The counsellors who guide students abroad, trained to one standard.
STAR Certified Counsellor sets a professional standard for university advising.
Intercultural Sciences prepares counsellors for the cultural challenges of studying in another culture.
From the school to the campus
The high school counsellor shapes where a student applies, long before a recruiter meets the family. FPP works with both sides: universities and the schools that send them students.
- University fairs, school visits and events for international students.
- University Access: the free portal for schools, students and families.
- Training and certification for the counsellors who guide them.
Global Career & College Counseling
Connecting the people who guide the next generation.
FPP EDU Media and World Educational Leaders work together to connect school counsellors around the world, strengthen their professional development and raise international standards in college and career guidance. For universities, it means better-prepared counterparts in the schools that send them students.
FPP: training and certification
The published standard, the modules, the webinars with universities and the credential, on University Access in four languages.
World Educational Leaders: the network
An international network of schools and educational leaders, its Career & College Counseling commission and the Global School Leaders Forum in New York.
Universities in the conversation
Counsellors meet universities in webinars, at FPP events and at the Global School Leaders Forum, and university representatives help review the programme.
A professional standard for university advising
The international certification for high school counsellors who guide students to universities abroad, issued by FPP / The Student World with World Educational Leaders. A published standard, a credential any university can verify, and webinars where counsellors meet universities.
What a certified counsellor can do:
| Competency | In practice |
|---|---|
| Admission systems | Applications, deadlines and tests in the main destinations. |
| Real cost and funding | Tells scholarships, discounts and aid apart. |
| Data-informed advising | Uses fit and outcome data to widen options. |
| Ethics and protection | Acts in the student's interest and declares conflicts. |
| Families | Leads the difficult conversations about cost and risk. |
| The application | Guides essays and documents without writing them. |
| After the offer | Follows visas, enrolment and arrival. |
| Digital tools and AI | Uses platforms and AI with the student in control. |
Counsellors and university representatives from several countries review the programme.
Read the published standard →Intercultural Sciences Certification
Far beyond international advising
Developed by The Student World, the education brand of FPP EDU Media, in partnership with Andrea Sebben, psychologist, researcher and specialist in Intercultural Sciences, this certification widens the perspective of school counsellors on the human, cultural and emotional dimensions of academic mobility.
The aim is to bring together scientific knowledge, intercultural understanding and practical application, so that education professionals can guide students and families with greater awareness and cultural sensitivity.
What counsellors learn: six strands
- Intercultural psychology: how culture shapes identity, emotions, behaviour, communication and human relationships.
- Migration and cultural adaptation: leaving, arriving, rebuilding references and developing new senses of belonging.
- Mental health: the emotional needs that come with cultural transitions, and when specialised support matters.
- Intercultural communication: handling differences, avoiding misreadings and building relationships of trust.
- Families and support networks: the role of those who leave, those who stay and those who welcome.
- Preparation and welcome: pre-departure advising, support during the experience and reintegration.
Andrea Sebben
- Psychologist (PUCRS and Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Master in Social Psychology (UFSC).
- Member of the IACCP, International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, since 1998.
- Trains professionals and educators, leads international projects and develops methodologies to understand intercultural challenges, including the Migratory Polygon ©.
- AFS International Educational Advisory Council (2006 to 2012), leading Training for Trainers across Latin America; Training for Trainers for YFU.
- Invited professor at FGV, Fundação Dom Cabral and IEL; tutor and guest speaker at MIT on Cultural Awareness since 2021.
- Author of four books on intercultural education, with a fifth in production.
- Works in Portuguese, English, Spanish and Italian. Lived in Spain, Italy, Belgium, the United States and Canada.
Counsellors who hold both certifications carry the indication "STAR Certified Counsellor · Intercultural Specialist".
From the fair to the campus, FPP at every step.
Questions: talkto@fpp.world
