Student Council Departments and Clubs
Departments of the Student Council
- Information Department
The Information Department is engaged in the maintenance of social networks of the Student Council. It consists of the following departments:
- Copywriting department: writing texts for posts posted on SC information resources
- Design department: creating a visual for posts posted on information resources SC
- Content department: shooting videos and photos for TikTok and Reels of the Student Council.
Social networks of the Student Council:
- Educational Department
The Educational Department sets the drive and shows that education is not only about boring memorization of notes and incomprehensible theory. We prove that the learning process can be interesting, exciting and diverse because banality is not our topic! Everyone can show their talents in any of the 3 departments: editorial, media and organisational!
We organise meetings with the representatives of different spheres, interesting quests with gifts, as well as informative publications to accurately capture your heart.
We believe that education is not another term from Wikipedia, but an integral part of everyone's life, so the goal of our department is to make this part of the driving and interesting!
Social networks of the Educational Department:
Facebook
Instagram
TelegramE-mail: eduirdep2@gmail.com
- Cultural Department
The Cultural Department is a large family of talented students for whom culture is not just a hobby, but a way of life, they cannot imagine their existence without passionate creative plans, bright ideas and bold decisions!
Musicians, dancers, writers, theater-lovers, SMM- and PR-specialists, stylists, podcasters, linguists - 9 such diverse and at the same time united by a common passion divisions, where everyone can find themselves:
- Music;
- Literature;
- Theater;
- Dance;
- SMM;
- Vogue;
- PR;
- Podcasts;
- Language culture.
Interesting meetings with cultural figures, warm literary and musical evenings, charming chamber performances, heated creative discussions and simply unforgettable impressions in the circle of charged, truly in love with art, incredible people. People who conquer cultural peaks together, because, as the French writer Andre Malraux once said: "Culture cannot be inherited, it must be conquered"!
Social networks of the Cultural Department can be found here
- Legal Department
The Legal Department is a team of students who protect students' rights, create legal content and organise educational events. We advise on the educational process, organise lectures and panel discussions on legal, political and diplomatic topics, and run media projects to raise students' legal awareness.
The Legal Department consists of the following divisions:
- Information department - generation of educational content, writing texts for permanent sections on the department's information resources
- Design department - processing texts and creating images for the department's social networks
- Organisation department - organisation of events and meetings, interaction with other organisations
- Department of Appeals - consideration of students' appeals and resolution of conflict situations in the educational process in accordance with the Laws of Ukraine and the Regulations of the Institute
- PR department - promotion of the department, writing publications, creating information campaigns and covering events on social networks
- Moot Court Society - preparing students for moot court competitions, holding internal moot courts, analysing cases and training in courtroom presentation skills
The Legal Department shows that law is easy and interesting for anyone!
Social Networks of the Legal Department:
- Sports Department
Sports Department - more than sports!
The Sports Department of IIR - popularization of the sports movement and ensuring the active and comprehensive development of the student community.
The Sports Department IIR:
- conducts its own events: charity games, tournaments, meetings, excursions, etc.;
- organises together with the Department of Physical Education of KNU competitions (at the level of the institute and university) and training. More in the Sports Guide;
- conducts media and educational activities: collections of news in stories; a calendar of sports that can be interesting for you; posts with the results of tournaments and everything that can be useful for an international relations student.
Social Networks of the Sports Department:
- Scientific Department
The Scientific Department, first of all, organises student scientific conferences and cooperates with other institutes for the development of scientific sphere of students.
We also conduct models (G20, NATO, UN), meetings with specialists in political science and international relations and conduct sociological research at the request of our students.
- Department of National Identity
Unity is a Matter of Honor!
The Department of National Identity promotes the younger generation’s exploration of their homeland by providing opportunities to learn as much as possible about Ukraine.
The Department engages students from various regions of the State in its activities. These students prepare textual, photographic, and video materials dedicated to the distinctive features of Ukraine’s regions, historical events, connections with other regions and countries, as well as notable figures who have made significant contributions to the nation’s development.
Particular emphasis is placed on the study of Our state from an economic perspective, encompassing the examination of enterprise activities, technological development, production capacities, rare earth minerals, and land resources.
The Department invites speakers who have directly participated in shaping Ukraine’s statehood and are recognized experts in fields that contribute to the formation of Ukrainian identity and the state as a whole to participate in lectures.
