Student Council

Student Council Directive

What is a student council and what are its aims?

The Student Council is a formation where representatives elected from each department of faculties, and representative elected from the schools, one from the School of Foreign Languages and one from the Institute come together. The council can work on all kinds of issues and activities about and for students under the leadership of their president. It is established to protect the rights of associate, undergraduate and graduate students registered at Cyprus International University (CIU) in fulfilling and developing their educational, health, sports and cultural needs, to forward the expectations and requests of the students to the governing bodies by establishing an effective communication between the CIU administrative bodies and the students, in order to enable students to participate in decisions about education.

What are the conditions required for becoming a student representative candidate?

They must
• be enrolled at least as a second-year student of a faculty and school (this does not concern the students of the Institute and the School of Foreign Languages)
• have a minimum of one year to graduate.
• not have a criminal record of disgraceful crimes.
• have received any disciplinary penalties other than Warning and Reprimand.
• not have the registration frozen at the time of the election.
• have a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 or higher out of 4 (this does not concern the School of Foreign Languages students).
• not be members or officials in the organs of political parties. 

Who is a Student Representative and what do they do?

The Student Representative finds out the student issues in the department they represent and forward them to the student council and the relevant governing body for a solution.

In addition to one representative of each department at each faculty, a faculty representative is elected among department representatives. In addition, one representative from each school, one from the School of Foreign Languages, and one from the Institute will be elected

  • A Student Representative of a Department
  • A Student Representative of a Faculty (Elected among the representatives selected from the Departments in the Faculty)
  • A Student Representative of the School of Foreign Languages
  • A Student Representative of the Institute
  • Representatives of the Schools
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Student Council Bodies

Student Council President (Elected for one year from among all representatives)

Student Council Vice President (The president of the council elects the vice president among the board of directors for a one-year term)

Student Council Board
The student council general assembly consists of representatives of the School of Foreign Languages/schools/institute and departments and this is the highest decision-making body in the student council.

Student Council Executive Board
Student Council Executive Board consists of the School of Foreign Languages, faculty, college and institute student representatives. The student council executive board is accountable to the student council general assembly.

Student Council Audit Board
The student council supervisory board consists of a president and four members to be elected by the members at the student council of the general assembly, with the absolute majority of the voters, for one year.

