CIU, Faculty of Communication, Public Relations and Advertising Program renews its CRC Accreditation

Cyprus International University (CIU), Faculty of Communication, Department of Public Relations and Advertising Program, has been re-awarded the Communications Research Center (CRC) accreditation.

As a result of the reviews and online interviews conducted by the evaluation team of the Communication Education Evaluation Accreditation Board (CEEAB), the decision was taken to increase the accreditation of the Faculty of Communication, Public Relations and Advertising Program by 3-years, thus increasing the previous 2-year accreditation decision to 5-years.

The CIU Faculty of Communication Dean Prof. Dr. Hikmet Seçim stated that as a result of the evaluation carried out by ILEDAK, the renewed accreditation is of great importance for them, and went on to advise that the decision will make significant contributions in terms of increasing student satisfaction, the employment opportunities of graduates, while facilitating student and academic staff exchanges between universities.

Advising that the application for the programs accreditation began on the 20th April 2018, Department of Public Relations and Advertising Chair Assist. Prof. Dr. Bahar Taşeli stated that the program curriculum was improved in line with the standards determined by CEEAB and also in line with the needs and demands of internal and external stakeholders.

What is CRC?

The Communication Research Center in Turkey, which is over 30 years old, works in order to assist communication education programs to complete their preparatory work in order to obtain accreditations. The foundation work of establishing a communication research center in Turkey began with the initiative of the UNESCO National Commission in the 1980s. Institutions operating in the area of communications at that time, was the Turkey Journalists’ Society, Mimar Sinan University Rectorate, Marmara University School of Press and Broadcasting Directorate, Istanbul School of Press and Broadcasting Directorate, Ankara School of Press and Broadcasting, Ministry of Culture Undersecretariat, and Representatives of the University of Anatolia, with which stakeholder meetings were held and thus CRC was founded in 1989 under the name of the Communication Research Association, via the contributions of press and broadcasting schools and universities that provided communication education, and alongside journalists, public relations experts and advertisers from the sector of communications.