Please read our Frequently Asked Questions before contacting us.
School of Business and Trade is an online business school. As it is a completely online school, we do not have a brick campus or an actual street address.
School of Business and Trade is a completely online school. For this reason, we do not answer phone calls, and all enquiries are dealt with through our email at info @ sobat.org.
Currently, there is no tuition fee applicable. However, if students wish to graduate, there will be a charge. Please refer to the relevant programme webpage for information on current charges.
Graduation documents are issued by our administration department which involves manual administrative work. Consequently, it is an expense, therefore we have to charge the graduation fee.
PDF certificates will be emailed within 7 to 14 days. Please wait 14 days before contacting us.
We do not issue hard copy/paper certificates anymore. We only issue certificates in PDF format.
The PDF certificate can be printed out by the applicant preferably on 100gms paper through colour laser printer.
Upon completion, may I receive a hard copy of my certificate. I am willing to pay an additional fee.
No, we do not issue paper certificates.
Yes, certainly students can enrol from anywhere and can study online.
All courses will be assessed through online quizzes. There are no written exams.
We do not charge tuition fees. The graduation fee is non-refundable and non-transferable.
We do not transfer single course credits from external institutions. If you have studied elsewhere, you can skip the learning process and move directly onto the final quiz for grading
We only consider Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) or Advanced Standing of a completed qualification i. e. a Diploma, Associate Degree. Incomplete qualifications can not be accepted.
If you want to transfer School of Business and Trade credits elsewhere, please enquire directly to the academic institution that will be receiving the credits. It is entirely up to them whether they accept our credits or not. Please do your own due diligence.
In recent weeks, we have received hundreds of emails asking non-serious questions and inquiries that are already answered on our website. It takes us an average of five minutes to answer each email. Please do not send us such emails, as we cannot reply.
We will, however, continue to respond to genuine inquiries from our students.
If you still have questions, please fill out the form below. Your question will be answered if it has not already been answered on our website.