The SHS program is an integral part of all study plans at EPFL, from the first year of a Bachelor’s degree to the first year of the Master’s degree. It offers students a great freedom of choice, from around 150 courses that cover a wide range of humanities and social sciences.
Eight of these courses are also open to UNIL students, as part of a pilot project that will be developed further.
Courses’ timetables
BA 1st year propedeutic, spring: Tuesday 5.15 pm-7 pm
BA semester 3 and 4: Tuesday 3.15 pm-5 pm
BA semester 5 and 6: Tuesday 1.15 pm-3 pm
Master semester 1 and 2: Wednesday 4.15 pm-7 pm
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Testimonials from students and teachers
[FR] SHSKENDITU? : The SHS programme explained by students
College of Humanities set out to meet a number of students to find out more about the SHS and their views on the subject.
Foucault’s pendulum: demonstrating the Earth’s rotation!
As part of the “Experimental History of Science” course, students reproduced Léon Foucault’s 1851 experiment at the Panthéon in Paris in the MED hall. The aim was to study the experiment and compare the opinions of spectators nearly two centuries apart!
> Other student videos from SHS courses