IN & ICI and Universidad Central de Nicaragua (UCN)
Study Psychology with NLP and Coaching support
in a flexible, practice-oriented, blenden learning distance study
at a highly-rated, accredited university, at a fair price
The psychology courses for MA and Dr. have the following focus areas:
1. Linguistic Psychology (NLP)
2. Coaching Psychology
3. Business Psychology (I/O)
4. Psychotherapy and Health
5. Clinical Psychology
Nandana Nielsen and Karl Nielsen, the presidents of ICI and IN, were appointed as professors at the UCN for these courses. In these courses the students are supported with NLP and Coaching.
The prices for these courses:
The MA in 2 years (4 semesters) full costs: € 5,300
€ 3,900 tuition fee at the beginning or € 1,500 + 24 months each 110 €
+ 250 € after each successfully completed semester for accompanying coaching
+ € 400 for study completion
The MA in 5 years (10 semesters - from high school diploma) costs complete: 6.800 €
€ 3,900 tuition fee at the beginning or € 1,500 + 24 months each 110 €
+ 250 € after each successfully completed semester for accompanying coaching
+ € 400 for study completion
The doctoral degree in 3 years (6 semesters) full costs: € 8,200
€ 4,900 tuition fee at the beginning or € 1,500 + 34 months each 110 €
+ 400 € after each successfully completed semester for accompanying coaching
+ € 900 study completion
Our research and practice-oriented approach:
1st Step: Research Interest and Motivation
In our study the first step is in the development and clarification of your motivation and your research project. What would you like to find out with the help of psychology? What are you most interested in? What would you like to research? What do you already know about it? What reactions do you get regarding this topic from your unconscious (this is explored with NLP)? What would you like to do later on with your results? What is your vision and mission?
Each problem that you know personally as a challenge or each problem that you see that other people have and where you would like to find solutions, is suitable as a starting point for your research project. We say, "If you know a problem, then turn it into a research."
You will acquire with this your first draft of your Research Proposal and use motivation and creativity techniques from the field of NLP and Coaching: NLP Disney Strategy, self-organization, SMART goals, NLP chunking, Logical Levels, Circle of personal excellence, mission / vision statement, NLP Hero's Journey, NLP 1.2.3.Position, New Behavior Generator, ... or similar motivation and creativity techniques.
This is first hand applied psychology. Here you already create the first draft of your first Chapter of your final paper. You write about the main psychological questions you are interested in, your experiences with these questions, what solutions you have heard of, what you have found in psychological literature about these questions and what exactly you would like to study and research in depth regarding these questions. In this first phase you already find useful facts that you can use in your practical and professional life. And you learn to approach problems with the help of psychological thinking and research - Science that creates practical useful knowledge.
2nd Step: Psychological standard knowledge
You will acquire the basics of psychology by screening the standard psychological knowledge with your research question. What does the standard psychological knowledge offer you for your research question and your interest: General Psychology, Communication Psychology, Industrial Psychology, standard instruments of Psychology, Social Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Neuropsychology, Differential Psychology, ... You connect in your studies knowledge and findings from these psychological areas of knowledge with your research question and show that you can apply this knowledge pragmatically. By combining this knowledge with your very specific goal-oriented motivation you learn with us simple, effective, efficient and fast.
Students who are on the doctorate level have the opportunity to deepen in this step their psychological knowledge by tutoring other students.
3rd Step: Psychological knowledge from the focus area
Here you apply the procedure from step 2 on your area of specialization: Neuro Linguistic Psychology, Coaching Psychology, Business Psychology or Psychotherapy and health or a combination of the fields of specialization.
This leads you step by step to a more precise research question. You can use much of what you will acquire here for your first draft of your final paper.
4th Step: Psychological Research
What do you find in scientific research regarding your research question? Where, has who, already scientifically found what, regarding your research interest? What does this mean for you and your research design? Here you take a look around in the world of science. In which typicall style and chapters is a research report written? What steps have to be considered? What are the different types of research methods?
5th Step: Psychological Research Methods (qualitative and quantitative)
Now you will acquire the necessary knowledge in order to test your hypotheses. First, you deal with qualitative research methods interviewing at least 5 experts regarding the area of your research question. This has so far proved a very rewarding source of new inspiration and insights. Then you develop and test on the basis of all your experiences from your previous studies a quantitative questionnaire in order to test your hypotheses. For this questionnaire it is good to have at least 50 probands or study participants.
6th Step: Presentation of your Research Findings
In the 6th step, you will then present the results of your research. What have you found out? What results are significant? What can be interpreted from your results, dates and facts? Here you present them in cake and pie charts.
7th Step: Critical Discussion and Outlook
Finally, you will reflect the results critically and give a perspective on what you can do with it and where further research is needed.
Of course, the requirements are different depending on the desired degree as defined by the Dublin Descriptors. The doctorate in Clinical Psychology has a special curriculum. More details on these requirements and the content can be found in our curricula:
Curriculum MA in Psychology Curriculum Doctorate in Psychology
For signing up for the study, you need:
- a picture of your face as a JPG
- the copy of your passport as PDF
- a copy of your high school diploma or equivalent qualification as PDF
- a personally signed curriculum vitae in English language as PDF
- eventually copies of academic qualifications and transcripts as PDF
- eventually the address and website of the University where you got your degree or degrees
The Universidad Central de Nicaragua (UCN) is a nationally accredited university, internationally established and exceptionally progressive. It has a global vision and supports cultural exchange between countries and cultures, environment protection, democracy, peace development and social justice. In Nicaragua, it has 3 locations. You find about the UCN in the IAU and UNESCO: "Handbook of Universities 2013" (page 2776-2777): the UCN was founded in 1997, has 3,306 students in 2011/2012 and offers courses in: psychology, medicine, law, pharmacy, business administration , Engineering, International Relations, ...
