Lifelong Learning

Center for Continued Education

Updating, improving, and consolidating the abilities and skills of professionals in the workforce and members of the community. Breaking barriers to make education possible for all learners at any stage of life.

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Five Specialized Divisions

Our Programs

The CCE operates with five divisions aligned with IUGB’s vision of becoming an internationally-accredited regional center of excellence.

Leadership
Faculty Development
Skills & Certification
Language
Test Center
IUGB Leadership Development
Division 1

Leadership & Management Development

Customized programs enabling professionals, business leaders, and managers in the private and public sectors to advance in their career paths by acquiring relevant knowledge in management and leadership domains. A valuable resource for young degree holders seeking a competitive edge.

Executive Training
Career Advancement
Management Skills
Strategic Leadership
Customized Programs
Public & Private Sector
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IUGB Faculty Development
Division 2

Faculty & Instructor Development

Workshops, seminars, short courses, and hands-on in-service trainings for university faculty, staff, and high school teachers nationwide. Includes pre-service and in-service training courses designed specifically for English teachers across Côte d’Ivoire.

Teaching Workshops
Seminar Series
In-Service Training
High School Teachers
English Teacher Training
Professional Development
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IUGB Microsoft Certification
Division 3

Workplace Skills & Certification

Training in the main Computer Science domains of the workplace through the IUGB Microsoft Academy partnership. IUGB is an approved Microsoft Certification Training Center, providing workers with relevant skills to improve and update their digital competencies.

Microsoft Academy
Microsoft Certification
Computer Science Training
Workplace Applications
Skills Upgrading
Industry Credentials
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IUGB Language Programs
Division 4

Language Acquisition

Enhance your linguistic performance in English and French, regardless of age or level of study. From academic English to business French, our programs break the language barriers that hold West African professionals back on the global stage.

English for Academic Purposes
Intensive English Program
English Reinforcement
English for Specific Purposes
Conversational French
Business French
Language Training
IUGB ETS Test Center
Division 5

Test Center & Preparation

IUGB is an official Educational Testing Service (ETS) test center. Our improved and efficient preparation programs emphasize test-taking techniques and strategies to help you master and guarantee a high score on internationally recognized standardized tests.

TOEFL® iBT Prep
GRE® Prep
SAT® Prep
IELTS® Prep
GMAT® Prep
TOEIC® Prep
Test Preparation
Official ETS Test Center

Standardized Tests

IUGB offers preparation and testing for the world’s most recognized standardized examinations.

ETS Authorized Test Center

IUGB is an approved Educational Testing Service (ETS) center, offering both test preparation courses and official examination administration on campus in Grand-Bassam.

TOEFL® iBT

English proficiency for university admission

GRE®

Graduate school admission worldwide

SAT®

US undergraduate college admission

CLEP®

College-level exam for credit

IELTS®

International English language testing

TFI™

Test de français international

TOEIC®

Business English proficiency

GMAT®

Graduate management admission

IUGB-WAEMU Language Center
WAEMU Regional Partnership
Special Project

IUGB-WAEMU Language Center

The West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) has entrusted IUGB to establish and manage a modern Language Center in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, delivering professional training in English and Portuguese.

  • Modern language center in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
  • English & Portuguese professional training
  • Extended to regional WAEMU office staff
  • Trusted by a major West African institution
  • Cross-border educational impact
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Fatima Doumbia Koné is a Mathematics lecturer at the international University of
Grand-Bassam (IUGB). Among the courses she taught we have the following: Introduction to
Differential Equations, Elementary Statistics, Calculus(I,II,III), Transforms in Applied Math,
Introduction to Linear Algebra, Operations Research and Abstract Algebra.
She has a Bachelor degree in Mathematics (IUGB), a Master degree in Pure and Applied
Mathematics (AUST) and she is currently enrolled for a PhD in Mathematics at the African
University of Science and Tecnology (AUST), Abuja. She has also been an intern at the
Institutional Banking Group department within GTBANK CI (Garanty Trust Bank Côte
D’Ivoire).
She is a former IUGB student and she was the president of the science club in 2015.
Academically, her goal is to be a great researcher and innovator on the topics of asymptotic
theories in Fuzzy Probability Theory and their various applications to image processing. She
has good programming skills (JAVA, LaTeX, C++) and she is bilingual (French and English).
Over the years, she has been developing a method of teaching which not only put students at
the center of the learning process but also which deconstruct most of the stereotypes about the
inaccessibility of mathematical knowledge to everybody.
Regarding her research activities, she has been working since 2018 on the topic of integration
on Banach spaces and a preprint of an interesting work is available at
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1905.04480. She is continuing with her research on integration but now
her PhD studies focus on Random Sets Integration in Probability Theory. Professionally, she
is a very active lecturer at IUGB and she is currently the faculty advisor of the SHE CLUB,
which aims at promoting women empowerment by providing learning, leadership and
networking opportunities.

I am currently Associate Professor of computer and data science in the school of science technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) at the International University of Grand-Bassam (IUGB).
From 2000 to 2018, I successively worked as a research scientist at Independent Computing Research in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Assistant Professor at the department of computer science and
engineering at Université Laval in Québec, Canada; Research Associate at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) where I also received a Ph.D. degree in computer science in March 2000. Upon receiving a master's degree in mathematical and computing science
from the Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT) in 1990 in Japan, I worked as a research scientist at National/Panasonic, one of the most prestigious companies in Tokyo.
I am involved in research on Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Semantic Web and its applications in a wide range of fields. Besides, I designed the current Data Science program in effect
since September 2021 in STEM. In addition, I am also one the founders and current President of the
Ivorian Association of Artificial Intelligence and member of ORBICOM, the Network of UNESCO Chairs in Communication headquartered in University of Quebec in Montreal (UQUAM), Canada.

Kwame Simpe Ofori is an Assistant Professor in Finance at the school of Business and Social Sciences. He holds a doctorate degree in Finance, a master’s degree in finance and a master’s degree in Telecommunications Technology. He is also currently a PhD student at the School of Management and Economics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. He has taught courses in the areas of finance, computer science, computer and electrical engineering, and telecommunication engineering. Before joining IUGB he lectured in several universities in Ghana. He also worked with Ghana Telecommunications Company as a support engineer. His research interests are in the areas of consumer behaviour, technology adoption and trust in online systems and in recent times financial econometrics. His papers have appeared in several CABS-ranked journals such as Information Technology and People, Journal of Cleaner Productions, Quality Management Journal, Marketing Intelligence and Planning, International Journal of Bank Marketing, Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, Journal of African Business, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology and Society and Business Review.