News and events

We are pleased to announce the next ECStA General Assembly, taking place on 7 July 2026, from 14:00 to 17:00, in Kiel, Germany.

We are delighted to share the programme for the upcoming European Student Affairs Conference 2026 and warmly invite you to join us. Registrations are now open!

The European Commission is launching an online survey to collect input on the future of the European Student Card Initiative ESCI) from all the stakeholders involved in its implementation.

July 7-10, 2026, in Kiel, Germany on the Baltic Coast in teh North of Germany

Organised by our Italian member ANDISU and hosted by DSU Toscana in the beautiful city of Florence, the study visit unites student services professionals for a discussion on sustainability issues. Focused on university housing and dining services, the two-day-study event will present strategic frameworks, good practices, and share common approaches...

The rising demands for psychological help, and the gravity of students' mental health challenges, have worried many of our colleagues in psychological advisory and counselling services across Europe.

From 5–11 June 2025, ECStA members took part in an international study visit to Canada, organised in cooperation with the Canadian Association of College & University Student Services (CACUSS).

We are pleased to invite you to the upcoming International Study Visit to Canada, taking place from June 5-11, 2025, that we organised in collaboration with the Canadian Association of College & University Student Services (CACUSS) and the European Council for Student Affairs (ECStA).

Join ECStA, IASAS and DSW for a critical discussion of current threats to academic freedom and institutional autonomy in different parts of the world. We want to confront political interference in the autonomy and freedom of higher education, and look for a student affairs strategy to defend the core values of higher education.

Whether through the lens of personal background, socioeconomic status, cultural perspective, neuro-diversity and levels of literacy,…, diversity is present in the student populations in Europe. How does this diversity affect the student journey? How can the needs of all students be addressed? The conference theme concerns best practices and...

Members of the ECStA are cordially invited to the general assembly for the year 2025.