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речь идет об оплате курса MBA. Никак не могу сообразить о чем речь идет.
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Tuition Fees
The total fee is Euro 38,500, to be paid in four instalments:
1st instalment: Euro 9,625 on acceptance
of your admission to the Program
2nd instalment: Euro 9,625
by 13 October 2009
3rd instalment: Euro 9,625
by 29 January 2010
4th instalment: Euro 9,625
by 30 April 2010
The fees include:
• teaching material (some texts must be purchased
separately)
• use of the School’s desktop PCs
• access to the School’s database
Pre-courses costs
On-site: Euro 2,000 (MBA pre-courses package)
Euro 500 each (language pre-courses)
On-line: Euro 1,400 (MBA pre-courses package)

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