MSc Students

The SMA proposes two masters of Mathematics (Math and Applied Math), a master of Computational Science and Engineering (CSE), and a master in Statistics. The details of ECTS are at the bottom of the page.

Courses and projects

• Courses outside the official list:
  • MSc Math and Ing Math
  • MSc CSE
  • Courses of the doctoral school
• semester project organised 
• Repetition of exams of courses in the group "cours à option" (in French)
• Registering for courses and tests

Internships

• Evaluation of the intership (Ing math or CSE)
• Specialisation semester (Statistics)

Master Project (PDM)

• Master project (Math, Ing Math, CSE, and Statistics)
• Courses during PdM

Tracks for MSc Math and Applied Math

See https://wiki.epfl.ch/sma/tracks

Students in MSc Math (only) can apply to the "Teaching Orientation", check the instruction for registering to the class HEP-402

Minors (Math and Ing Math)

• Information about Minors

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MSc Math vs Applied Math (average length 2 to 2.5 years)

Starting September 2017, the orientations in Math and Applied Math have been removed. Instead there are tracks, see above. 

The MSc in Math has the following structure:

• 44 ECTS : optional courses: the student chooses the optional classes from the list of courses in math. The tracks are guidelines. Up to 10 ECTS of courses from the math BSc and up to 4 ECTS of master courses from outside math may also count.
• 6 ECTS : SHS
• 10 ECTS : semester project

The MSc in Applied Math (Ingeniérie Mathématique) has the following structure

• 40 ECTS : optional courses. The student chooses the optional classes from the list of courses in math, at least 30 from the list A (applied math). The tracks are guidelines. Up to 10 ECTS of courses from the BSc may also count.
• 4 ECTS : courses engineering among those recommended by SMA
• 6 ECTS : SHS
• 10 ECTS : semester project
• 30 ECTS : internship or Minor in Engineering. If you do a Minor, a short internship is still compulsory, but the 4 ECTS in engineering can be replaced by an optional course in math.

MSc CSE (average length 2 to 2.5 years)

• 60 ECTS: optional courses. The students chooses 24 ECTS of core courses and 36 ECTS of courses in the group "Modeling and Numerical Methods". The student chooses 3 lists out of 4 and completes at least 8ECTS in each list.
• 24 ECTS of projects. The students must do 2 Semester projects and one internship (the internship's duration is between 8 to 6 months. The majority of internships last 6 months).
• 6 ECTS : SHS

No minors are possible with the CSE master

MSc Statistics (average length 2 to 2.5 years)

• 30 ECTS : Core courses. The student must take all core courses from the statistics study plan.
• 24 ECTS : Elective courses. The student chooses the electives from the liste of courses in the statistics study plan.
• 6 ECTS : SHS
• 30 ECTS : Specialization semester or Minor in Engineering. If you do a Minor, a shorter specalization semester is still compulsory.