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Everything your fees cover

An amount is judged by what it buys. Here is the complete list of what your fees cover, from the first content you open to the credential awarded at the end, and the part you keep firmly in your own hands.

One amount, one list

The amount published on every catalogue page is complete. It buys an entire programme: the content, the people who supervise it, written marking, assessments, the scheduled resits, the credential awarded at the end and the link that lets a third party check it. The list is written out in full below because a candidate who reads it can compare it, line by line, with the figure shown on the page. That is exactly the work a fee schedule should make possible.

The complete list

Everything your fees cover

  • All content of the programme taken, including blocks and assignments
  • Human supervision throughout the stated duration
  • Written, reasoned marking on every piece of work submitted
  • Live sessions and their recordings
  • End-of-block assessments and their remote proctoring
  • The resit attempts provided for in the regulations
  • The professional project defence, where the programme includes one
  • The credential awarded at the end, stating credits and hours
  • The public verification link, open to any recruiter, with no account
  • Access to the content you took, after the programme ends

What you pay for directly

  • Your connection and your equipment, freely chosen by you
  • The application fee, paid once when you submit your file
  • Third-party vendor certifications, optional and decided by you
  • Your travel, when you opt for an in-person examination

What the amount buys, in figures

priced programmes
30

Published amount of the lowest-priced short course in the catalogue.

the most accessible entry point
900 000 GNF
supervised across the catalogue
24150 h

Official catalogue rule: one credit is 25 hours of work.

supervised hours per credit
10

Three examples, read from the catalogue

The last column relates the total amount of the programme to its volume of supervised hours. A short course concentrates its supervision into a few weeks, a long programme spreads it over several years: the two figures therefore sit side by side, neither being better than the other. They say the same thing in two forms, and it is the project that decides.

ProgrammeCreditsSupervised hoursPer supervised hour
Computer Science programme — Bac+3 level1801800 h9 000 GNF
Project Management Certificate18180 h16 111 GNF
Advanced Excel440 h22 500 GNF

Questions about coverage

Can the amount change once I have applied?

The amount that binds you is the one stated in your admission decision, before any enrolment, and it stays at the level displayed when you applied. You therefore decide on the figure you read, not on another one.

Are resits paid for separately?

They are part of the published amount: the regulations set a number of attempts, and those attempts are covered. A repeated assessment therefore remains part of your programme, not an extra service.

Does content access last after the end?

Yes. The content you took stays available once the programme is over. Revisiting a topic six months later is part of what you have already paid for.

Is the verification link covered?

It is, and it is public: a recruiter opens it without creating an account and reads the holder's identity, the exact title, the date and the reference. It is the useful half of the credential, and it is not charged for.

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