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The Council

CYQAA is steered by a Council of eleven (11) members, including its President. The Council is appointed by the Council of Ministers for a five-year period on the basis of recommendations from the Minister of Education and Culture and after negotiation with the Rector’s Conference.

According to the legislation, eight (8) council members are academics, at the rank of Professor or Professor Emeritus, who have experience in university administration matters and on issues of quality assurance in higher education. Two (2) members of the Council come from professional organizations and one (1) member is an undergraduate student representative. It is noted that the student representative’s term of office has duration of two years.

Every member of the Council acts independently and objectively having as a basic guideline the enhancement of the quality of higher education in Cyprus.

President

Mary KoutseliniProfessor Emer. Mary Koutselini
University Of Cyprus
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Vice-President

Διόφαντος ΧατζημιτσήςProfessor Diofantos Hadjimitsis
Cyprus University of Technology
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Members

Σταύρος Σταύρου Professor Stavros Stavrou
Open  University of Cyprus
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Αντρέας Χαραλάμπους Professor Andreas Charalambous
University of Nicosia
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Χρίστος Ιωάννου Professor Christos A. Ioannou
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
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Ανδρέας Καραμάνος Professor Andreas Karamanos
Agricultural University of Athens
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Ευάγγελος Δρυμπέτας Professor Evaggelos Drimpetas
Democritus University of Thrace
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Αντρέας Χαραλάμπους Professor Irene Polycarpou
University of Central Lancashire, Cyprus
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Ειρήνη Άνθη

Mrs. Irene Christina Anthi Christofide (Advocate)

Representative of the Cyprus Bar Association
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Κώστας Καρράς Mr. George Karas (Civil Engineer)
Representative of The Cyprus Scientific and Technical Chamber (Ε.Τ.Ε.Κ.)
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mikechalloumis Mr. Michalis Challoumis (Student)
Representative of the Pancyprian Federation of Student Unions (P.O.F.E.N.)
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Previous Councils

Term of officePositionTitleNameUniversity/Organisation
2015-2020 President Professor Emeritus Mary Koutselini University Of Cyprus
2015-2020 Vice-President Professor Emeritus Constantinos Christou University Of Cyprus
2015-2020 Member Professor Diofantos Hadjimitsis Cyprus University of Technology
2015-2020 Member Professor George Demosthenous Frederick University
2015-2020 Member Professor Andreas Orphanides European University
Philips University
2015-2020 Member Professor Emeritus Andreas Karamanos Agricultural University of Athens
2015-2020 Member Professor George Christophides Imperial College London
2015-2016 Member Professor Emeritus Spyros Amourgis California State University
2016-2018  Member Professor Pantelis Sklias University of the Peloponnese
2018-2020 Member Professor Evaggelos Drimpetas Democritus University of Thrace
2015-2020 Member Professor George Karas (Civil Engineer) Representative of The Cyprus Scientific and Technical Chamber (Ε.Τ.Ε.Κ.)
2015-2020 Member Professor Aimilia Pasi (Lawyer) Representative  of the Cyprus Bar Association
2015-11/2017 Member Student Michalis Katsouris Representative of the Pancyprian Federation of Student Unions (P.O.F.E.N.)
7/2018-7/2020 Member Student Marios Mouyis Representative of the Pancyprian Federation of Student Unions (P.O.F.E.N.)
10/2020-9/2022 Member Student Antreas Maliappis Representative of the Pancyprian Federation of Student Unions (P.O.F.E.N.)