EFPSA Study & Travel Abroad

Living Abroad: The Singularity of Each Experience

efpsasta April 23, 2025 0 Comments

My name is Bia, I'm Brazilian and I am currently doing my first year of my Bachelor’s in Psychology at the Institute of Applied Psychology (ISPA) in Lisbon . My journey until here wasn’t the most conventional and I took a lot of twists and turns to be where I am now. First Experience Abroad: Switzerland My first experience abroad was when I was 15 years old and I did an exchange year in...

Erasmus in Milan

efpsasta March 16, 2025 0 Comments

Hello! My name is Leticia Gonçalves, and I am in the first year of the Master’s in health psychology at the Institute of Applied Psychology (ISPA) in Lisbon. I have always dreamt of studying in another country. Being Brazilian and living in Portugal, I felt I had already taken a big step, but I wanted to go even further. The desire to experience the academic world in a new cultural setting led...

Studying abroad – what you need to know when you are far away from home

efpsasta February 22, 2023 0 Comments

- tips for meeting new people, transportation in a foreign country and more Hey EFPSA fellows, my name is Hanna, I am quite used to travelling and being abroad. Since I know that it can be hard sometimes, especially when it is your first time being abroad, here are some tips that I developed in the past years. Before that, let me introduce myself a little more so you can understand...

Venturing Abroad – My Master’s Journey

efpsasta February 1, 2023 0 Comments

Hi! My name is Nicole, I am 25 years old and come from the tiny island of Malta. I finished my Bachelor of Psychology in 2018 and during that year I was also part of the EFPSA Board of Management. In 2020, I decided that I wanted to continue my studies in psychology and applied for a Masters of Science in forensic psychology at Coventry University in the United Kingdom. I started this journey...

8,350 km away from home

efpsasta December 14, 2022 0 Comments

Hello there! Thank you for taking the time to read this article. I’m Ritienne, a Psychology student at the University of Malta - a small island in the middle of the Mediterranean. I studied abroad for 4 months in Canada, so it’s safe to say that culture shock was inevitable. The reason I chose to study in Canada was mainly curiosity. I wanted to see how other people lived, and I also...

Erasmus in Sterling

efpsasta December 7, 2022 0 Comments

Hello everyone! My name is Nadine Agius and I am a third year undergraduate student studying Psychology at the University of Malta. Applying for a semester abroad back in January 2021 sounded like a crazy idea, however, I decided to shoot my shot and applied for an Erasmus exchange to the University of Stirling in Scotland. The cold weather and the beautiful highlands were a stark difference to...

Internship in the Bavarian Alps

efpsasta November 30, 2022 0 Comments

My name is Georgios - Nikodimos Asimomytis. I am 22 years old, and I am in the last year of my bachelor’s at the Department of Psychology of Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences. Being trapped by the Covid - 19 pandemic made me reconsider many things in my life and gave me the impetus to try spending time studying abroad and gain new experiences and horizons. The Erasmus+...

Pandemic and starting a new programme away from home: Research Master in Tilburg

efpsasta February 8, 2022 0 Comments

Hello everyone, my name is Marta Dürrigl, and I am a second-year master’s student at Tilburg University. I am enrolled in Research Master in Psychology: Individual Differences and Assessment programme. Even though the pandemic hindered my proper student experience last year, I am hoping to make up for it in the upcoming academic year. Moving during the pandemic seemed like a crazy idea back in...

Should you take a gap year?

efpsasta April 13, 2021 0 Comments

Dear all, My name is Vita, I come from Croatia and at the moment I am the President of EFPSA. I often hear my colleagues considering whether they should take a gap year or not. Some of the arguments I hear are “I am too old for a gap year”, “I don’t have time to waste”, “It’s too complicated”, “I don’t have money for that”. The thing is none of these obstacles is that big....

Travelling across the globe during the pandemic

efpsasta March 7, 2021 0 Comments

Hello, everyone! 😊 My name is Jelica Milojičić and I am currently a student of a master’s programme of research psychology at the University of Belgrade. I love meeting new cultures, trying new food and above all getting to know new people. During my high school and bachelor studies I used to travel a lot, either via EFPSA or by my own arrangements, and not a year has passed since...