE
Gumy, Rames
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Course based project: 1h
-
Winter session
During the semester
3
Ecological contributions to cities in transformation (Pas donné en 2025-26)
URB-405 / Section SIE
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
-
Winter session
During the semester
3
Innovation for construction and the environment
CIVIL-424 / Section GC
Terzis
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
-
Winter session
During the semester
3
Introduction to transportation systems
CIVIL-355 / Section GC
Bierlaire
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
Summer session
During the semester
3
Railway systems and their transition
URB-406 / Section SIE
Kummer
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
-
Winter session
Oral
3
Science and technology in urban transformation
URB-407 / Section SIE
Baudry, Graezer Bideau
EN
-
  • Courses: 1h
  • Course based project: 2h
Summer session
During the semester
3
Science of climate change
ENV-410 / Section SIE
Schmale
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • Course based project: 1h
-
Winter session
Written
4
Sensing and spatial modeling for earth observation
ENV-408 / Section SIE
Berne, Skaloud, Tuia
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • Lab: 1h
Summer session
Written
5

Group 2 "Specialization"

Courses
Language
Master 1
Master 2
Specialisations/Orientations
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
AI for urban history
URB-409 / Section SIE
Di Lenardo
EN
-
  • Courses: 3h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Sustainable transitions in urban systems
  • Health and well-being in the urban environment
Summer session
During the semester
4
Air pollution
ENV-409 / Section SIE
Reimann Bhend, Takahama
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Course based project: 3h
  • Health and well-being in the urban environment
Summer session
Written
5
Behind/Beyond future cities
AR-496 / Section AR
Coccolo, Mauree
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Sustainable transitions in urban systems
Summer session
Oral
3
Building design in the circular economy
AR-497 / Section AR
Fivet, Küpfer
EN
  • Courses: 2h
-
  • Sustainable transitions in urban systems
Winter session
Oral
3
City and mobility
AR-458 / Section AR
Drevon, Kaufmann
FR
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Mobility and transportation in a changing climate
Summer session
Written
3
Comfort and architecture: sustainable strategies
AR-442 / Section AR
Pastore, Wienold
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
-
  • Health and well-being in the urban environment
Winter session
Oral
3
Decision-aid methodologies in transportation (The course is given by various lecturers)
CIVIL-557 / Section GC
Bierlaire, Paschalidis, Torres
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • Mobility and transportation in a changing climate
Summer session
During the semester
4
Design and construction of roadways
CIVIL-463 / Section GC
Tille
FR
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
-
  • Mobility and transportation in a changing climate
Winter session
Written
3
Digital epidemiology
BIO-512 / Section SV
Salathé
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • Health and well-being in the urban environment
Summer session
During the semester
4
Energy supply, economics and transition
ENG-410 / Section SIE
Ballif, Binder, Thalmann
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Mobility and transportation in a changing climate
  • Sustainable transitions in urban systems
Summer session
Written
2
Exploratory data analysis in environmental health
ENV-444 / Section SIE
Joost, Nehme
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Course based project: 2h
-
  • Health and well-being in the urban environment
Winter session
During the semester
4
Fundamentals of traffic operations and control
CIVIL-457 / Section GC
Geroliminis
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Course based project: 1h
-
  • Mobility and transportation in a changing climate
Winter session
During the semester
4
Green spaces - Concepts and planning approaches
AR-532 / Section AR
Jessel
EN
-
  • Courses: 1h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • Mobility and transportation in a changing climate
  • Sustainable transitions in urban systems
  • Health and well-being in the urban environment
Summer session
During the semester
4
Groundwater and soil remediation
ENV-504 / Section SIE
Bernier-Latmani
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
  • Health and well-being in the urban environment
Winter session
Oral
4
Image processing for Earth observation
ENV-540 / Section SIE
Tuia
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Course based project: 1h
-
  • Mobility and transportation in a changing climate
  • Health and well-being in the urban environment
Winter session
During the semester
4
Indoor air quality and ventilation
CIVIL-460 / Section GC
Licina
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
During the semester
4
Material flow analysis and resource management
ENV-501 / Section SIE
Binder, Felix Martin Del Campo
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Course based project: 1h
-
  • Sustainable transitions in urban systems
Winter session
Written
4
Mobility engineering
CIVIL-451 / Section GC
Tufo
FR
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
-
  • Mobility and transportation in a changing climate
Winter session
During the semester
3
Occupational and environmental health
ENV-468 / Section SIE
Vernez
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
-
  • Health and well-being in the urban environment
Winter session
Oral
3
Planetary health
BIO-413 / Section SV
Banwell, D'Angelo, McKinney, Oricchio
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
  • Sustainable transitions in urban systems
  • Health and well-being in the urban environment
Winter session
During the semester
4
Shaping future railway systems
URB-408 / Section SIE
Kummer
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Mobility and transportation in a changing climate
Summer session
Oral
3
Spatial and Regional Economy
AR-492 / Section AR
Dessemontet
FR
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Mobility and transportation in a changing climate
  • Sustainable transitions in urban systems
  • Health and well-being in the urban environment
Summer session
Written
3
Sustainability assessment of urban systems
ENV-461 / Section SIE
Binder
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Course based project: 1h
  • Mobility and transportation in a changing climate
  • Sustainable transitions in urban systems
Summer session
Written
3
Technology, sustainability and public policy
MGT-450 / Section MTE
Aklin
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
  • Mobility and transportation in a changing climate
Winter session
Written
4
Transportation economics
CIVIL-455 / Section GC
Geroliminis, Yang, de Palma
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Mobility and transportation in a changing climate
Summer session
During the semester
3
UE J : Territory and landscape (Inscription faite par la section)
AR-471 / Section AR
Cogato Lanza, Riondel
FR/EN
  • Courses: 3h
  • Exercises: 1h
-
  • Sustainable transitions in urban systems
Winter session
During the semester
4
Urban and territorial analysis
AR-264 / Section AR
Cogato Lanza, Riondel
FR
-
  • Courses: 1h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • Sustainable transitions in urban systems
Summer session
During the semester
4
Urban demography
AR-507 / Section AR
Lerch
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Mobility and transportation in a changing climate
  • Health and well-being in the urban environment
Summer session
During the semester
3
Urban Green&Blue infrastructure and global warming
ENV-462 / Section SIE
Kazemi
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Course based project: 1h
  • Sustainable transitions in urban systems
  • Health and well-being in the urban environment
Summer session
During the semester
3
Urban habitat and developement
AR-465 / Section AR
Felder, Pattaroni, Schaeben
FR
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Sustainable transitions in urban systems
Summer session
Oral
3
Urban hydraulic systems
CIVIL-413 / Section GC
Pfister
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Sustainable transitions in urban systems
Summer session
Oral
3
Urbanism and Territories
AR-455 / Section AR
Kaufmann, Viot
FR
  • Courses: 2h
-
  • Sustainable transitions in urban systems
Winter session
During the semester
3
Urban public transport systems
CIVIL-324 / Section GC
Zhang
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Mobility and transportation in a changing climate
Summer session
During the semester
3
Urban sociology
AR-489 / Section AR
Del Puppo, Felder, Pattaroni
FR
  • Courses: 2h
-
  • Health and well-being in the urban environment
Winter session
During the semester
3

Master project

Courses
Language
Master 1
Master 2
Specialisations/Orientations
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
Stage d'ingénierie crédité avec le PDM (master en Systèmes urbains) (Stage de 8 semaines à 6 mois)
URB-596 / Section SIE
Profs divers
FR
  • Individual project: 320h
  • Individual project: 320h
Winter session
During the semester
0