Student Council
Student Council DirectiveWhat 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

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.
Name Surname | Position | Faculty | Department |
AYŞESU ÖZDEMİR | President | School of Physical Education and Sports | |
YUSUF MERT TAŞKIT | Vice President | Vocational School of Health Sciences | |
BEYZA AKPINAR | Member | Institute of Graduate Studies and Research | |
MEHRAD MOTAGHI | Member | Faculty of Dentistry | |
ABDULHAKIM MADA UZAIRU | Member | Faculty of Pharmacy | |
EMRE EMEÇ | Member | Faculty of Education | Education Sciences |
MAHMUT AYHAN | Member | Faculty of Education | Special Education Teaching |
BAHTİYAR TINAS | Member | Faculty of Education | Turkish and Social Sciences Education |
GİZEM ÖZÜBERK | Member | Faculty of Education | Basic Education |
HARUN DEMİRCİ | Member | Faculty of Education | Foreign Languages Education |
CEREN ÇELİKER | Member | Faculty of Arts and Sciences | Psychology |
NISA RASHID PATAFI | Member | Faculty of Arts and Sciences | Basic Sciences and Humanities |
SONAY SOPHIE KASAP | Member | Faculty of Arts and Sciences | Turkish Language and Literature |
KAAN GÜRSEL ÖZÇELİK | Member | Faculty of Fine Arts, Design and Architecture | Graphic Design |
CAN AY | Member | Faculty of Fine Arts, Design and Architecture | Interior Design |
DANIEL MUNYEMBABAZI IMANI | Member | Faculty of Fine Arts, Design and Architecture | Architecture |
BARIŞ DAĞ | Member | Faculty of Law | Law |
SAMET TUNA | Member | Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences | Business Administration |
JAMIRU ABDUL SAIDU | Member | Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences | Accounting and Finance |
LINDELANI MSIMISI | Member | Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences | Political Science and International Relations |
CEMRE YAZ DOĞAN | Member | Faculty of Communication | Journalism |
LUC BENOIT MAKOLO | Member | Faculty of Communication | Visual Communication Design |
HENRYSON AWINTU NAANMIAP | Member | Faculty of Communication | Radio, Television and Cinema |
HALİL CAN GÖKDEMİR | Member | Faculty of Communication | Public Relations and Advertising |
KARIM Q MIRZIQAT | Member | Faculty of Engineering | Biomedical Engineering |
NEVILLER OTIENO | Member | Faculty of Engineering | Computer Engineering |
JEAN MARC MAKAYA MUFIND | Member | Faculty of Engineering | Electrical and Electronics Engineering |
POLYDOR KASONGO KAHENGA | Member | Faculty of Engineering | Civil Engineering |
HARISU JAFAR | Member | Faculty of Engineering | Mechanical Engineering |
TUĞBA TUNA | Member | Faculty of Health Sciences | Nutrition and Dietetics |
MERT KAAN UTKU | Member | Faculty of Health Sciences | Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation |
EMRE NURKAYA | Member | Faculty of Health Sciences | Social Work |
ERDEN İLERİCİ | Member | Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies | Plant Production and Technologies |
TALAL ALMOUGHRABI | Member | Faculty of Medicine | |
AYŞESU ÖZDEMİR | Member | School of Physical Education and Sports | |
ABDULLAH POLATTAN | Member | School of Health Sciences | |
CENNET GÜNAL | Member | School of Tourism and Hotel Management | |
TOLGA ORÇAN | Member | School of Applied Sciences | |
EGE VOLKAN YILDIRIM | Member | Vocational School of Justice | |
DOĞA PLEVNE | Member | Vocational School | |
YUSUF MERT TAŞKIT | Member | Vocational School of Health Sciences | |
MUSTAFA YAYLI | Member | School of Foreign Languages |
Name Surname | Position | Faculty | Department |
JEAN MARC MAKAYA MUFIND | President | Faculty of Engineering | Electrical and Electronics Engineering |
NISA RASHID PATAFI | Member | Faculty of Arts and Sciences | Basic Sciences and Humanities |
CEMRE YAZ DOĞAN | Member | Faculty of Communication | Journalism |
HARISU JAFAR | Member | Faculty of Engineering | Mechanical Engineering |
LINDELANI MSIMISI | Member | Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences | Political Science and International Relations |
Name Surname | Position | Faculty | Department |
AYŞESU ÖZDEMİR | President | School of Physical Education and Sports | |
YUSUF MERT TAŞKIT | Vice President | Vocational School of Health Sciences | |
BEYZA AKPINAR | Institute Representative | Institute of Graduate Studies and Research | |
MEHRAD MOTAGHI | Faculty Representative | Faculty of Dentistry | |
ABDULHAKIM MADA UZAIRU | Faculty Representative | Faculty of Pharmacy | |
GİZEM ÖZÜBERK | Faculty Representative | Faculty of Education | Basic Education |
CEREN ÇELİKER | Faculty Representative | Faculty of Arts and Sciences | Psychology |
DANIEL MUNYEMBABAZI IMANI | Faculty Representative | Faculty of Fine Arts, Design and Architecture | Architecture |
BARIŞ DAĞ | Faculty Representative | Faculty of Law | Law |
SAMET TUNA | Faculty Representative | Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences | Business Administration |
HENRYSON AWINTU NAANMIAP | Faculty Representative | Faculty of Communication | Radio, Television and Cinema |
POLYDOR KASONGO KAHENGA | Faculty Representative | Faculty of Engineering | Civil Engineering |
TUĞBA TUNA | Faculty Representative | Faculty of Health Sciences | Nutrition and Dietetics |
ERDEN İLERİCİ | Faculty Representative | Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies | Plant Production and Technologies |
TALAL ALMOUGHRABI | Faculty Representative | Faculty of Medicine | |
AYŞESU ÖZDEMİR | School Representative | School of Physical Education and Sports | |
ABDULLAH POLATTAN | School Representative | School of Health Sciences | |
CENNET GÜNAL | School Representative | School of Tourism and Hotel Management | |
TOLGA ORÇAN | School Representative | School of Applied Sciences | |
EGE VOLKAN YILDIRIM | School Representative | Vocational School of Justice | |
DOĞA PLEVNE | School Representative | Vocational School | |
YUSUF MERT TAŞKIT | School Representative | Vocational School of Health Sciences | |
MUSTAFA YAYLI | School Representative | School of Foreign Languages |
Contact
Social Events and Student Clubs Coordination Office
Student Services Building
Coordinator: Selen Akün Kalaycı
Tel: +90 392 671 1111 Extension: 2059
E-mail: ciuclubs@ciu.edu.tr