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International Trade

Move goods, contracts and trust across borders.

Entry level
Bachelor's degree
Award
Bachelor's degree
Duration
2 years
Actual work
20 h/week
Pace
Compatible with a job
Tuition
5 000 000 GNF per year

A programme geared towards import-export and international logistics, suited to the strategic position of Guinea and the sub-region. It covers structuring deals, incoterms, financing and customs clearance, with intensive negotiation practice.

Learning objectives

  • Structure an import-export operation end to end
  • Handle incoterms, transport and trade documentation
  • Secure an international transaction and its financing
  • Conduct a cross-cultural commercial negotiation

Curriculum

1200 hours · 120 credits

Year 1400 hours

  1. The global trade environment

    160 hours · 16 credits

    International organisations, AfCFTA, ECOWAS, trade agreements, customs policy

  2. Foreign trade techniques

    240 hours · 24 credits

    Incoterms, quotations, document sets, international sales contracts, transport insurance

Year 2580 hours

  1. Transport and logistics

    220 hours · 22 credits

    Transport modes, chartering, warehousing, cold chain, traceability, total logistics cost

  2. Customs and regulation

    200 hours · 20 credits

    Customs regimes, customs value, tariff classification, procedures, disputes

  3. International financing

    160 hours · 16 credits

    Documentary credit, documentary collection, guarantees, currency risk, trade finance

Cross-curricular, throughout220 hours

  1. Cross-curricular base

    120 hours · 12 credits

    Business English, OHADA law, statistics, written expression

  2. Simulation, project and placement

    100 hours · 10 credits

    A full export operation simulated on a real file · ten-week placement · dissertation

Real prerequisite

What follows is assumed and will not be explained again. If most of it is foreign to you, this is not the right entry point — better to know now than at the final assessment.

No technical prerequisite. Reading English is necessary: some transport documents exist only in English.

Entry requirements

  • High school diploma or professional experience in trade
  • Good level of French; business English is an asset
  • Motivation interview

Career outcomes

  • Import-export manager
  • Customs declarant
  • International logistics officer
  • International buyer
  • Export account manager

Skills acquired

  • Incoterms
  • Customs
  • Logistics
  • Documentary credit
  • Negotiation

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