Science et génie des matériaux 2025-26
Core courses
Cours
Langue
Examen
Crédits / Coefficient
EN
Project report
1
Additive Manufacturing of Metals and Alloys (It is technically possible to give the course online for external Doctoral Candidates, but not recommended. Discussions in class are preferable. Next time : Winter 2027)
MSE-666 / Section EDMX
EN
Oral presentation
2
CCMX Advanced Course - Advanced X-ray Diffraction Methods for Coatings: strain, defects and deformation analysis of thin films (Next time: November 5 to 7, 2025)
MSE-628 / Section EDMX
EN
Written
1
CCMX Advanced Course - Instrumented Nanoindentation (Next time : February 11 to 13, 2026)
MSE-656 / Section EDMX
EN
Written
1
CCMX Tribology and Surfaces Interactions (Next time : August 25 to 29, 2025)
MSE-667 / Section EDMX
EN
Project report
2
Characterization of Materials 2025 (Next time : September 2 to 5, 2025.
)
MSE-716 / Section EDMX
EN
Written
1
Computation, Modeling and Visualization (The course will not be given this year )
MSE-671 / Section EDMX
EN
Oral
1
Electrochemistry in Corrosion Research (Next time November 12-14, 2025
Registration on Metrohm website and by sending an email to stefano.mischler@epfl.ch)
MSE-658 / Section EDMX
Mischler, Various lecturers
EN
Project report
1
MSE-715 / Section EDMX
EN
Oral
2
Introduction to SEM and FIB microanalysis (Next time: November 18 to 21, 2025)
MSE-675 / Section EDMX
EN
Written
2
Limestone-Calcined Clay - Cement : Characterisation methods (SPRING) (EPFL PhD students are invited to contact maude.schneider@epfl.ch if interested in the January 2026 course. Due to high demand, registration (likely in Sept.) fills up quickly.)
MSE-660(b) / Section EDMX
EN
Written
2
Limestone-Calcined Clay - Cement : Characterisation methods (The course will not be given this year )
MSE-660(a) / Section EDMX
EN
Written
2
Multidisciplinary NPs characterization (Block course done at Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI, Villigen) in four days. Please book your room at PSI Guest House well in advance, if needed. Next time February 23 to 26, 2026)
MSE-676 / Section EDMX
EN
Oral
2
Non-destructive methods for industry and research (Next time: 2025.11.3-4 & 6-7. To benefit from this course, the Doctoral School has agreed to fund it. If you register, please ensure that you can attend to avoid last-minute and mid-course withdrawals)
MSE-668 / Section EDMX
EN
Oral presentation
2
Optical Materials: Fundamental concepts and recent developments (Postponed until further notice)
MSE-643 / Section EDMX
EN
Oral
1
Powder Diffraction School - Modern Syncrotron Methods (Next time: September 15 to 19, 2025)
MSE-663 / Section EDMX
EN
Oral
2
Scanning and Analytical Transmission Electron Microscopy (Next time: November 24 to 26 2025)
MSE-735 / Section EDMX
EN
Oral presentation
1
Scanning electron microscopy techniques (a) (Next time: October 13 to 15, 2025)
MSE-636(a) / Section EDMX
EN
Written
1
EN
Written
1
Science and technology of UV-induced polymerization (Postponed until further notice)
MSE-703 / Section EDMX
EN
Term paper
1
Statistical methods in atomistic computer simulations (Postponed until further notice)
MSE-639 / Section EDMX
EN
Project report
2
Thin film and small scale mechanics (Next time: November 25 to 28, 2025)
MSE-669 / Section EDMX
EN
Written
2
Transmission electron microscopy and diffraction (a) (Next time: October 27 to 29, 2025)
MSE-637(a) / Section EDMX
EN
Written
1
MSE-637(b) / Section EDMX
EN
Written
1
X-Ray Analysis for thin films (Next time: 2025.10.06-09. To benefit from this course, EPFL Doctoral School has agreed to fund it. If you register, please ensure that you can attend to avoid last-minute and mid-course withdrawals)
MSE-627 / Section EDMX
EN
Written
2
Other doctoral courses (EDOC)
Cours
Langue
Examen
Crédits / Coefficient
Master courses
Cours
Langue
Examen
Crédits / Coefficient
EN
Session d'hiver
Written
Written
4
IMX Colloquium (autumn) (You are most welcome to follow the seminar series each semester. However, you can only obtain ECTS credit points during one single semester.)
MSE-470(a) / Section MX
EN
Session d'hiver
Written
Written
2
IMX Colloquium (spring) (You are most welcome to follow the seminar series each semester. However, you can only obtain ECTS credit points during one single semester.)
MSE-470(b) / Section MX
EN
Session d'été
Written
Written
2
EN
Session d'hiver
Oral
Oral
3