Semester projects
DH students starting as of 2022/23 academic year can do a semester project (12 ECTS) as part of their options group.
The duration of semester projects is 14 weeks.
See list of projects below.
Deadlines and information
| Delivery of the report to the lab | 10.01.2025 |
| Grades to be handed-in to the Registrar’s office | 10.02.2025 |
| Delivery of the report to the lab | 06.06.2025 |
| Grades to be handed-in to the Registrar’s office | 14.07.2025 |
| Duration of project: 14 weeks with 18 hours of work per week |
| Preparation: 30 hours before start of semester |
| Report writing and presentation: 30 hours after the end of the semester |
| Information on the format and the content of the report is provided by the project supervisor |
| Total workload: 312 hours of work for 12 credits |
| As per EPFL rules, ECTS credited semester projects are not remunerated |
Instructions for registration to a semester project
- Visit the websites of the different laboratories and groups listed below to find proposed projects
- Reserve your project with the professor in charge
- Discuss your project with the professor and the assistant in charge of the project
- When things are settled with the professor and the assistant in charge of the project, register in IS-Academia
- Contact the Professor in charge of the project to ensure the project is available and can be done by you
- If the Professor agrees, please send the link of the project to the DH Section to obtain authorization for the semester project
- Once you receive the authorization from the DH Section, please register in IS-Academia
- Register your project in IS-Academia from the opening of the registrations as per Registrar’s office academic calendar (please mention two supervisors in the “teacher” field if needed)
- Important: the registration in IS-Academia is the only official registration that will be considered for the semester project
Master thesis projects
Information booklet for students, EPFL Professors and companies/universities
DH Master Project Information booklet (pdf)
Info Sheet For Expert Master Thesis Project (pdf)
Forms
Form – Master Thesis Project Outside EPFL (pdf)
Form – Master Thesis Project Outside EPFL (doc)
Form – Master Thesis Assessment (pdf)
Form – Master Thesis Assessment (doc)
Form – Authorization for publication of DH Master project (pdf)
Form – Authorization for publication of DH Master project (doc)
EPFL rules and procedures about Master Thesis Projects
Click here to access the page from Student Services
Important links to help with the writing of the report
Publish your thesis while respecting copyright rules
Guides and recommended tools and tutorials
EPFL Library Publishing Support Fastguides
Recording of a coffee lecture given on Creative Commons Licences (YouTube)
Please feel free to contact the EPFL library team with any questions you may have regarding publishing.
Available projects
Authorised supervisors: Prof. Frederic Kaplan & Dr. Maud Ehrmann
Authorised supervisors: Prof. Robert West
All projects offered by Prof. West’s lab are listed here
Contact: Prof. Robert West
Authorised supervisors: Prof. Jérôme Baudry
All projects offered by LHST (Laboratory for the History of Science and Technology) are listed here
Contact: Prof. Jérôme Baudry
Authorised supervisors: Prof. Daniel Gatica-Perez
All projects offered by the Social Computing Group are listed here
Contact: Prof. Daniel Gatica-Perez
Authorised supervisors: Prof. Sarah Kenderdine
All projects offered by Em+ are listed here
Contact: Prof. Sarah Kenderdine
Authorised supervisors: Prof. Martin Rohrmeier
All projects offered at DCML are listed here
Contact: Dr. Yannis Ramos
All projects can adapted to a semester project or a Master project
Authorised supervisors: MER Mathieu Salzmann
Project: Exploring the future of Classical Music
Persons in charge: Mathieu Salzmann & Delphine Ribes (EPFL+ECAL Lab) + Cedric Duchene (EPFL+ECAL Lab)
Contact: Mathieu Salzmann
Person in charge: Isabella Di Lenardo
Authorised supervisors: Prof. Frederic Kaplan
All projects offered on the Lausanne Time Machine are listed here
Contact: Rémi Petitpierre