Transversal Skills: Vision and Implementation

This lecture, presented by the instructor, focuses on the importance of transversal skills in engineering professions, emphasizing communication, teamwork, and ethical considerations. The lecture outlines EPFL's initiative to ensure graduates acquire these skills, detailing the institutional efforts and priorities set by the working group. It discusses the teaching methods of transversal skills at EPFL, including integrated courses and stand-alone modules. The lecture also covers the mapping of transversal skills outside the official curriculum and concludes with a discussion on where and how these skills should be taught.