YAOUNDE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL PROFESSIONAL BACHELOR’S DEGREE

This era of globalization and great technological advancement coupled with rapid massification merits high demand for quality education. To meet-up these challenges, students need both academic and professional qualifications. In line with the sustainable development goals to promote sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all, Yaounde International Business School (YIBS) strives to bring in an innovative approach, which is student-centered (increase employability skills / self-reliant) in nature.

YIBS wants to develop competent and innovative professionals who can bring the change we desire in the professional world. To develop the potential in students to be competent and innovative to drive the most cherished prophetic emergence to come in 2035. This vision cannot be evident without the proper human capital formation and the glaring fact that the level of development of a nation is a function of its educational system.  The courses offered are rigidly bound with the pedagogic, evaluation, and measurement system as prescribed in accredited universities with an emphasis on BMD norms.

YIBS Vision: 

To be a Citadel that Develops Competent Innovative Professionals to Drive Performance. 

YIBS Mission:

In line with YIBS’s vision and in conducting our daily activities, we will strive to fulfill the following commitments:

• To provide innovative professional training programs (national & international) that facilitate employment and self-reliance,
• To offer inclusive and affordable professional education,
• To equip our students with relevant competencies that will enhance their employability and their ability to create value,
• To create an enabling environment where employees can excel,
• To be a key player in fostering corporate social responsibility in the local community,
• To partner with the state, academic, and professional institutions (national and international) to foster professional development in their areas of specialization -thus fostering employment and professional strength in the country.

YIBS Slogan: 

• Developing Innovative Professionals.

YIBS Values (HOPI): 

• Professionalism
• Innovation         
• Humility            
• Optimism         

What We Think About Our Institutional Values:

ADMISSION

Admission to the Professional Degree Programme is open to holders of the HND/HPD, BTS, DSEP, and other certificates related to the desired discipline.

DURATION

The duration of the degree program is one year (two semesters) in YIBS including an internship.  

GRADUATION REQUIREMENT

For a student to qualify for graduation, a minimum of 60 credits must be earned.

EXAMINATION AND EVALUATION PROCEDURES

All courses shall be examined by Continuous Assessment through assignments and/or tests and a final examination. The grade obtained through such Continuous Assessment shall constitute 30% of the total marks of the course while the end-of-semester examination shall constitute 70%.

Performance in a course for the Professional Bachelor’s Degree program shall be recorded according to the following schedule:

The final aggregate mark for a course shall be a whole number. Letter grades and grade points shall be awarded on the basis of the final aggregate mark.

In order to determine the grade point average of a candidate, the appropriate grade points assigned to the corresponding letter grade are multiplied by the credit value of the course. The products are added for all courses registered for the sum divided by the total number of credits registered. The quotient so obtained is the G.P.A. For example, student X obtains the following grades

GPA = 80/24 = 3.33

To earn credit for a course, the student must score a minimum of 50% (C) in that course if this is compulsory. Students may gain credit in the case of an elective/required course if they scored 40% (D).

If a student obtains a pass mark in a course after re-sitting the course once or any subsequent number of times, the final mark given shall be the average of the marks obtained in the different settings if this average is higher than 50% or 50% if the average obtained is less than 50%. Only this average mark shall be used to calculate the student’s cumulative grade point average (GPA). The fail mark shall no longer enter into the calculation of the cumulative grade point average (GPA).

In each semester (semesters one and two), the student shall register for courses totaling not less than 30 credits. A student who fails to obtain a mark of 50/100 for any course at the end of the semester shall be obliged to resit the course(s).

CLASSIFICATION OF THE PROFESSIONAL BACHELOR’S DEGREES

The class of the Professional Bachelor’s degree awarded shall be based on the final Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) as follows:

LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

The language of instruction is strictly restricted to English.

The bachelor’s program is grouped under different schools with their respective specialties. These programs run under four of the major schools classified as follows:

• School of Management
• School of Business and Finance
• School of Education
• School of Computer Engineering

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