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Changing route while keeping what you have earned
A project sharpens as you go, and the catalogue lets you follow it. Changing route keeps the credits earned, carries over the payments already made and adjusts the schedule to the new programme's amount.
What you take with you
A change of route is handled as a reorientation, not as a fresh start. Credits obtained stay yours and carry across where blocks overlap, payments already made count towards the new programme, and your admission file serves as the basis for the review. The decision is written, reasoned and issued within ten working days: it states the blocks carried over, those still to be taken and the adjusted amount that follows.
The four stages of a change
- 01
State the request
From your personal space, naming the programme you are aiming at and what shifted your project.
- 02
Review of shared blocks
The blocks already validated are matched against the new programme, credit by credit and hour by hour.
- 03
Written decision
Within ten working days, with the list of blocks carried over and those still to be taken.
- 04
Adjusted schedule
Payments already made are counted in, and the balance spreads over the arrangement you choose.
What carries over, what opens up
What you keep
- The credits obtained, definitively yours
- The validated blocks that reappear in the new programme
- The payments already made, credited to the new route
- Access to the content you have already taken
- Your admission file, reused with no new paperwork
What the new route opens
- The blocks specific to the chosen programme, with their supervised volume
- A schedule matched to that programme's published amount
- A credential corresponding to the new route
- An assessment calendar aligned with the current year
Two neighbouring routes, side by side
When two programmes share blocks, the carry-over reads directly from their credits and supervised hours. The change decision rests on those same figures, published in the catalogue.
| Programme | Credits | Supervised hours | Per supervised hour |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Marketing | 120 | 1200 h | 7 667 GNF |
| Business Intelligence and Steering | 120 | 1200 h | 8 333 GNF |
| Human Resources Management | 120 | 1200 h | 8 000 GNF |
Reorientation questions
Is there a charge for changing?
The review is part of the follow-up on your enrolment. What is adjusted is the new programme's amount, from which payments already made are deducted.
Can I change during the year?
The move happens at the boundary between two blocks, so that assessments in progress keep their meaning. The written decision states the date the new route opens.
Can I move from a short course to a long programme?
Yes, and it is a common path: the short course then serves as a measure of availability, and its amount counts towards the first year of the programme you are aiming at.
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