Practical guides
Applying from abroad
The application is filed from any country, the interview is held at a slot that suits your time zone, and courses open the day you enrol. This guide sets out your documents, your application language and your payment terms.
What is settled from where you are
The entire procedure is designed to be run remotely, interview and enrolment included. Distance becomes a scheduling detail — the time zone of your appointment — rather than an extra step. Content downloads and works offline, which makes the system usable on an intermittent network.
- Filing the application, with scanned documents
- The thirty-minute interview, in the time zone you state
- Enrolment and opening of the learning space
- Follow-up, marking and receiving the award
The path of an international application
- 01
Check the wording of your qualifications
Note the exact wording, the year and the issuing institution as they appear on the document. That wording is what your file carries.
- 02
Scan in colour
Stamps and signatures read better in colour. One document per file, named by its purpose, speeds up processing.
- 03
State your time zone
The interview slot is chosen in your local time. You see directly the time that applies to you.
- 04
Take the interview
Thirty minutes, in French or English. The conversation covers your project and the practical conditions of your study.
- 05
Pay and start
Fees are denominated in Guinean francs, a single stated amount. The space opens once payment is confirmed.
Your application in figures
- programmes available remotely
- 30
- application languages
- 2
- minutes of interview, in your time
- 30
- settlement currency
- 1
French and English.
The Guinean franc, the amount shown on the course page.
Your documents, your language, your payment
Qualifications issued outside Guinea
They are filed as they are, with their original wording. A plain translation into French or English accompanies documents written in another language.
The language of your file
The form and the motivation text are completed in French or English. The interview is held in the language you chose.
The amount that binds you
It appears in your admission decision, in Guinean francs, before any enrolment. The catalogue's entry amount stands at 900 000 GNF.
Questions asked from abroad
Is a visa required?
Programmes are followed from your country of residence: application, study and award all happen online. In-person gatherings, where a programme holds them, are announced in the yearly calendar and remain optional.
How does a foreign employer verify my award?
Through the public verification address printed on the document. It opens without an account and shows the title, the date and the validated skills. The attached supplement details study hours, what an equivalence office asks for first.
My connection is irregular. How do courses work?
Content downloads and works offline; your answers are sent when the signal returns. This is a structuring design constraint, taken into account from the first module.
Are interviews held in African hours?
Slots display in your local time and cover a wide span, evenings included. You book the one that suits you, and a confirmation restates the time in both zones.
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