About us
Our Mission
We are a leading provider of freely available, state-of-the-art, UX curricula. Our curricula are the basis for self-study and facilitated training, leading to independent UX certification, anywhere in the world.
About the International Usability and User Experience Qualification Board (UXQB)
The UXQB is responsible for the organisation, development and promotion of the CPUX programme – to date, the UXQB has created five curricula based on ISO 9241 standards. The UXQB works very closely with our partners and other organisations to be able to bring the CPUX programme to life – our Personal Members are an international, expert panel of UX professionals who help steer the direction of the UXQB; our National Experts actively contribute to the development of our curricula; our Recognised Training Providers offer high-quality training courses based on our curricula, and independent certification providers ensure the entire exam process is transparent and trustworthy.
A brief history of the UXQB
2006
Work on the certification programme began as far back as 2006, when the German UPA’s “Usability Occupational Field” working group defined the roles in usability engineering. These roles provided a structure for the discipline’s tasks and deliverables.
Building on this work, the German UPA developed a quality standard for usability engineering, which formed the basis for the professional work of usability professionals.
2013
The UXQB was founded in October 2013 based on an initiative of the “Quality Standards” working group, within the German Usability Professionals Association (UPA). The initial aim of the UXQB was to establish a credible and respected certification program for usability professionals, through the development of usability, user experience (UX) and human-centred design (HCD) curricula, based on international standards and current specialist literature.
2014
Based on these earlier initiatives, the Certified Professional for Usability and User Experience (CPUX) programme was launched, with over 400 people becoming CPUX-F certified by the end of that year.
2024
10 years later, more than 8,500 UX professionals have become CPUX-F certified and the CPUX programme has five, well structured, comprehensive curricula which outline methodical approaches to all aspects of UX and HCD.
Present
Our working groups meet regularly to review and revise the curricula content to ensure their high practical relevance, and to maintain close links to the ISO standards that inform their approach, and we continue to work with a number of independent, accredited certification providers to provide a credible path to CPUX certification for UX professionals throughout the world.
Our member organisations
The UXQB works with organisations and interest groups for usability and user experience all over the world. A key responsibility of our member organisations is nominating National Experts to actively participate in the development and advancement of the CPUX-program.
The following professional associations are currently member organisations of the UXQB:
Professional Association of German Usability and User Experience Professionals
The user experience network in Switzerland
Professional Association of British Usability and User Experience Professionals
UX-Danmark.dk – The Special Interest Group for Usability & User Experience in Denmark
Austrian Society for Usability and User Experience
National organisations for usability and user experience are welcome to join the UXQB as member organisations.
Interested in becoming a member organisation of the UXQB?
Our volunteers
The following people actively contribute to the development and advancement of the UXQB and the CPUX-programme. National Experts are elected by member organisations of UXQB and participate in the development and advancement of the CPUX-program and its curricula. Personal Members and executive board members are elected by the Personal Membership.
Our National Experts
National Experts are individuals elected by their respective national professional associations to serve as National Experts for the UXQB. In this capacity, their main responsibility is in contributing to the quality assurance of curricula.
Our Personal Members
Personal Members include both founding members of the UXQB and elected individuals, who help with the administrative duties of the UXQB as well as helping to develop its strategy.
Our Executive Board Members
The Executive Board consists of three elected personal members; they manage the UXQB and are the international representatives of the UXQB.
Our Curriculum Translators
Our curriculum translators are volunteers who have translated the Foundation Level (CPUX-F) into different languages.
Prof. Christian Bastien
Université de Lorraine
Contributed to the translation of the CPUX-F curriculum and test questions into French
Alexandre Fleury
Intalma AB
Contributed to the translation of CPUX-F test questions into French
Dorit Horst
Uservalue
Contributed to the translation of the CPUX-F curriculum and test questions into French
Dr. Vincent Koenig
Université du Luxembourg
Contributed to the translation and quality assurance of CPUX-F test questions into French
Dr. Carine Lallemand
Université du Luxembourg
Contributed to the translation and quality assurance of CPUX-F test questions into French
Julien Roland
Uservalue
Contributed to the translation of the CPUX-F curriculum and test questions into French
Former Personal Members
Dr. Nigel Bevan
(1946-2018)
Personal Member of the UXQB (from 2016)
Oliver Kluge
Founding Member of the UXQB (2013-2022)
Our strategic partnerships
The UXQB has established key partnerships with leading organisations in areas related to the fields of UX and certification. In doing so, we aim to promote collaboration and cooperation between our experts and their organisations across our different disciplines. Our current strategic partners are:
UXQB and IREB have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to help promote and advance Usability and User Experience Engineering, and Requirements Engineering as complementary disciplines. We will work together to explore and develop opportunities to jointly promote certification and any supporting events.
The primary goals for our partnership are:
- The development and support of Usability and User Experience Engineering and Requirements Engineering, as globally recognised professions and disciplines;
- The promotion of the value of Usability and User Experience Engineering and Requirements Engineering and recognised certifications;
- A strengthening of the UXQB and IREB community, to foster mutual recognition and collaboration between our members.
UXQB and IIBA have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support the relationship between and the learning development opportunities for the disciplines of usability and user experience, and business analysis. Our aims are supported by collaborating on webinars, conferences, articles, surveys, research and white papers on subjects related to our respective fields. Through collaboration, IIBA and UXQB will explore the potential for alignment between our certifications programs, and we will encourage continued education by offering discounted certification to our respective communities.
UXQB and GTB have signed a cooperation agreement to connect the two previously separate career paths of software testing and usability testing. UXQB and GTB have developed a training programme, intended to help software testers and usability engineers gain insights into each other’s disciplines, and to recognise the differences and similarities between them. The training programme is a collaborative effort from the UXQB and GTB to ensure a balance between the career paths.
Interested in forming a strategic partnership with the UXQB?
Our Recognised Training Providers
We have lots of RTPs across Europe, and beyond…
Austria
China
Denmark
Germany
Italy
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
South Africa
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
Thinking of becoming a recognised training provider?
Discover the advantages to being a recognised training provider and register to join this prestigious group today.
CPUX-certified UX professionals
Of course, the UXQB would be nothing without our body of certified UX professionals – why not join them?
Christoph Dubach
Earned Certificates
CPUX-F
Pursue
linkedin.com/in/christophdubach
Country
Switzerland
Fergus O Callaghan
Earned Certificates
CPUX-F
Country
United Kingdom
Markus Funke
Earned Certificates
CPUX-F
Country
Germany
Jennifer Hanke, geb. Scherf
Earned Certificates
CPUX-F, CPUX-UR
Country
Germany
Jaime Conley
Earned Certificates
CPUX-F
Alexander Sulzbach
Earned Certificates
CPUX-F
Country
Germany
Sebastian Weigelt
Earned Certificates
CPUX-F
Country
Germany
Rolf Molich
Earned Certificates
CPUX-F, CPUX-UT
Country
Denmark
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