diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint_and_test.yaml b/.github/workflows/lint_and_test.yaml
index 45eaae4d..97ad71a1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint_and_test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint_and_test.yaml
@@ -29,8 +29,22 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           flake8 cmsdb scripts
 
+  collect_dirs:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      dirs: ${{ steps.dirs.outputs.dirs }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - id: dirs
+        run: echo "dirs=$(ls -d cmsdb/campaigns/*/ | jq --raw-input --slurp --compact-output 'split("\n")[:-1]')" >> ${GITHUB_OUTPUT}
+
+
   test:
+    needs: collect_dirs
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        dir: ${{ fromJson(needs.collect_dirs.outputs.dirs) }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout ⬇️
         uses: actions/checkout@master
@@ -48,14 +62,7 @@ jobs:
           pip install -U pip
           pip install -r requirements_dev.txt
 
-      - name: Test 🚦
-        run: |
-          python -c "from cmsdb.campaigns.run2_2016_nano_v9 import *"
-          python -c "from cmsdb.campaigns.run2_2017_nano_v9 import *"
-          python -c "from cmsdb.campaigns.run2_2018_nano_v9 import *"
-          python -c "from cmsdb.campaigns.run2_2017_nano_uhh_v11 import *"
-          python -c "from cmsdb.campaigns.run2_2018_nano_uhh_v11 import *"
-          python -c "from cmsdb.campaigns.run2_2017_JMEnano_v9 import *"
-          python -c "from cmsdb.campaigns.run2_2018_JMEnano_v9 import *"
-          python -c "from cmsdb.campaigns.run3_2022_preEE_nano_v11 import *"
-          python -c "from cmsdb.campaigns.run3_2022_postEE_nano_v11 import *"
+      - name: Test Campaigns 🚦
+        run: python -m unittest tests/test_campaigns.py
+        env:
+          TESTMODULE: ${{ matrix.dir }}
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diff --git a/tests/run_campaign_tests_locally.sh b/tests/run_campaign_tests_locally.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..36807f23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run_campaign_tests_locally.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "$0" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+# Script that runs coverage tests.
+
+# loop through all modules if no input arguments are given
+for mod in ${@}; do
+    echo "testing ${mod} ..."
+    TESTMODULE=${mod} python -m unittest ${SCRIPT_DIR}/test_campaigns.py
+done
diff --git a/tests/test_campaigns.py b/tests/test_campaigns.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c5655378
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_campaigns.py
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+# test_module.py
+import os
+import unittest
+import sys
+from glob import glob
+import importlib as imp
+
+
+class TestCampaign(unittest.TestCase):
+    @unittest.skipIf("TESTMODULE" not in os.environ, "TESTMODULE not set")
+    @unittest.skipIf(
+        os.environ["TESTMODULE"].strip("/").endswith("run2_2016_nano_v9"),
+        "Tests for module 'run2_2016_nano_v9' are not implemented yet.",
+    )
+    @unittest.skipIf(
+        os.environ["TESTMODULE"].strip("/").endswith("__pycache__"),
+        "'__pycache__' is not a valid module.",
+    )
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        modpath = os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)))
+        if modpath not in sys.path:
+            sys.path.append(modpath)
+        mod = os.environ["TESTMODULE"]
+        to_import = os.path.relpath(mod, modpath).replace("/", ".")
+        # Load the module to test
+        cls.module = imp.import_module(to_import)
+
+        # get all submodules
+        all_objects = getattr(cls.module, "__all__", None)
+        cls.submodules = list()
+        if not isinstance(all_objects, list):
+            basename = cls.module.__name__.split(".")[-1]
+            object_name = f"campaign_{basename}"
+            cls.submodules = {object_name: getattr(cls.module, object_name)}
+        else:
+            cls.submodules = {x: getattr(cls.module, x) for x in all_objects}
+
+    def test_campaign_properties(self):
+        # loop through the different campaign objects in the current module
+        for name, submodule in self.submodules.items():
+            # run the test for each submodule
+            with self.subTest(f"testing object {name}"):
+                # make sure the campaign defines a basic set of properties
+                self.assertTrue(hasattr(submodule, "name"))
+                self.assertTrue(hasattr(submodule, "id"))
+                self.assertTrue(hasattr(submodule, "ecm"))
+                self.assertTrue(hasattr(submodule, "bx"))
+
+    def test_campaign_datasets(self):
+        # loop through the different campaign objects in the current module
+        for campaign_name, submodule in self.submodules.items():
+            # run the test for each submodule
+            with self.subTest(f"testing dataset of object '{campaign_name}'"):
+                # make sure the campaign defines datasets in the first place
+                self.assertTrue(hasattr(submodule, "datasets"))
+                datasets = submodule.datasets
+                # loop through the datasets and test their properties
+                for dataset_name, _, dataset in datasets.items():
+                    with self.subTest(f"testing dataset {campaign_name}/{dataset_name}"):
+                        # might want to implement naming conventions here,
+                        # e.g. the name of the dataset is the process name + suffix
+                        self.assertTrue(hasattr(dataset, "name"))
+                        self.assertTrue(hasattr(dataset, "id"))
+                        self.assertTrue(hasattr(dataset, "processes"))
+                        self.assertTrue(len(dataset.processes) > 0)
+                        self.assertTrue(hasattr(dataset, "keys"))
+                        self.assertTrue(hasattr(dataset, "n_files"))
+                        self.assertTrue(hasattr(dataset, "n_events"))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # Remove command line arguments before running unittest.main()
+    # to prevent unittest from trying to interpret them
+    # if cmsdb is not path of the sys path, add it
+    unittest.main()