Courses

MSc CBB courses are divided into core courses and advanced courses. Students can take courses at ETH Zurich, the University of Basel, and the University of Zurich.

Students must acquire a total of 40 ECTS in the Core Course category.

Core courses are divided into 4 subcategories - Biophysics, Bioinformatics, Biosystems, and Data Science - and the CBB seminar.

In each subcategory, students must acquire at least 1 ECTS, i.e., at least one course must be completed in each subcategory.
The mandatory CBB seminar (2 ECTS) must be passed by all students - failing the CBB seminar 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. The assignment of courses to the respective subcategories cannot be changed.

Some core courses are mutually exclusive - they are marked as such in the study plan.

Students must acquire a total of 30 ECTS in the Advanced Course category.

Advanced courses are divided into 2 subcategories - Theory and Biology.

A minimum of 16 ECTS must be acquired in Theory subcategory.
A minimum of 10 ECTS must be acquired in the Biology subcategory.

The list of advanced courses in the ETH Zurich course catalogue is an open list. Other courses may be added as advanced courses uppon approval of the mentor.

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.

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

UNIBAS courses listed in the ETH course catalogue can be credited in the respective course category. In the advanced course category, 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.

Registration for UZH courses must be done directly at the University of Zurich.

UZH courses listed in the ETH course catalogue can be credited in the respective course category. In the advanced course category, other courses may be credited upon approval of the mentor.

Procedure

If applicable, request approval from your mentor.
Register for the respective semester as 'Mobility students within Switzerland' at the University of Zurich.
For the registration, the matriculation confirmation is needed. First semester students who do not yet hold their matriculation confirmation can upload their ETH admission letter as placeholder until they have the matriculation confirmation
Upon receipt of cour login credentials, enrol for the respective course directly at the University of Zurich.
After completion of the course, the result and credits will be transferred automatically to your myStudies account.

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

Registration for UZH course must be done directly at the University of Zurich.