International Collaboration on Undergraduate Psychology Outcomes‍ ‍

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The aims of this International Collaboration on Undergraduate Psychology Outcomes (ICUPO) are to:

(a) produce an international foundational psychology competence model for the undergraduate level;

(b) encourage/support adaptation of the model to local, national, and regional contexts, with the model serving as guidance only; and

(c) seek support for the model from international and national psychology and other relevant organizations, and from psychology education leaders.

Click here to see the final version of the International Competences for Undergraduate Psychology (ICUP) model.

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Recent News

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Recent News ~

ICUP Team Shares the Model Across Three International Conferences

by Susan Nolan, PhD | September 28, 2026

In July, 2026, more than 20 members of the ICUPO and IRGUPO (from Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, Brazil, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Serbia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States) presented work related to the International Competences for Undergraduate Psychology (ICUP) in Florence, Italy, at the back-to-back International Council of Psychology Educators (ICOPE) and International Congress of Applied Psychology (ICAP) conferences. Several of these team members, joined by colleagues from China, India, and the Philippines then conducted a panel on ICUP at the virtual Asia Psychology Learning and Teaching (AsiaPLAT) conference in August, 2026.  

The team continues to develop and disseminate resources for psychology educators and leaders to use in the classroom or for program and curriculum development. See the Our Works and Resources section of this website.

As we previously announced, the International Competences for Undergraduate Psychology (ICUP) Model was published in American Psychologist, the flagship journal of the American Psychological Association (Nolan et al., 2026, https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001687). (APA has provided full text for free on ResearchGate. In addition, the model itself, along with related resources, is also available open access at https://osf.io/6y38x/overview.)

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Meet the ICUPO Team

  • Susan Nolan, Ph.D.

    CO-LEADER

    Seton Hall University, USA

  • Jacquelyn Cranney, Ph.D.

    CO-LEADER

    UNSW Sydney, Australia

  • Veronica Boeta, Ph.D.

    National Council for Teaching and Research in Psychology and Marist University of Merida, Mexico

  • Sonja Goedeke, Ph.D.

    Auckland University of Technology, Aotearoa New Zealand

  • Judith Gullifer, Ph.D.

    Monash University, Australia

  • Julie Hulme, Ph.D.

    Nottingham Trent University, UK

  • Dragos Iliescu, Ph.D.

    University of Bucharest, Romania

  • Fanli Jia, Ph.D.

    Seton Hall University, USA

  • Remo Job, Ph.D.

    University of Trento, Italy

  • Xingda Ju, Ph.D.

    Northeast Normal University, China

  • Luciana Karine de Souza, Ph.D.

    Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

  • Haruyuki Kojima, Ph.D.

    Kanazawa University, Japan

  • Aneesh Kumar, Ph.D.

    Christ University, India

  • Tony Machin, Ph.D.

    University of Southern Queensland, Australia

  • Susanne Narciss, Ph.D.

    Technische Universität Dresden, Germany

  • Marc Eric S. Reyes, Ph.D., RPm, RPsy

    University of Santo Tomas, Philippines

  • Therese Tchombe, Ph.D.

    University of Buea, Cameroon

  • Waikaremoana Waitoki, Ph.D.

    Waikato University, Aotearoa New Zealand

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