For a short consultation you can contact the MSD managing office by phone during the office hours or send an email.

Appointments for a longer consultation are possible on agreement:

• Inquiries from non-MSD students: Please send an email to get a doodle link in order to fix a date to: coordination-msd@unibas.ch
• MSD students: link available on ADAM for Doodle in the course 000 Master's Degree in Sustainable Development MSD

Every course has a specific assessment format. The details on the assessment requirements are published for each course in the detailed course directory. Depending on the teaching format, the MSD differs between written and oral assessements. Details on the formats are also published in the study regulations, § 14 to § 17.

For each assessment there is a rating. The rating can either be a pass / fail or a grade according to the Swiss 6-point grading scale. Specifications about the rating scheme of the specific courses are published in advance for every course in the detailed course directory.

The lecturers submit the grades and ratings of the assessments into an electronical system called TeLL (for the fall semester from mid-December on, for the spring semester from mid-May on) and you’ll get an automated email with your results after the control-scanning is done. Then, the grades are listed in the academic progress summary and later will be listed in the transcript of records which is available as PDF on online services/each semester.

Fact sheet available via ADAM course "000 Master's Degree in Sustainable Development MSD" (access for MSD students only).

Students can earn Campus Credits through activities in the following organisations, bodies or committees:

• in student organisations/societies: 
  Student Council, subject groups
• in university bodies and committees: 
  Senate, Senate committees, Rector’s Office committees
• in other university-wide activities: 
  Sustainability Working Group, Student Sustainability Week, Open Lecture Theatre, Debating Society, Nightline
• as well as in the committees and commissions of the faculties and departments, such as faculty assemblies and committees, teaching, curriculum and examination committees, and appointment committees.

The Career Service Center helps graduates to successfully launch their careers. For details see here.

The University of Basel is committed to a culture of dialogue. Our values are integrity, respect, openness, equality and inclusion. Here you will find more.

The University's Code of Conduct clarifies the guidelines for studying and working together in a respectful and professional way. It is a public commitment that combines existing policies, regulations and guidelines into a framework for our daily work.

Students suffering a disability/disadvantage may apply for a compensation (Nachteilsausgleich). Further the Students Without Barriers (StoB) service point provides information and advice to help make it possible for students with disabilities to study without barriers.

For more information see here.

The managing office is the central contact point for any questions concerning the MSD study program – e.g. admission and application to the MSD, general study counselling, recognition of credit points, credit point check, etc.

Availability - subject to modifications:

Office days: Mon–Thu (see also the “Office Closed” section).

Drop-in office hours and availability by phone in the mornings: Monday to Thursday: 09:30 am to 12.30 pm; in the afternoons: Tuesday & Wednesday: 2:30 - 5:00 pm.

Individual study counseling on agreement, slots usually offered Monday to Thursday. Ask for an appointment (usually offered via Zoom; during the teaching period onsite meetings are available on Tuesdays and Wednesdays upon previous request). 

Office closed  (due to public holidays, vacations, meetings, other commitments): Fri 02.-Sun 11.10.202; Wed 28.10.26: in the morning.

For more details regarding availability see here.

Within a specific time period (during the first four weeks of the teaching period) it is possible to cancel course registrations on online services. The cancelled course is not listed anymore on the academic progress summary.

If you resign after the official registration period, please send an email to the lecturer or follow the instructions in the course directory. Note: The course remains listed on the academic progress summary but will not be listed on the final degree transcript.

Detailed information (e.g. deadlines) about the course registration on online services is submitted with the matriculation, and is available on the website of the university. It is only possible to accredit credit points with a former registration. With the registration, you normally receive access to the synchronized ADAM Workspaces within 24 hours.

Course registration on online services has to be done as soon as possible, at latest at the beginning of the semester.