Zulassung

Admission

To be admitted to the MSD, students must provide evidence of a university bachelor's degree worth at least 180 credit points (according to ECTS), or another academic first degree recognized in accordance with the guidelines of the University of Basel. Evidence of at least 100 credit points from one, or at least 150 credit points from two, of the following branches of study must be provided: Business administration, Economics, Geography, Communication and Media Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Social Work and Politics, Sociology, Applied Biosciences, Biology, Earth Sciences, Forestry, Environmental Sciences, or Environmental and Geomatics Engineering.

 

Further admission requirements:

• A bachelor's degree with an average grade of at least 5.0/unrounded (Swiss scale) in the degree relevant for admission (formula for the conversion of grades awarded by foreign institutions: https://www.unibas.ch/en/Studies/Application-Admission/Admission/Conversion-of-the-final-grade---the-grade-point-average-of-degrees-awarded-by-foreign-higher-education-institutions-into-the-Swiss-grading-system.html;
• Evidence of basic knowledge in mathematics, and in statistics or methods of empirical social research at university level in the form of at least 10 CP;
• at least 3 CP in mathematics and
• at least 3 CP either in statistics or in methods of empirical social research.

See study guidelines for more details.

 

As an alternative to these conditions (a and b), current test results from the Graduate Record Examination® General Test (GRE® General Test) can be submitted. More details are explained in the study regulations or guidelines (on msd.unibas.ch/msd-2017).

 

Details concerning admission requirements are to be found on: msd.unibas.ch/study-programs/msd-2017admission-application-msd-2017/

Binding information under: http://www.unibas.ch/admission

Anmeldung

Application

Application under http://www.unibas.ch/application; the application fee amounts to CHF 100.-. Application deadline for the fall semester is April 30, for the spring semester 30 November.

 

Enrollment

The letter of admission informs students on procedure of enrollment.

• Master Universitäre Hochschule UH

Master of Science in Sustainable Development

Doktorat / PhD

The MSD qualifies students for a doctorate in natural, social, or economic sciences.

Ort / Adresse

• Basel (BS)

Coordination Office MSD
Vesalgasse 1/2nd floor, room 02.07, 4051 Basel, T +41 61 207 04 20

Zeitlicher Ablauf

Beginn

Students can begin their studies in fall or in spring semesters; although starting in fall is recommended.

Dauer

The program lasts four semesters (full-time study/30 CP each semester). An optimal course progression plan is available: https://www.msd.unibas.ch/en/services/downloads/msd-2017/
Part-time studying with a longer study time is possible and according to individual progress plan.

Zeitliche Beanspruchung

• Vollzeit

Unterrichtssprache

• Englisch
• Deutsch

The language of instruction is English; no language certificates are expected, although a good command of English is required (level B2 or higher).

Bemerkungen

Guidelines (English and German) and study regulations (only in German) of the Master's Degree in Sustainable Development are available as downloads on:

msd.unibas.ch/msd-2017

Detailed course directory, medium-term syllabus and timetable are also available as downloads on the same site.

Links

• msd.unibas.ch

Auskünfte / Kontakt

Coordination office MSD, Camelia Chebbi, MA/MAS ETHZ/MAS NPPM FHNW (head)

Appointments for study counseling etc. are possible on agreement via: coordination-msd@unibas.ch

Opening hours of the coordination office according to information on the website: msd.unibas.ch/coordination-office