IGD - Interaction, Graphics & Design Track

Master of Computer Science - IP Paris

Presentation

The IGD Master track is part of the Computer Science Master of Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)

Please see the following IP Paris pages for application and for a presentation of IGD M1 and IGD M2.

Welcome Session

The Welcome Session will take place on September 7, 2026 at Télécom Paris in amphitheater 3.

Course & Schedules

• Full list of courses
• Approximate overall schedule
• The list of choosen courses must first be validated by the student's tutor (see Policies & Procedures below).
• Not all partner institutions follow the same calendar. Some small overlap in classes is thus be unavoidable. The schedules shown on this website are semi-manually extracted; some errors may occur.

Institutional partners

The IGD Master offers a comprehensive range of courses which are held by the following institutes:

• TP = Télécom Paris
• X = École Polytechnique
• TSP = Télécom SudParis
• ENSTA = Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Techniques Avancées
• HCI = Master HCI - Université Paris-Saclay

All of these institutes are located on Plateau de Saclay. Maps: IP Paris - Paris-Saclay

Policies & Procedures

ECTS

• Full Master Program: 120 ECTS
• Each year (e.g. only M2): 60 ECTS

Periods

The academic year starts in September and ends in June. It is divided into four Periods (P1, P2, P3, and P4). The two first Periods correspond to the first Semester (S1), and the two last Periods to the second Semester (S2). The starting/ending dates of the Periods are not exactly the same for all institutes, meaning that the starting/ending weeks of courses depend on which institutes they are held (see Overall Schedule).

Tutor

Each student will be assigned a tutor according to his/her main domain of interest. The tutor helps guide the student in ensuring that their course selection is coherent and aligned with the program requirements and individual student interests.

Choice of courses

At the beginning of each year, the student must select a coherent set of courses, according to her/his preferences and prior knowledge. Except otherwise stated, courses can either be taken in M1 or M2, but beware that class’ prerequisites must be respected.

Students are invited to contact their tutor (and/or other lecturers) to help them in choosing courses. The tutor will validate the chosen list of courses before it is possible to register for classes.

M1 course requirements

M1 students must take at least 60 credits (ECTS) of classes and fewer than 65 credits as follows:

• a minimum of 2,5 credits in each of the following blocks: Interaction, Graphics, Design, and Programming,
• optional elective classes from the Mixed Reality and Multimodal/Robotics/Learning blocks,
• at least 2,5 and no more than 10 project credits (see below),
• up to 10 “free” credits from outside the IGD program (see below)

M2 course requirements

M2 students must take at least 30 credits (ECTS) of classes and fewer than 35 credits as follows:

• a minimum of 2,5 credits in each of the following blocks: Interaction, Graphics, Design, and Programming,
• optional elective classes from the Mixed Reality and Multimodal/Robotics/Learning blocks,
• an optional project in the first semester (see below),
• up to 5 “free” credits from outside the IGD program (see below)

Additionally, M2 students will complete an approximately 5- to 6-month 30-credit research internship (see below).

Free ECTS

“Free” credits may come from other tracks of the Computer Science Master or up to one foreign language class.

Projects

M1 students must follow at least one project module, while M2 students can follow a project module. Available modules:

• Guided/Research Project
  These projects last one semester and count for 5 ECTS. They can be followed in Semester 1 or Semester 2.
• HCI/Graphics Project Seminar
  These projects last one period and count for 2,5 ECTS. They can be followed in Period 4 of Semester 2.

M2 Internship

M2 students must complete an approximately 5- to 6-month research internship. This internship may be conducted in an industry or academic research lab, including all IP Paris laboratories. It must begin no earlier than March and end no later than the middle of November in order to meet graduation deadlines.

The choice of internship must be validated by the IGD program coordinators.

Dual degree students may be subject to additional requirements imposed by their specific degree programs.