2023-2024 Student Council

Student Council Board
Member Name Surname Position Faculty Department
ciu-student-council-cagri-sogut ÇAĞRI SÖĞÜT President, Faculty and Department Representative Faculty of Education Basic Education
ciu-student-council-shima-banani SHIMA BANANI  Vice President, Faculty and Department Representative Faculty of Dentistry Dentistry
ciu-student-council-hanieh-kianmanesh HANIEH KIANMANESH  Faculty and Department Representative Faculty of Pharmacy Pharmacy
ciu-student-council-didem-cetin DİDEM ÇETİN  Department Representative Faculty of Education Social Sciences and Turkish Education
table-default-pic MEHMET ŞEREMET  Department Representative Faculty of Education Special Education
ciu-student-council-mihrican-tepe MİHRİCAN TEPE  Department Representative Faculty of Education Foreign Languages Education
ciu-student-council-sude-avcibasi SUDE AVCIBAŞI  Department Representative Faculty of Education Education Sciences
ciu-student-council-ece-dokur ECE DOKUR  Department Representative Faculty of Arts and Sciences Psychology
ciu-student-council-rahma-musa-ally RAHMA MUSA ALLY  Faculty and Department Representative Faculty of Arts and Sciences Basic Sciences and Humanities
ciu-student-council-negin-almasi NEGIN ALMASI  Department Representative Faculty of Fine Arts, Design and Architecture Graphic Design
ciu-student-council-odai-ahmad-adeeb ODAI AHMAD ADEEB ABEDALQADER  Faculty and Department Representative Faculty of Fine Arts, Design and Architecture Architecture
ciu-student-council-onur-tugal ONUR TUĞAL  Department Representative Faculty of Fine Arts, Design and Architecture Interior Architecture
ciu-student-council-jacob-sunday-odeh JACOB SUNDAY ODEH  Faculty and Department Representative Faculty of Law Law
ciu-student-council-anthony-chijioke-okolie ANTHONY CHIJIOKE OKOLIE  Department Representative Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Business Administration
ciu-student-council-fathia-olamide-usman FATHIA OLAMIDE USMAN  Department Representative Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Accounting and Finance
table-default-pic SHADAN MORTAZAVİ  Department Representative Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Economics
ciu-student-council-stephen-peter-borbo STEPHEN PETER BORBO  Faculty and Department Representative Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Political Science and International Relations
table-default-pic ARAILYM SEILKHANOVA  Department Representative Faculty of Communication Radio, Television and Cinema
ciu-student-council-gavin-simba-nhapi GAVIN SIMBA NHAPI  Department Representative Faculty of Communication Public Relations and Advertising
ciu-student-council-sarag-maefetshi-lapu SARAH MAFETSHI LAPU  Faculty and Department Representative Faculty of Communication Visual Communication Design
table-default-pic SIMA GUL HATAMI  Department Representative Faculty of Communication Journalism
ciu-student-council-cartenicia-ditend-nawej CARTENICIA DITEND NAWEJ  Department Representative Faculty of Engineering Civil Engineering
table-default-pic FARHANEH ARYANEJAD  Department Representative Faculty of Engineering Computer Engineering
ciu-student-council-lina-khalid-saaoud-ahmed LINA KHALID SAAOUD AHMED  Faculty and Department Representative Faculty of Engineering Electrical and Electronics Engineering
ciu-student-council-naesyba-osman-mohamed NAESYBA OSMAN MOHAMED ALBASHER  Department Representative Faculty of Engineering Biomedical Engineering
ciu-student-council-okitor-emmanuel-ifeanyi OKITOR EMMANUEL IFEANYI  Department Representative Faculty of Engineering Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
ciu-student-council-yara-kalam YARA KALAM  Department Representative Faculty of Engineering Mechanical Engineering
ciu-student-council-abdulkadir-toprak ABDULKADİR TOPRAK  Department Representative Faculty of Health Sciences Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
uku-konsey-kardelen-guzel KARDELEN GÜZEL  Department Representative Faculty of Health Sciences Social Work
ciu-student-council-mehmet-ali-calis MEHMET ALİ ÇALIŞ  Faculty and Department Representative Faculty of Health Sciences Nutrition and Dietetics
ciu-student-council-abel-saye-gloe ABEL SAYE GLOE  Faculty and Department Representative Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies Plant Production and Technologies
ciu-student-council-shahd-husham-hussein SHAHD HUSHAM HUSSEIN ELTAYEB  Faculty and Department Representative Faculty of Medicine Medicine
ciu-student-council-abdullahkadir-karadag ABDULKADİR KARADAĞ  School Representative School of Physical Education and Sports Physical Education and Sports Teaching
ciu-student-council-asude-kaya ASUDE KAYA  School Representative School of Tourism and Hotel Management Gastronomy and Culinary Arts
ciu-student-council-murat-gozukeles MURAT GÖZÜKELEŞ  School Representative School of Health Sciences Nursing
table-default-pic SAHAR ATAEE  School Representative School of Applied Sciences Information Technologies
ciu-student-council-onur-kaya ONUR KAYA  Vocational School Representative Vocational School Computer Programming
ciu-student-council-ugur-daglioglu UĞUR DAĞLIOĞLU  Vocational School Representative Vocational School of Health Sciences First and Emergency Aid
ciu-student-council-korkut-aslan-akbas KORKUT ASLAN AKBAŞ   School Representative School of Foreign Languages English Preparatory
ciu-student-council-louai-jenyat LOUAI JENYAT  Institute Representative Institute of Graduate Studies and Research Architecture
Student Council Audit Board
Name Surname Position Faculty Department
ANTHONY CHIJIOKE OKOLIE President Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Business Administration
SUDE AVCIBAŞI  Member Faculty of Education Education Sciences
ECE DOKUR  Member Faculty of Arts and Sciences Psychology
NEGIN ALMASI  Member Faculty of Fine Arts, Design and Architecture Graphic Design
YARA KALAM  Member Faculty of Engineering Mechanical Engineering
Student Council Executive Board
Name Surname Position Faculty Department
ÇAĞRI SÖĞÜT President Faculty of Education Basic Education
SHIMA BANANI  Vice President Faculty of Dentistry Dentistry
HANIEH KIANMANESH  Member Faculty of Pharmacy Pharmacy
RAHMA MUSA ALLY  Member Faculty of Arts and Sciences Molecular Biology and Genetics
ODAI AHMAD ADEEB ABEDALQADER  Member Faculty of Fine Arts, Design and Architecture Architecture
JACOB SUNDAY ODEH  Member Faculty of Law Law
STEPHEN PETER BORBO  Member Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Political Science and International Relations
SARAH MAFETSHI LAPU  Member Faculty of Communication Visual Communication Design
LINA KHALID SAAOUD AHMED  Member Faculty of Engineering Electrical and Electronics Engineering
MEHMET ALİ ÇALIŞ  Member Faculty of Health Sciences Nutrition and Dietetics
ABEL SAYE GLOE  Member Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies Plant Production and Technologies
SHAHD HUSHAM HUSSEIN ELTAYEB  Member Faculty of Medicine Medicine
MURAT GÖZÜKELEŞ  Member School of Health Sciences Nursing
ASUDE KAYA  Member School of Tourism and Hotel Management Gastronomy and Culinary Arts
SAHAR ATAEE  Member School of Applied Sciences Information Technologies
ONUR KAYA  Member Vocational School Computer Programming
UĞUR DAĞLIOĞLU  Member Vocational School of Health Sciences First and Emergency Aid
LOUAI JENYAT  Member Institute of Graduate Studies and Research Architecture
KORKUT ASLAN AKBAŞ   Member School of Foreign Languages English Preparatory

Contact

Social Events and Student Clubs Coordination Office 
Student Services Building
Coordinator: Nilay Sinem Uyanıker
Tel: +90 392 671 1111 Extension: 2059
Coordinator E-mail: ciuclubs@ciu.edu.tr
Council E-mail: council-student@ciu.edu.tr