Courses

MSc Biotechnology courses are divided into core courses, advanced courses, and elective courses.

D-BSSE Lecture Schedule Autumn 2025

Note that this schedule is for planning purposes only and information is subject to change - for the latest information please see the ETH Course Catalogue.

Course registration is to be done in your myStudies account.

Students must acquire a total of 22 ECTS in the core course category.

Core courses are composed of 6 ECTS from mandatory core course lectures and 16 ECTS from mandatory core course lab courses.
Failing a mandatory core course twice leads to the exclusion from the degree programme.
The core course list in the ETH course catalogue is a closed list. No other courses can be added to this category.

Students must acquire 36 ECTS within the advanced courses & electives.

Advanced Courses

Students must acquire at least 22 ECTS in the advanced course category.
The advanced course list in the ETH course catalogue is a closed list. No other courses can be added to this category.

Elective Courses

Students need to acquire at least 10 ECTS in the electives category.
Students may complete courses from ETH as well as the University of Basel as elective courses.
The elective course list in the ETH course catalogue is an open list. Other courses may be added upon approval of the mentor.
Courses from the advanced course category may also be taken as electives.
Students are recommended to browse the external page University of Basel course catalogue for courses within the relevant master's degree programmes, e.g., Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, Drug Sciences, Epidemiology, Infection Biology, Molecular Biology, Nanosciences, Physics of Life.

Students must acquire 2 ECTS in the Science in Perspective (SiP) category.

The ETH course catalogue lists the science in perspective course units under respective category - no other courses can be added to this category.
Only exception: BSSE students may complete a language course at the University of Basel Language Center (Sprachenzentrum) as SiP course, taking into account the restrictions regarding language course levels. Registration is via the University of Basel (see: courses @ Uni Basel).

Regulations regarding Science in Perspective (SiP) courses are stipulated by the offering department D-GESS.

BSSE students may attend courses at the University of Basel free of charge.

UNIBAS courses can be credited towards the biotechnology master's degree programme as elective courses if they are listed as electives in the ETH course catalogue. Other courses may be credited upon approval of the mentor.

Procedure

If applicable, request approval from your mentor.
Register for the respective semester at the University of Basel.
Upon receipt of your login credentials, enrol for the respective course directly at the University of Basel.
After completion of the course, submit the UNIBAS Academic record (Datenabschrift) to the for credit transfer. The academic record can be downloaded from the UNIBAS Services account.
Note that the official academic record (Datenabschrift) is needed - the academic progress summary (Leistungsübersicht) is not sufficient.

Important: registration deadlines as well as course and assessment modalities are stipulated solely by the University of Basel. Students are responsible to ensure proper and timely registration.

Registration for UNIBAS courses must be done directly at the University of Basel.