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.

22-23 Student Council Board

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2022-2023 Student Council

Student Council Board
Members Name Surname     Position     Faculty Department
ogrenci-konseyi-ceren CEREN ÇELİKER        President, Faculty and Department Representative Faculty of Arts and Sciences Psychology
table-default-pic HARUN DEMİRCİ Vice President, Faculty and Department Representative Faculty of Education Foreign Language Education
table-default-pic MIDIA ABDUL RAHIM Faculty Representative Faculty of Dentistry Dentistry
ogrenci-konseyi-atahan ATAHAN SERHAT DUMANLI Faculty Representative Faculty of Pharmacy Pharmacy
ogrenci-konseyi-arshia ARSHIA RAHRAVAN LAHIJI Faculty Representative Faculty of Medicine Medicine
ogrenci-konseyi-nedanur NEDANUR CAN Department Representative Faculty of Education Educational Sciences
ogrenci-konseyi-mehmet MEHMET ŞEREMET Department Representative Faculty of Education Special Education
ogrenci-konseyi-teslime TESLİME KORKUT Department Representative Faculty of Education Social Sciences and Turkish Education
ogrenci-konseyi-gizem GİZEM ÖZÜBERK Department Representative Faculty of Education Basic Education
ogrenci-konseyi-parsa PARSA SANAEI MOGHADAM Department Representative Faculty of Arts and Sciences Basic Humanities
ogrenci-konseyi-esin ESİN KÖYBAŞI Department Representative Faculty of Arts and Sciences Turkish Language and Literature
ogrenci-konseyi-cimen ÇİMEN UMUT Faculty and Department Representative Faculty of Fine Arts, Design and Architecture Interior Architecture
ogrenci-konseyi-joshua JOSHUA KING Department Representative Faculty of Fine Arts, Design and Architecture Graphic Design
ogrenci-konseyi-diana DIANA KAZIKHANOVA Department Representative Faculty of Fine Arts, Design and Architecture Architecture
ogrenci-konseyi-tabitha TABITHA SARAH SESAY Faculty and Department Representative Faculty of Law Law
ogrenci-konseyi-osman-daniel OSMAN DANIEL SESAY Faculty and Department Representative Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Accounting and Finance
ogrenci-konseyi-yasmina YASMINA BAKHTIYORZODA Department Representative Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Economics
table-default-pic AYESHA CHAUDHARY Department Representative Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Business Administration
ogrenci-konseyi-osman-koroma OSMAN KOROMA Department Representative Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Political Science and International Relations
ogrenci-konseyi-ahmad-hameed AHMAD HAMEED RAHMANI Faculty and Department Representative Faculty of Communication Public Relations and Advertising
ogrenci-konseyi-adedapo ADEDAPO OKIKIOLA ADEBARE Department Representative Faculty of Communication Journalism
ogrenci-konseyi-tareq TAREQ SALEM MOHAMMED BIN KUWAIR Department Representative Faculty of Communication Visual Communication Design
ogrenci-konseyi-kungathi KUNGATHI MNGOMA Department Representative Faculty of Communication Radio, Television and Cinema
ogrenci-konseyi-polydor POLYDOR KASONGO KAHENGA Faculty and Department Representative Faculty of Engineering Civil Engineering
ogrenci-konseyi-jannie JANNIE EMMANUEL SAHR JAN ABU Department Representative Faculty of Engineering Computer Engineering
ogrenci-konseyi-joella JOELLA ASSINA MAGHOMA Department Representative Faculty of Engineering Biomedical Engineering
ogrenci-konseyi-abdelrahman.jpg ABDELRAHMAN SALAHELDIN ALI OMER Department Representative Faculty of Engineering Electrical and Electronics Engineering
ogrenci-konseyi-liliane LILIANE INEZA Department Representative Faculty of Engineering Mechanical Engineering
ogrenci-konseyi-will WILL LEELAI DORMEYAN  Faculty and Department Representative Faculty of Health Sciences Nutrition and Dietetics
ogrenci-konseyi-abdulkadir ABDULKADİR TOPRAK Department Representative Faculty of Health Sciences Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
table-default-pic KARDELEN GÜZEL Department Representative Faculty of Health Sciences Social Work
table-default-pic İSA KANSEL Faculty Representative Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies Agricultural Sciences and Technologies
table-default-pic CENGİZHAN ALEMDAR School Representative Vocational School of Justice  
ogrenci-konseyi-dogukan DOĞUKAN MERT KURT School Representative School of Physical Education and Sports  
ogrenci-konseyi-aysah AYŞAH ŞAH Vocational School Representative Vocational School   
ogrenci-konseyi-adekunle ADEKUNLE ZION ALOWOLODU School Representative School of Health Sciences  
table-default-pic AZİZ EMRE DİĞİCİBAŞI

Vocational School Representative

Vocational School of Health Sciences  
ogrenci-konseyi-taha TAHA DOĞAN School Representative School of Tourism and Hotel Management  
ogrenci-konseyi-abubakar ABUBAKAR AHMED MODIBBO School Representative School of Applied Sciences  
ogrenci-konseyi-can CAN ERDAL School Representative School of Foreign Languages  
ogrenci-konseyi-dagnu DAGNU HAILE TESSEMA Institute Representative Institute of Graduate Studies and Research  
Student Council Audit Board
Name Surname     Position     Faculty Department
ESİN KÖYBAŞI President Faculty of Arts and Sciences Turkish Language and Literature
LILIANE INEZA Member Faculty of Engineering Mechanical Engineering
KARDELEN GÜZEL Member School of Health Sciences Social Work
ABDELRAHMAN SALAHELDIN ALI OMER Member Faculty of Engineering Electrical and Electronics Engineering
ADEDAPO OKIKIOLA ADEBARE Member Faculty of Communication Journalism
Student Council Executive Board
Name Surname     Position     Faculty Department
CEREN ÇELİKER        President Faculty of Arts and Sciences Psychology
HARUN DEMİRCİ Vice President Faculty of Education Foreign Language Education
MIDIA ABDUL RAHIM Member Faculty of Dentistry Dentistry
ATAHAN SERHAT DUMANLI Member Faculty of Pharmacy Pharmacy
ARSHIA RAHRAVAN LAHIJI Member Faculty of Medicine Medicine
ÇİMEN UMUT Member Faculty of Fine Arts, Design and Architecture Interior Architecture
TABITHA SARAH SESAY Member Faculty of Law Law
OSMAN DANIEL SESAY Member Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Accounting and Finance
AHMAD HAMEED RAHMANI Member Faculty of Communication Public Relations and Advertising
POLYDOR KASONGO KAHENGA Member Faculty of Engineering Civil Engineering
WILL LEELAI DORMEYAN  Member Faculty of Health Sciences Nutrition and Dietetics
İSA KANSEL Member Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies Agricultural Sciences and Technologies
CENGİZHAN ALEMDAR Member Vocational School of Justice  
DOĞUKAN MERT KURT Member School of Physical Education and Sports  
AYŞAH ŞAH Member Vocational School   
ADEKUNLE ZION ALOWOLODU Member School of Health Sciences  
AZİZ EMRE DİĞİCİBAŞI Member Vocational School of Health Sciences  
TAHA DOĞAN Member School of Tourism and Hotel Management  
ABUBAKAR AHMED MODIBBO Member School of Applied Sciences  
CAN ERDAL Member School of Foreign Languages  
DAGNU HAILE TESSEMA Member Institute of Graduate Studies and Research  

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