Important information –
Autumn semester 2025-2026
Note that for some courses, withdrawal is not allowed once the registration deadline has passed. These courses are tagged “no withdrawal” (“sans retrait”) on the study plan and will be highlighted with an alert in the registration tab on is-academia.
Important note: one week without class October 20-24, 2025
Important note: one week without class October 20-24, 2025
FIN-411 Accounting for Finance
- Dates: during the 7 first weeks of the semester (08.09-31.10.2025)
- Day: Thursday
- Time: 9h15 to 12h
FIN-419 Ethical behavior in the financial industry
- Dates: during the 7 first weeks of the semester (08.09-31.10.2025)
- Day: Thursday
- Time: 9h15 to 12h
Financial engineering 2025-26
Block 1
Courses
Language
Master 1
Master 2
Specialisations/Orientations
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
Accounting for finance (MA1 only. Special schedule: see the IF website https://go.epfl.ch/fe)
FIN-411 / Section IF
EN
- Courses: 1.5h
-
Winter session
During the semester
During the semester
2
EN
- Courses: 2h
- Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
Written
4
EN
- Courses: 2h
- Exercises: 2h
- Course based project: 1h
-
Winter session
Written
Written
6
EN
- Courses: 3h
- Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
Written
6
Block 2
Courses
Language
Master 1
Master 2
Specialisations/Orientations
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
EN
- Courses: 2h
- Exercises: 1h
-
Winter session
Written
Written
4
Ethical behavior in the financial industry (Special schedule: see the IF website https://go.epfl.ch/fe)
FIN-419 / Section IF
EN
- Courses: 1.5h
-
Winter session
During the semester
During the semester
2
EN
- Courses: 3h
- Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
Written
6
EN
-
- Courses: 3h
- Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Written
Written
6
EN
-
- Courses: 2h
- Exercises: 1h
Summer session
Written
Written
4
EN
- Courses: 2h
- Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
Written
4
Group 1
Courses
Language
Master 1
Master 2
Specialisations/Orientations
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
EN
- Courses: 2h
- Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
Written
5
EN
- Courses: 2h
- Course based project: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
Written
8
EN
-
- Courses: 2h
- Exercises: 1h
Summer session
During the semester
During the semester
4
Cryptography and security (This course is a "depth" for Cyber Security master program and Cyber Security minor.)
COM-401 / Section SC
EN
- Courses: 4h
- Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
Written
8
Data science for business (Pas donné en 2025-26)
MGT-432 / Section MTE
EN
- Courses: 3h
- Exercises: 1h
-
Winter session
During the semester
During the semester
6
EN
-
- Courses: 2h
- Course based project: 2h
Summer session
During the semester
During the semester
6
EN
-
- Courses: 2h
- Exercises: 2h
Summer session
During the semester
During the semester
4
Deep reinforcement learning (Pas donné en 2025-26)
CS-456 / Section IN
EN
-
- Courses: 2h
- Exercises: 1h
- Lab: 1h
Summer session
Written
Written
6
Financial applications of blockchains and distributed ledgers (Special schedule: see the IF website https://go.epfl.ch/fe)
FIN-413 / Section IF
EN
-
- Courses: 2h
- Course based project: 1h
Summer session
During the semester
During the semester
3
EN
- Courses: 3h
-
Winter session
During the semester
During the semester
3
FR
-
- Courses: 2h
- TP: 2h
Summer session
Written
Written
4
EN
- Courses: 3h
-
Winter session
During the semester
During the semester
4
Information security & digital trust (Pas donné en 2025-26** In automne 2023-24 - only in MA3 for students cohort 2022-24)
MGT-493 / Section MTE
EN
- Courses: 2h
- Exercises: 1h
-
Winter session
Written
Written
4
Information security and privacy (This course will be last given in fall 2025. This course is a "depth" for Cyber Security master program and Cyber Security minor.)
COM-402 / Section IN
EN
- Courses: 3h
- Exercises: 1h
- Course based project: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
Written
8
Introduction to stochastic PDEs (Pas donné en 2025-26)
MATH-485 / Section MA
EN
-
- Courses: 3h
- Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Oral
Oral
5
EN
- Courses: 4h
- Exercises: 2h
- Course based project: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
Written
8
Machine learning II (Pas donné en 2025-26)
MICRO-570 / Section MT
EN
-
- Courses: 3h
- Exercises: .5h
- Course based project: .5h
Summer session
Oral
Oral
4
EN
-
- Courses: 2h
- Exercises: 1h
Summer session
During the semester
During the semester
4
EN
- TP: 2h
-
Winter session
During the semester
During the semester
2
EN
- Courses: 2h
- Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
Written
5
EN
-
- Courses: 2h
- Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Written
Written
5
EN
- Courses: 2h
- Course based project: 1h
-
Winter session
During the semester
During the semester
3
EN
- Courses: 2h
- Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
Written
4
EN
-
- Courses: 2h
- Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Written
Written
5
EN
-
- Courses: 2h
- Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Written
Written
5
EN
- Courses: 3h
- Exercises: 1h
-
Winter session
Written
Written
4
EN
- Courses: 2h
- Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
Written
5
EN
- Courses: 2h
- Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
Written
5
Master project
Courses
Language
Master 1
Master 2
MP Autumn
MP Spring
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
Engineering internship credited with master project (master in Financial Engineering) (Stage d'au minimum 8 semaines. Inscription en principe par la bourse au stages, sinon en s'adressant à la section)
FIN-598 / Section IF
Profs divers
EN
- Individual project: 320h
- Individual project: 320h
- Individual project: 320h
- Individual project: 320h
Winter/Summer session
During the semester
During the semester
0
Master project in Financial Engineering
FIN-599 / Section IF
Profs divers
EN
-
-
- Individual project: 900h
- Individual project: 900h
Winter/Summer session
Oral
Oral
30