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.

2025-2026 Student Council

Student Council Board
Member Name Surname Position Faculty
Hasan Basri Mendil HASAN BASRİ MENDİL President, Faculty and Department Representative Faculty of Pharmacy
HAYATSU BAĞ HAYATSU BAĞ Vice President, Faculty and Department Representative Faculty of Health Sciences
Ahmad Shawi AHMAD SHAWI Faculty and Department Representative Faculty of Dentistry
Burak Sari BURAK SARİ Department Representative Faculty of Education
Elif Kumbul ELİF KUMBUL Department Representative Faculty of Education
Ferhat Dayan FERHAT DAYAN Department Representative Faculty of Education
MURAT BAKİ.jpg MURAT BAKİ Department Representative Faculty of Education
Muhammed Özcengiz.jpg MUHAMMED ÖZCENGİZ Department Representative Faculty of Arts and Sciences
ABDULRAOUF RAFAA HASSAN ALAMARI.jpg ABDULRAOUF  RAFAA 
HASSAN ALAMARI
Faculty and Department Representative Faculty of Arts and Sciences
BELAL M. O. ALMQAYYAD.jpg BELAL M.O. ALMQAYYAD Department Representative Faculty of Fine Arts, Design and Architecture
BETÜL BULDUK.jpg BETÜL BULDUK Faculty and Department Representative Faculty of Fine Arts, Design and Architecture
Aleyna Hanta.jpg ALEYNA HANTA Department Representative Faculty of Fine Arts, Design and Architecture
UMUTCAN MUTLU.jpg UMUTCAN MUTLU Faculty and Department Representative Faculty of Law
SALMA KHAIF ALLAH.jpg SALMA KHAIF ALLAH Department Representative Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
MARTHA DEOGRATIUS NGONGOSEKE.jpg MARTHA DEOGRATIUS 
NGONGOSEKE
Department Representative Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
MICHEL FREDERICO MUSSAFO CUNHA.jpg MICHEL FREDERIKO 
MUSSAFO CUNHA
Department Representative Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
ASSEM ORISBEK.jpg ASSEM ORISBEK Faculty and Department Representative Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
ERIK MARCEL LAM PAUL.jpg ERIK MARCEL LAM PAUL Department Representative Faculty of Communication
Sima Gül Hatami.jpg SIMA GUL HATAMI Department Representative Faculty of Communication
table-default-small MOHAMAD DAYATE Faculty and Department Representative Faculty of Communication
table-default-pic VITALIIA VASILKOVA Department Representative Faculty of Communication
Sohail Noorzahi.jpg SOHAIL NOORZAHI Department Representative Faculty of Engineering
Abror Dodobaev.jpg ABROR DODOBAEV Department Representative Faculty of Engineering
table-default-small KETSIA WINNER 
NYEMBO
Faculty and Department Representative Faculty of Engineering
Hilca Mirma Francisco.jpg HILCA MIRMA FRANCISCO Department Representative Faculty of Engineering
SULEMAN NASSER MOHAMED AL RUJAIBI.jpg SULEMAN NASSER MOHAMED AL RUJAIBI Department Representative Faculty of Engineering
BERFİN ÇOBAN.jpg BERFİN ÇOBAN Department Representative Faculty of Health Sciences
JEREMIAH INEGBENOSEN EKOH.jpg JEREMIAH INEGBENOSEN Department Representative Faculty of Health Sciences
BÜŞRA PINAR İBİLOĞLU.jpg BÜŞRA PINAR İBİLOĞLU Department Representative Faculty of Health Sciences
DUYGU BIYIKLI.jpg DUYGU BIYIKLI Faculty and Department Representative Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies
SULEIMAN ADEMOLADE KOKO.jpg SULEIMAN ADEMOLADE
KOKO
Faculty and Department Representative Faculty of Medicine
DİLARA KOÇATLI.jpg DİLARA KOÇATLI School Representative School of Physical Education and Sports
Promise Nhwachukwu Iheanetu.jpg PROMISE 
NHWACHUKWU IHEANETU
 
School Representative School of Health Sciences
MEHMET ERDEVİR.jpg MEHMET ERDEVİR School Representative School of Tourism and Hotel Management
Sarweeta G. Faeflen.jpg SARWEETA G.FAEFLEN School Representative School of Applied Sciences
Khashayar Khosrosourmi.jpeg KHASHAYAR 
KHOSROSOURMİ
School Representative School of Applied Sciences
MUNA KHALİL.jpg MUNA KHALİL Vocational School Representative Vocational School
Baran Balcı BARAN BALCI Vocational School Representative Vocational School of Health Sciences
MERT ALİ YALÇIN.jpg MERT ALİ YALÇIN School Representative School of Foreign Languages
HOUDA BEN MEFTAH.jpg HOUDA BENMEFTAH Institute Representative Institute of Graduate Studies and Research
Student Council Audit Board
Name Surname Position Faculty Department
UMUTCAN MUTLU President Faculty of Law Law
MEHMET ERDEVİR Member School of Tourism and Hotel Management Tourism and Hotel Management 
BURAK SARİ Member Faculty of Education Basic Education
SULEIMAN ADEMOLADE
KOKO
Member Faculty of Medicine Medicine
AHMAD SHAWI Member Faculty of Dentistry Dentistry
Student Council Executive Board
Name Surname Position Faculty  Department
HASAN  BASRİ MENDİL President Faculty of Pharmacy Pharmacy
HAYATSU BAĞ Vice President School of Health Sciences Child Development
AHMEDİ SHAWI Member Faculty of Dentistry Dentistry 
BURAK SARİ Member Faculty of Education Basic Education
MUHAMMED ÖZCENGİZ Member Faculty of Science and Literature Psychology
BETÜL BULDUK Member Fine Arts
Faculty of Design and Architecture
Architecture
UMUTCAN MUTLU Member Faculty of Law Law 
MİCHEL FREDERIKO
MUSSAFO CUNHA
Member Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Economics
ERIK MARCEL LAM PAUL Member School of Communication Radio, Television,
and Cinema
SULEMAN NASSER
MOHAMED AL
RUJAIBI
Member Faculty of Engineering Mechanical
Engineering
BERFİN ÇOBAN Member Faculty of Health Sciences Physical Therapy and
Rehabilitation
DUYGU BIYIKLI Member Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies Plant Production
and Technologies
SULEIMAN ADEMOLADE
KOKO
Member Faculty of Medicine Medicine 
DİLARA KOÇATLI Member School of Physical Education and
Sports
School of Physical Education and Sports
MEHMET ERDEVİR Member School of Tourism and Hotel Management School of Tourism and Hotel Management
KHASHAYAR KHOSROSOURMİ Member School of Applied Sciences Information
Technologies
MUNA KHALİL Member Vocational
School
Vocational
School
BARAN BALCI Member Health Sciences
Vocational School
Health Sciences
Vocational School
MERT ALİ YALÇIN Member School of Foreign Languages School of Foreign Languages
HOUDA BENMEFTAH Member Institute of Graduate Studies and Research 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