Certifications
Composing your certification, unit by unit
A path can equally be built backwards: you start with the unit that is useful this quarter, and the whole closes on a qualification. The catalogue makes that assembly possible across 541 separately validated units.
Why starting in the middle works
A path followed from one block to the next in catalogue order is a student's path. A professional in post has a project this quarter: they gain by starting with the unit that serves it, drawing a visible result from it, then completing. Unit splitting and credit capitalisation make that assembly as solid as the classic order, and both lead to the same qualification.
- A unit useful immediately, chosen from the project under way
- A personal attestation from the first validation onwards
- Recorded credits that make the rest shorter
- A recommended order, issued at admission, where one unit assumes another
- A full qualification at the end, without retaking what is acquired
The assembly, in four decisions
- 01
Name the project
What you have to deliver within three months. That designates the first unit, not the catalogue.
- 02
Check the recommended order
Admission states which units assume another one, and which can be taken on their own.
- 03
Validate and capitalise
Each validated unit posts its attestation and its credits to the register, in your name and at its date.
- 04
Close on the qualification
The remaining balance is computed on the credits earned, and the qualification is awarded on the last unit.
What a modular path draws on
- separately validated units
- 541
- catalogue programmes
- 30
- professional qualifications
- 72
- credits available
- 7 390
That is 73900 supervised hours, at 10 h per credit.
A real assembly, from short format to qualification
Three stages, three verifiable documents, one register. Each row validates on its own, and the credits from the first lighten the third.
| Stage | What is awarded | Credits | Supervised hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Excel | Course attendance certificate | 4 | 40 h |
| Project Management Certificate | Professional certificate | 18 | 180 h |
| Project Coordinator | Level 5 professional qualification | 70 | 700 h |
Questions about assembly
Who decides the order of the units?
You do, from the recommended order issued at admission. That document states which units assume another and which stand alone: the decision stays yours, informed.
Does the price follow the assembly?
Fees are shown unit by unit and path by path on the catalogue pages, in Guinean francs. An assembly can therefore be costed before you commit, by adding the lines you keep.
Can the plan change along the way?
Credits earned stay earned and carry over into the new path as far as the two frameworks overlap. Admission recomputes the balance and issues a dated path.
Explore next
- 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.
- EquivalencesIHETC equivalences: hour volumes, credits and levels published for 30 programmes and 72 professional qualifications, with the catalogue's official conversion rule.