BasMaster of Science in Sustainable DevelopmentUniversity of Basel · Basel, Switzerland

Program Overview

Degree: Master's
Duration: 24 months
Tuition: CHF 3,400
Fields: Environmental Engineering, Public Policy, Social Science

Application Cycle

Dates and tuition are specific to the 2027 intake

Application opens: Oct 15, 2026
Application deadline: Nov 30, 2026

Documents Required

Please check the official program website (link below) for specific writing guidelines

Published Score Requirements

Academic: Bachelor's degree with 180 ECTS; Or equivalent from a recognized higher education institution. No hard GPA cutoff published for most consecutive master's programs; faculty examination commissions decide admission. Specific program study regulations apply.
Prerequisites: Relevant academic background; Specialized interdisciplinary master's. Eligible bachelor branches include (among others) biology, economics, business administration, environmental sciences, geography/geosciences, political science, sociology, and related fields with at least 90 ECTS in one listed branch or 150 ECTS across two. Basic university-level mathematics and/or statistics and/or empirical social-research methods (at least 6 ECTS) required.
GRE: Accepted alternative; Optional alternative only if bachelor's average grade is below Swiss 5.0: GRE General Test with quantitative reasoning among the top 30% and analytical writing among the top 20%.

Historical admission data is not published.

Module descriptions (mathematics/statistics/methods)

Course syllabi/module descriptions proving basic knowledge in mathematics and/or statistics and/or methods of empirical social research (at least 6 ECTS), where available.

Official transcripts

Degree certificate, transcript of records, and diploma supplement for the admission-relevant bachelor's degree; certified German or English translation if the original is not in German, French, Italian, or English. From all recognized higher education institutions attended where available.

BasMaster of Science in Sustainable DevelopmentUniversity of Basel · Basel, Switzerland

Program Overview

Application Cycle

Documents Required

Published Score Requirements

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