About the Study & Travel Abroad
Study Abroad considers its existence since the early ‘90s where it began as a project under the name “How to Study Abroad” and later on as “Study and Work Abroad” (SWA). Since 2005 the service has focused on “Study Abroad” (SA) and can now be found through the main website where information, advice and experience stories can be found. As of 2015, the Travel Network and the Study Abroad services have been merged into the Study & Travel Abroad (STA) service, which continues much with the same visions, missions and values as the predecessors. In 2016, the Student Exchange Responsible became part of the team, opening up the opportunity for Member Organisations and Local Organisations to receive support from EFPSA in organising their international exchanges with other psychology student associations. In 2017, the Internship Responsible also joined the service after the success of the Internship Task Force, opening the service to those who would like to go on an internship nationally or internationally.
The structure of the team includes the Coordinator, Exchanges Responsible, Internships Responsible and Team Members.
Travel Network
Well, let’s be honest, shall we? How cool is it to go to another place, make friends, create memories, and be hosted at a welcoming home for free? And how fun is it to make new friends across Europe by hosting them at your place for a day or a few?
EFPSA Travel Network offers you this amazing opportunity, in 5 simple steps!
- Open Facebook
First of all, make sure you have a look at our dedicated Facebook group right here: EFPSA Travel Network. The aim of this group is to facilitate travel for psychology students and alumni all around Europe!
- Become a member
When you request to become a member of the group, we will send you a message, kindly asking you to fill in a short survey. (Please check “Other Inbox” as well). This will give us the opportunity to screen people in this group and to see if we are all European psychology students and alumni and that our private information is not being shared with others. After you fill in the form and if you meet the criteria, we will accept you as a member.
- Find a host
When you wish to be hosted in a certain city, simply click on “Photos”, then “Albums”, then “Host Cities”. This album showcases the various cities in which psychology students from this Travel Network can be hosted by other psychology students. The album will be updated from time to time according to our database.
- Contact the host
In the photos of the cities, certain people are tagged. Those are the hosts. To get in touch with them, all you have to do is formulate a request, and post it as a comment on the photo of the city. After you get a reply from the host and that initial contact is made, you and that person can switch to messenger and have a conversation about what kind of place they offer, what is their availability and what are your expectations. It’s between you and your potential host after that point.
- Have fun and share your experience
We cannot wait to hear stories from you guys staying at each other’s places and having an amazing time! We invite you to share your awesome photos and stories about the places you stay in our Facebook group and always keep in mind you can also write an experience story for us. You can reach to us via sta@efpsa.org if you want to write your experience!
Housing Anywhere
Housing Anywhere is a platform where students can choose to rent out their rooms to other students. Therefore, if you are looking to move abroad for any reason you can use their service. Housing Anywhere is EFPSA’s accommodation partner. An EFPSA member or a psychology student who benefits from renting a flat or a room through HousingAnywhere will receive a 25% discount on Housing Anywhere’s service fee. Yes, you heard it right, not only EFPSA members but also all psychology students will be able to benefit from this discount.
How to redeem this discount? It’s easy, click here and follow the instructions.
Exchanges
EFPSA Exchanges (part of Study & Travel Abroad) is your helping hand when it comes to organising an exchange for your national or local psychology organisation. This service was founded in May 2016. A needs analysis was conducted and a report was compiled and presented. This determined how EFPSA Exchanges should function. Based on this information when two or more organisations approach our service and decide to have an EFPSA Exchange, they are given a handbook with guidelines on how to plan, prepare and execute an exchange. Skype meetings are conducted before and after the exchange and templates of feedback forms and information, booklets are also passed on for more facilitation.
You can reach us at exchanges@efpsa.org or sta@efpsa.org for all the questions or organisational support you need regarding organising an exchange.
Internships
After the success of the Internship Task Force, Internships were introduced in Study and Travel Abroad in 2017. As part of the service internship calls are open several times a year from different partner institutions around Europe, internships vary in period and time as well as voluntarily or paid. Once there is an internship call it will be published on EFPSA Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn!
If you would like to know when the next internship call is or you would like to offer internships and become one of our partner institutions contact us on internships@efpsa.org or sta@efpsa.org.
Study Abroad
The Study Abroad section of the service offers information about studying psychology abroad by providing experience stories, guidelines, and detailed maps. You can reach to us via sta@efpsa.org if you want to write your experience for our blog!
Study Abroad Databases
Masters in Psychology in Europe
PhD Programs in Europe