Psihozij is the biggest psychology student congress in the region, organized by Student Association STUP. All the organisers and participants are volunteers.
- Organiser: Psychology Student Association STUP at the University of Zagreb
- Organisation history: founded in 1993
- Organisation size: current membership of over 164 psychology students from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Zagreb
- Project background: founded in 2011, organized 6 times, around 500 participants
The congress is usually held in spring, lasts three days and gathers Croatian and international psychology students and everyone in love with psychology. This year there were participants from five Croatian and five international Universities.
Psihozij has a lot to offer for both active and passive participants:
- lectures held by PhD psychology professors
These lectures offer an insight into the specific field of psychology presented in 90 minutes by Croatian psychology professors. They also offer a chance of interaction with the professors who are experts in the specific field.
- workshops
Workshops offer participants higher level of interaction with the lecturers and a practical usage of the theoretical knowledge.
- student poster section
Students have a chance to create and present their research projects in the form of a poster that is presented through the whole congress.
- student research section
Active student participants can also present their researches in the form of a 15 minute presentation. Every presentation is graded and at the end of the congress the student research winner is selected. This way students are directly motivated to begin with their scientific research work.
- presentation of associations and companies
In order to motivate students to volunteer in the field of psychology, big Croatian associations and companies with available volunteer places present their work on the congress. Students are able to get in touch with them and find an internship or a volunteer place they find interesting.
- rich social content
Through the congress the emphasis is on the networking between psychology students. There are two big parties organised and a fun Scavenger hunt in Zagreb city to get to know Zagreb in a fun way.
