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Estimating the cost of your path

The amount is read on the programme page, with its unit: per year for a long programme, in total for a short one. This guide gives the full calculation method and the exhaustive list of what your fees cover.

Everything your fees cover

The list is complete and it is definitive. A new cost, where one arises, is announced before enrolling in the module concerned and remains optional. That exhaustiveness is what makes the calculation reliable: what you add up at the start is what you pay at the end.

  • All teaching in the programme, year after year
  • Supervision by teachers from the field and commented marking of your work
  • The tutor, available at any hour and anchored in the exact content of your course
  • Live workshops, their recordings and the cohort's group work
  • Semester assessments and the resit sittings set in the calendar
  • The running project, its milestone reviews and its defence before a board of practitioners
  • The digital library and the programme's online working environments
  • Offline mode: downloading courses and deferred sending of your submissions
  • The award, its descriptive supplement and its public verification link
  • Certificates of enrolment and transcripts, on every request
  • Appeals and human re-examination of a grade, under the terms of the regulations
  • Access to the content you took, after the programme ends

Working out your total in five minutes

  1. 01

    Read the amount on the page

    It is shown in Guinean francs, with its unit: per year beyond twelve months, in total below that.

  2. 02

    Multiply by the number of years

    A long programme is paid by academic year. Three years means three identical annual amounts.

  3. 03

    Add the application fee

    Paid once, at application. They are added to the total a single time, whatever the number of years.

  4. 04

    Spread across your schedule

    Divide the annual amount by twelve or by four depending on the cadence chosen. The total stays the same either way.

  5. 05

    Compare with your monthly budget

    That is the figure that really decides. A monthly amount sustainable over three years beats an effort sustainable for three months.

Catalogue price markers

catalogue entry amount
900 000 GNF
services included in the fees
12
programmes with a displayed price
30

No converted amount, therefore no implicit exchange rate.

currency, the Guinean franc
1

Four formats, four calculations

FormatDurationCatalogue feesBilling unit
Bachelor's degree18 to 36 months4 400 000 GNF – 5 600 000 GNFPer academic year
Master's degree24 months6 500 000 GNF – 7 800 000 GNFPer academic year
Professional certification4 to 6 months2 800 000 GNF – 4 200 000 GNFIn total
Short course2 to 3 months900 000 GNF – 1 400 000 GNFIn total

Budget questions

Is the displayed amount what I will pay?

The amount that binds you is the one stated in your admission decision, and it does not exceed the one displayed when you applied. That ceiling is what makes an estimate done before applying directly usable.

How do I budget a three-year programme?

In identical annual amounts, plus the application fee paid once. Then divide the annual amount by twelve to get your monthly figure: that is the number to compare with your budget, and the one that makes the decision solid.

Should I budget for equipment on top?

A phone is enough to read, follow and submit most work. Technical programmes that require a computer state it on their page, before you commit, with the year from which it becomes necessary.

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