Memorandum of Understanding signed

Cyprus International University (CIU) and Medi Foundation have signed an important cooperation agreement to develop joint projects and provide psychological, social and legal support to students. This MoU aims to combine the strengths of both institutions to produce projects that will contribute to society and provide various support services to students.
The signing ceremony held at the CIU Rectorate was attended by CIU Rector Prof. Dr. Halil Nadiri, Medi Foundation Founding Director İsmet Koldaş Medi, CIU Vice Rector Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erkay Özgör, Student Development and Counseling Center Manager Gamze Atay, Medi Foundation Lawyers Nevin Ersoy and Melek Mestan.
CIU Rector Prof. Dr. Halil Nadiri stated that as a university, they attach great importance to collaborations with institutions and organizations and noted that their aim is to serve the society by transferring CIU's scientific knowledge beyond the campus.
Prof. Dr. Nadiri also said that CIU not only served  as a vehicle in transferring the knowledge and expertise of the academic staff and researchers specialized in different fields to the society, but projects were carried out in line with the needs of the institutions and organizations that CIU cooperates. He stated that thanks to this, CIU scientists are provided with research opportunities and students thus have the opportunity to learn through practise.
Medi Foundation Founding Director İsmet Koldaş Medi mentioned the collaboration with CIU that has been going on for about four years and stated that thanks to the newly signed cooperation agreement, the ongoing joint projects will continue. Medi, drawing attention to the importance of collaborating with CIU, an institution that adds value to the country, said, "Collaborating with prestigious institutions and developing mutual projects is very important for us."
Medi also emphasized that collaborating with outstanding researchers in the academic community strengthens and further develops their institution, and said, “It is a very promising and an added value for us to carry out comprehensive projects that will allow us to reach out to young people, especially students, with our professors experts in their fields and also volunteers ready to work with us.”