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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...

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...

Across the Mediterranean Sea to a distant Island!

efpsasta March 4, 2021 0 Comments

My name is Mkyeku Onesmo Kisanga, originally from the United Republic of Tanzania located in the Eastern Part of Africa, 27 years of age, and a 2nd year psychology student at the University of Central Lancashire in Cyprus. Coming from Tanzania back in 2019 gave me chills as I embarked on a new journey flying across the Mediterranean Sea studying ‘psychology’, a major I hardly knew other than...

Study Abroad in Groningen

efpsasta February 27, 2021 0 Comments

Hey hey, my name is Pia Neža, I am a student at the RUG University (Groningen, Netherlands). This blog will talk about my study abroad experience. I am a second-year student however, I can not really say much since this COVID-19 situation changed my plans drastically. Somehow my abroad uni life became online studies. Yet, luckily I have so many precious memories from my first year. Without a...

How to Get the Best Erasmus Scholarship for You?

efpsasta February 14, 2021 0 Comments

Two years have passed since I started my Erasmus+ student mobility so I decided to write an anniversary post. HOW TO GET THE BEST ERASMUS SCHOLARSHIP FOR YOU? 1. Start with “why”: “Those who have a why can bear any how,” said Viktor Frankl. I agree with that, it’s very important to be aware of the reasons WHY you want to go on Erasmus+. These reasons will be a reminder for why you...