The academic progress summary (German: Leistungsübersicht) is an overview over all registered courses at the University of Basel, sorted by modules and, where possible, listed with credit points and results. You can download it as a PDF via online services.

In the credit points account (German: Leistungskonto), the courses are not sorted in order of modules but instead by semester.

The electronical data base system of the University of Basel is called ADAM: https://adam.unibas.ch. On ADAM, there are so called workspaces. Almost every course has its own workspace, into which you automatically get admitted, once you successfully registered to the courses on online services.

The student's committee (FG) has its own folder on ADAM called 001 MSD FG. Information from the FG is shared with MSD students via this course, amongst other channels. MSD students are automatically enrolled on this course.

The ADAM folder of the coordination office is called 000 Master's Degree in Sustainable Development and is used as a communication tool. All documents - such as study regulations, course programs, syllabi, fact sheets, forms, etc. - are available via the MSD website in downloads MSD 2026.

In addition to the course registration via online services, numerous courses require a mandatory course application. For this purpose, we use the ADAM folder called 003 MSD course applications. The link to this folder, the deadlines, etc. are published in the detailed online course directory of the respective courses, in the entry called "admission requirements"/"course application".

These additional applications are being used if courses have a limited number of participants, specific participation criterion are required, and or a particular study progress is needed.

Admission subject to an additional requirement of max. 30 credit points (pursuant to the study regulations of the University of Basel; only available in German) may follow if the criteria for the branch of studies is met, but

• the presented bachelor’s degree is not fully considered as equivalent (e.g. obtained from a university of applied sciences or from abroad),
• or the 90 CP in one (or the 150 CP in both) branches of study have not been achieved.

The admission letter informs about the additional requirements in detail.

Interested candidates are advised to contact the MSD managing office if they are not sure whether they will be admitted with or without additional requirements. We can do a prior estimation.

For the study progress it's important to know that the students must provide proof of compliance with any additional assessment requirement otherwise the application for the master's thesis is not accepted.

In the degree transcript, the additional requirements are listed apart. The grades are not included in the calculation of the final degree mark.

The MSD is a so called specialized master's degree. Therefore, the applicants have to fulfill particular admission criteria. For details see here.

The admission letter of the University of Basel informs about the conditions of being accepted to the degree. Only this letter attests the official admission. You have to keep it until the end of your studies!

Unibas has published guidelines concerning the use of AI in learning and teaching and e.g. a “Declaration of independent authorship”. Here are more information about the usage of AI at the Unibas. 

The application procedure is organized according to the rules of the University of Basel.

For details see here.