Certifications
A credit is worth the same everywhere
The credit is the common unit across both catalogues: 25 hours of work of which 10 are supervised, without exception. That constant is what makes an achievement transferable between paths, and readable by a third party.
The constant that holds the whole catalogue
The rule is written into the official catalogue and holds across the 30 programmes as much as the 72 professional qualifications. A credit therefore converts into hours both ways, with no coefficient and no interpretation. An employer reading "120 credits" immediately knows how many supervised hours that represents, and an equivalence office redoes the calculation in one line.
Between two programmes
Credits from a shared module carry over as they are: admission compares the frameworks and deducts.
Towards a professional qualification
A block whose content is already validated carries over, and the remaining path is set from the balance.
Towards an employer
Converting into supervised hours gives a load comparable to an internal training plan.
The scale, applied to real catalogue volumes
| Credits | Total work | Supervised hours | Where this volume occurs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 1000 h | 400 h | Industrial Storekeeper and Stock Manager |
| 60 | 1500 h | 600 h | Accounting Assistant |
| 70 | 1750 h | 700 h | HSE Supervisor |
| 80 | 2000 h | 800 h | Web and Mobile Developer |
| 120 | 3000 h | 1200 h | Cybersecurity programme — Bac+5 level |
| 180 | 4500 h | 1800 h | Computer Science programme — Bac+3 level |
Where the catalogue's credits sit
The catalogue carries 7390 credits in total, that is 73900 supervised hours. The bar below shows how they split between the two families of paths — programmes on one side, professional qualifications on the other.
- Catalogue programmes
- 2415 (33 %)
- Professional qualifications
- 4975 (67 %)
Questions about credits
How does an employer convert credits?
By multiplying: one credit stands for 10 supervised hours and 25 hours of total work. A 70-credit qualification therefore represents 700 supervised hours, which compares directly with an internal training plan.
Are credits earned elsewhere taken up?
Admission reviews them on documents: transcript, framework of the programme taken, hour volume. What matches the target framework is taken up, and the path issued accounts for the balance. The page on recognition of prior learning sets out the process.
Do credits appear on the public verification?
The total credits validated appears there, next to the title and the competencies. It is the first thing an equivalence office looks for, so it is what has to be readable with no account and no prior exchange.
Is a credit worth the same on a short format?
Exactly the same. The 5 short formats apply the same scale as long programmes, and their 24 credits carry over into a longer path at the same rate.
Explore next
- Modular pathIHETC modular path: assemble a professional qualification unit by unit, capitalise the credits earned and obtain an attestation at every validated stage.
- TranscriptIHETC transcript: unit-by-unit detail of a path, year, supervised hours, credits and validation dates. Issued with every awarded document.
- Certificate supplementIHETC certificate supplement: descriptive note attached to every awarded document — nature, level, credits, supervised hours, assessment arrangements, awarding authority and verification reference.
- Online verificationVerifying an IHETC certification: public page open without an account, information published, document status and what to do if a presented document raises a doubt.
- Prior experienceRecognition of prior experience at IHETC: block-by-block recognition across the 72 professional qualifications in the catalogue, file, panel, and the same verifiable document as at the end of a taught path.
- Prior learningRecognition of prior learning at IHETC: documented review of courses already taken, carry-over of matching credits and a remaining path dated and costed from admission.