Felsőoktatási Tanácsadás Egyesület

Student counselling services are available free of charge to all students who possess a valid student ID card and have registered for a university, college or vocational training ('OKJ course') in Hungary. University applicants and alumni students are still eligible to use certain facilities such as career guidance.

Most higher education institutions run their own counselling centres, a list of which can be found here, sorted geographically. As a registered student, you are entitled to turn to the counsellors of any other university when:

- your school does not provide counselling in foreign languages

- you have special needs which require expertise of a kind they are unable to deal with

- you have specific personal problems that you would not share within your school

- other counsellors are considerably closer to your home so it is much easier to get there.

If you have questions about higher education counselling facilities, feel free to contact the ELTE Peer Counsellor Group who should give further assistance in finding the appropriate service for you.

Online counselling is also possible in our chat room once you have found your counsellor and pre-arranged a consulting time. Please note that your student ID number might be needed.

General questions, along with discussions, may be posted to our higher education forum in case you need help with common topics regarding accommodation, the credit system, cultural or language difficulties and so forth.

Major universities have peer counsellors as well, comprised of mostly senior students, whose task is to help other students get their bearings and adjust to university life. They may provide a more informal relationship than a psychologist and can advise you on exams, social activities or other issues at your university.

The Hungarian Association for Counselling in Higher Education (FETA) was founded in 1995 to incorporate various organizations and individuals dealing with counselling at higher education institutions in Hungary. Functioning as an umbrella organization for all those who promote or practise student counselling, FETA strives to generate a student-centred attitude at universities, colleges and social institutions.

Considering the growing needs of young people in the midst of the current frenetic social, economic and technological transition, our mission is to establish and co-ordinate a countrywide professional workshop to exchange experiences and to organize the supervision and continual training of mental health professionals who counsel future and present students (e.g. psychologists, teaching staff, doctors, therapists, social workers and peer counsellors).

Our Association aims to co-operate with higher education counselling services on a national scale to develop informational, consulting and therapeutic methods utilized both in individual and group cases. Thus, we intend to provide professional assistance in the creation of a modern institutional system which includes regular mental hygiene consultation for teachers and courses for student counsellors.

The Association puts strong emphasis on endorsing the culture of higher education counselling in and outside of Hungary, purposing to seek and foster relations with foreign partners and to represent our members at the international level.

Hungarian Association for Counselling in Higher Education has been a registered charity since 1998.

E-mail:

Phone: (+36-1) 461-2600 or +36-30 826 6263

Fax: (+36-1) 461-2694

Skype: feta.e

Postal Address:
FETA
Izabella 46
Budapest
1064
Hungary

Official Representatives:
Ms. Zsuzsa Puskas-Vajda  - President
Mr. Sandor Lisznyai, Ph.D. - Secretary General
Mrs. Magda Ritook, Ph.D.   - President Emerita

EU Tax Number: HU18078233

Bank Account No.: 11100104-18078233-36000001
SWIFT code: CIBH HU HB
IBAN format: HU69-1110-0104-1807-8233-3600-0001