Bachelor's Degree Programmes
Three-year Bachelor's degree programmes, known as the Licence, in the LMD framework: 180 credits across six semesters, for practitioners moving from technical competence into analysis and responsibility.
The Bachelor's degree, called the Licence in Cameroon, is the first university cycle in the LMD system, which the country adopted in 2007 to bring the francophone and anglophone structures into one framework and make qualifications portable across the region.
Where the HND cycle builds a practitioner, the Bachelor's builds someone who can also interrogate the practice: read the evidence, handle the data, question a protocol and supervise others doing the work.
Accreditation
Bachelor's programmes fall under the Ministry of Higher Education (MINESUP) and follow the LMD credit framework, which is the structure CAMES uses to coordinate recognition across its member states in francophone Africa.
MINESUP sets the entry rule directly: admission to a licence professionnelle requires a national diploma sanctioning at least two years of higher study, meaning a BTS, HND, DUT, DEUG or recognised equivalent.
How long it takes
Three years, six semesters, 180 credits, at the standard LMD rate of 30 credits per semester. Holders of a BTS or HND enter with advanced standing where their prior credits map onto the programme.
- Duration
- 3 years, 6 semesters
- Credits
- 180 (LMD, 30 per semester)
- Entry
- BTS, HND, DUT, DEUG or recognised equivalent
- Oversight
- MINESUP, LMD framework
- Programmes
- 8
At a glance
How the programme runs
- 1
Entry and credit recognition
Your BTS, HND or equivalent is assessed against the programme so you start at the right point rather than repeating work you have already done.
- 2
Semesters 1 to 4: disciplinary core
The substance of the field taught to degree depth, with the research methods, biostatistics and health systems grounding that separates a Bachelor's degree from a technical diploma.
- 3
Professional placement
A supervised placement in a hospital, laboratory, programme or health authority, chosen to line up with where you intend to work.
- 4
Semesters 5 and 6: dissertation
A supervised written project on a real question from your placement or workplace, defended before a panel.
Programmes in this cycle
(8)Where it leads
Supervisory and specialist roles in clinical services, laboratory management, health information and programme delivery, and the entry qualification for a Master.