Famagusta Municipality and Cyprus International University Protocol

Famagusta Municipality and Cyprus International University Protocol

A cooperation protocol was signed between Famagusta (Gazimagusa) Municipality and Cyprus International University (CIU). The protocol was signed by CIU Rector Prof. Dr. Halil Nadiri and Famagusta Mayor Dr. Süleyman Uluçay. According to the comprehensive protocol to be implemented between the 2 institutions, in addition to cooperation on main issues such as education, research, social responsibility, culture and arts, and sports, issues such as providing internship opportunities to university students in the municipality and providing in-service training to municipal personnel at the university will be discussed.

In his speech, Famagusta Mayor Dr. Süleyman Uluçay stated that as a municipality, they closely follow the achievements of CIU, and that they are proud of their success at the academic level, especially in recent years, and that they have made efforts as a municipality to reflect this success as a service to the people of Famagusta, and that the university administration and the rectorate have positive supportive approaches in this regard, and thanked them for this. President Uluçay also stated that he believes that the cooperation will be reflected as a service to the public.

Signing a Protocol

Famagusta Municipality and Cyprus International University Signed a Protocol

CIU Rector Prof. Dr. Halil Nadiri, on the other hand, stated that universities have basic duties such as education, training, research and serving the society, that they work with this vision, and that their main duty is to transfer this knowledge to all institutions of our country, and to contribute scientifically to the region and the world, not just on the university campus. He noted that cooperating with Famagusta Municipality, one of the distinguished municipalities of our country, is included in the basic vision and mission, that this is their perspective as a university, and that cooperation is very important for serving the society, transferring knowledge to the society, developing the TRNC and equipping it with better services.

Pointing out that it is an important success that the TRNC, which has 24 universities, is among the top thousand with 3 universities in the ranking of the most respected universities in the world, Nadiri informed that CIU is also in the 601-800 band. He said that he believes that the winners of the joint work to be carried out will be both institutions and the TRNC, that the signing of the protocol will be beneficial and that good results will emerge, and thanked President Uluçay for giving them the opportunity to sign the protocol.

Source (Turkish): Famagusta (Gazimagusa) Municipality

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