Building university-based psychological and psychoeducational services in Angola (ANGOSAP): a brief report on rationale, design, and early implementation context

<ns3:p>Background Higher education institutions in Angola face increasing demand for mental health and psychoeducational support in the context of limited specialist workforce and service capacity. ANGOSAP is an Erasmus+ − funded capacity-building initiative designed to establish sustainable, university-embedded Psychological and Psychoeducational Support Services across partner institutions in Angola and to strengthen early access to support within higher education settings. Methods This Study Protocol describes the rationale, service model, and early implementation framework of ANGOSAP. The project uses a co-designed, stepped-care, task-sharing approach adapted to the context of each participating institution. Core components include campus-level standard operating procedures for intake, triage, risk assessment, safeguarding, and referral; competency-based training and supervision; student-facing psychoeducation, brief psychological interventions, and digital resources; formal referral pathways; and a pragmatic monitoring framework focused on reach, access, early clinical change, safety, acceptability, and equity. Results No primary clinical outcomes or human participant data are reported in this Study Protocol. Preliminary outputs include a defined implementation pathway for university-based services, a minimum dataset for routine monitoring, quality and safety procedures, equity-oriented performance dashboards, and a cross-site learning structure to support iterative service refinement. These elements are intended to enable early-access, context-sensitive care while generating practice-based evidence during phased implementation. Conclusions ANGOSAP offers a feasible framework for strengthening university-based psychological and psychoeducational support in Angola. By combining institutional capacity building, supervision, referral integration, and continuous evaluation, the project aims to improve student well-being and learning conditions while supporting more accessible, inclusive, and sustainable care in Angolan higher education.</ns3:p>