Due to the inconsistent international legal recognition of foreign degrees the UCN provides no guarantee for the use of its titles and degrees in other countries than Nicaragua. The study guide gives more information about the bearing of titles. The network ENIC / NARIC: www.enic-naric.net offers basic information and advice for 55 countries.
Under this link you can register for your study at the UCN.
The Universidad Central de Nicaragua (UCN) and its Division of International Programs, is a multidisciplinary academic institution, humanist, ethical, efficient and competitive; promoting the intercultural exchange between nations and cultures, the protection of the environment, science, technology, democracy, freedom and social justice. The quality and competitiveness of UCN graduate professionals, contribute to the economic, social and cultural development.
The recent history of the UCN is characterized by collaborations with universities in different parts of the world. On 22 March 2012 the UCN signed in Managua the agreement: "International Confederation of Higher Education" (NAL) with the following universities: United Mahatma Gandhi University in India, Universidad de Cundinamarca in Colombia, Universidad de la Salle in Costa Rica, 3G University in the UAE, Fundación Universitaria Samuel Hahnemann in Colombia, Universidad Azteca in Mexico. In the Boletín Universitario of the UCN from April 2012 (see the website of UCN: www.ucn.edu.ni) the details are documented in Spanish.
The department of Human Communication at the UCN: www.ucn.edu.ni/inter/nielsen
Here are the CVs of the two profesors who are responsible for these studies at the UCN:
Nandana Nielsen: http://www.ucn.edu.ni/images/stories/profesores/Scientific-Curriculum-Vitae-Nandana-Nielsen.pdf
Karl Nielsen: www.ucn.edu.ni/images/stories/profesores/Scientific-Curriculum-Vitae-Karl-Nielsen.pdf
The UCN has been awarded in the United States as Exemplary Central American University 2010:
http://blog.ucn.edu.ni/2010/06/07/ucn-galardonada-en-estados-unidos/?lang=en
The students at the UCN are politically active.
In the YouTube video beside you find interviews with students of the UCN regarding the question: "What is Democracy?" (Spanish with English translation in subtitles):
Universidad Central de Nicaragua is among the leading Central American universities, and is the outstanding private Nicaraguan university. Bona fide internationally recognized higher education standards and the profile of the studies have supported the national and international status and reputation of UCN as the outstanding higher education provider in Nicaragua and among the best in Latin America in the study languages Spanish and English. It was possible to reach a new professional and academic level of quality in the trainings in NLP & Coaching through a cooperation between the International Association of NLP-Institutes (IN), the International Association of Coaching Institutes (ICI) and the Universidad Central de Nicaragua (UCN).
IN and ICI are involved as independent advisors without decision-making authority. The studies are highly outcome and praxis related.
With these studies a new professional quality in NLP and Coaching is made possible. On the one hand NLP and Coaching trainings can be accepted as credit points for the studies and on the other hand a new level of depth and intensity in dealing with NLP and Coaching becomes possible. Trainings in NLP and Coaching can be accepted as credit points (ECTS) for these new academic studies. The studies are designed in accordance with the ideas of the Bologna Process regarding life-long and life-accompanying learning with focus on practical use. They guarantee a new international quality standard in NLP and Coaching.
Link to FAQs
Studyguide of the UCN -will be updated soon according to the new curricula- (36 pages PDF)
PowerPoint on study topics -will be updated soon according to the new curricula- (2 MB PDF)
The Department of Human Communication: www.ucn.edu.ni/inter/nielsen
Online registration: http://www.nlp-institutes.net/UCN-reg.php
In recent years NLP and Coaching have developed rapidly. The content of NLP can be used perfectly for Coaching. For the recognition of professional NLP scientific research is still missing in a lot of areas. Students of the distance learning studies in Psychology with a focus on NLP and Coaching at the Universidad Central de Nicaragua (UCN) now have the possibility to work with professional support on scientific research with practical relevance in the area of NLP and Coaching. At the moment academic degrees as M.A. in Psychology and doctorates in Psychology (PhD) are possible with a focus in NLP, Coaching, Business and Health.
Here a video of the conferment of doctorates in 2008 at the UCN
The studies are supported by coachings (in English or German). The academic studies are distant learning studies with internet and video skype support. IN and ICI sealed trainings in NLP und Coaching can be accepted as credit points (ECTS). The e-learning platform for the studies is the proven Moodle-System.
Lecturers at the UCN are besides Nandana Nielsen and Karl Nielsen: Dipl.-Psych. Stephan Landsiedel from Germany, Professor Dr. Albert Nonnenmacher from Germany, DDr. Eszter Banffy from Austria, Dr. Ricardo Roberto Saavedra Hidalgo from Mexico, Leo Angart from China, Nada Kaiser from Croatia, Dr. Manfred Birk from Germany, Dr Richard Bolstad from New Zealand, Professor Dr. Gerhard Berchtold from Austria, Ted L. Liberty, JD, MA, LPC, Clinical Psychology Doctoral Fellow from USA and Bruce Grimley. Registered executive coach, C.Psychol. AFBPsS from Great Britain.
For signing up for the study, you need:
- a picture of your face as a JPG
- the copy of your passport as PDF
- a copy of your high school diploma or equivalent qualification as PDF
- a personally signed curriculum vitae in English language as PDF
- eventually copies of academic qualifications and transcripts as PDF
- eventually the address and website of the University where you got your degree or degrees
