Student Council

BİLGİ students are privileged and an indication of this privilege is the student council. The council is elected every two years and is a perfect example of a democratic and student-oriented university model. The student council actively participates on all boards that deal with student issues at BİLGİ and represents them to the best of its ability. The student council president also sits in on the University Executive Board meetings to represent all students.

The following conditions must be met to be a department representative candidate. After those candidates that meet the conditions have submitted their application to the Student Support Center, they can participate in the elections. The winners of the election become department representatives.

Conditions for candidacy:

• Be a registered student in an associate, undergraduate or graduate program of the related department or a registered student in the English Preparatory Program.
• For associate, undergraduate and English Preparatory Program students, to satisfy the requirements as stipulated in the İstanbul Bilgi University credit based undergraduate education and examination regulations for bachelor’s and associate degrees’ directive and for graduate students, to satisfy the requirements as stipulated in the İstanbul Bilgi University graduate education directive.
• Have not completed their allotted educational period.
• Does not have the possibility to graduate at the end of the semester that the election will be held when the course load and department curriculum are taken into consideration.
• Did not put their registration on hold or take a leave of absence for the semester that the election will be held.
• Did not receive a disciplinary suspension.
• In terms of academic standing, the overall GPA must be 2.00 for associate and undergraduate students; 2.80 for graduate and 3.20 for PhD students.
• Not a member or has a duty in an organ of a political party.
• Special students, exchange students and equivalency students are not allowed to be candidates.
• Students doing a minor are not allowed to be a representative for the department they are doing a minor in.
• Students that are doing a double major or are registered in more than one program can only be a candidate for one of those departments.

The GPA condition is waived for English Preparatory Program student representative candidates and for those students in their first semester of education. If no suitable candidate can be found, no student candidate election for that department will be held and the position will remain vacant until the next possible election.