A key aspect of the Department’s work is the organization of public events dedicated to national holidays and significant dates, including the Day of Remembrance of the Heavenly Hundred, Independence Day, Europe Day, Constitution Day, the Day of Resistance to the Occupation of Crimea, Heroes of Ukraine Day, and other events of great importance to national consciousness.
The Department of National Identity is Your opportunity to contribute to raising awareness among the youth about Our country!
Our social media:
- Volunteer Department
Volunteer Department on the Line!
The department promotes volunteer activities and charity among students. It consists of five divisions: Project, Organizational, Copywriting, Design, and SMM.
- The Project Division develops and implements the department's key initiatives.
- The Organizational Division is responsible for planning and coordinating events, including meetings, charity initiatives, and training sessions.
- The Design Division ensures the department's visual identity by creating graphic materials.
- The Copywriting Division crafts textual content that shapes the organization's voice.
- The SMM manages the organization’s image and engagement across social media platforms.
Join us in making a difference with the Volunteer Department!
- International Department
Hello, International Enthusiast!
Are you interested in opportunities for youth? Then you’re in the right place!
The International Department focuses on promoting knowledge about international opportunities among ESIIR students, providing consultation and support at all stages of applying for academic mobility programs, and organizing events related to opportunities and various international youth programs.
- Copywriting Department – responsible for writing posts for Telegram and Instagram; members contribute ideas for specific posts and new content series.
- Design Department – visualizes the copywriters' work, creating the style and visual identity for social media.
- Organizational Department – looks for and invites interesting speakers to give lectures (participants of international youth programs, students of foreign universities, individuals involved in international activities and promoting the Ukrainian brand abroad).
- Researching Department – finds opportunities for ESIIR students, researches international programs, and establishes communication with foreign educational institutions (partners of the Institute).
- Advisory Department – provides consultations to students who wish to participate in international programs. This special department includes only those who have prior experience in such programs.
- Creative Department – creates video content about international opportunities and conducts interviews with participants.
A guide about the department, along with links to social media, is available here.
Social networks of the International Department:
Clubs of the Student Council
- Book Club
IIR Book Club - a club that promotes reading in the student environment of the IIR.
Our activity will be of interest to those who cannot imagine their life without books. Every month we choose a new book that we read for a month, then get together, discuss it and share our impressions.
On our pages on social networks, you can read interesting facts related to books, authors, popularizers of literature and book publishing.
We also organize meetings with interesting speakers who are directly related to the world of literature.
Social networks of the Book Club:
- Political and Diplomatic Club "Ambassador"
Political and diplomatic club "Ambassador" is an organization where every international relations student can find themselves.
Among the activities that we organize, meetings with interesting professional speakers stand out. These are outstanding Ukrainians who are making efforts for the development of our country, as well as foreign guests who are ready to share their experiences. The club actively expands ties with international partners: universities and student organizations abroad.
Now the Ambassador consists of four departments, each of which performs its own special function:
- administrative department,
- department of external relations,
- PR-department,
- diplomatic corps.
There is also a body such as the collegium, which consists of the Chairman of the club and the Heads of departments, who together discuss all the problems and determine the strategy for the development of the Ambassador.
Social networks of the Political and Diplomatic Club "Ambassador":
- IIR Debate Club
Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument!
IIR Debate Club is one of the largest debate clubs in Ukraine. At club meetings, students develop debating skills and practice the British parliamentary debate format.
The club organizes trainings from Ukrainian and foreign experienced debaters, debate rounds, as well as informal team building. Members of the club regularly participate in national and international debate tournaments, where they successfully represent IIR and become finalists, winners and top speakers.
The club consists of three departments: HR, SMM and coordination.
Social networks of the IIR Debate Club:
- IIR Speaking Club
Speak up, Stand out!
This phrase expresses the essence of the IIR Speaking Club, which is a model of the language environment for raising the language level among students of the IIR in a friendly atmosphere.
Our main goals:
- development of free communication in foreign languages among IIR students,
- socialization by discussing everyday and professional topics,
- providing students with the opportunity to acquire oratory skills, organizing discussions with native speakers,
- providing students with the opportunity to practice the language for academic mobility and employment in the future.
Currently, the IIR Speaking Club has such languages:
- English,
- Spanish,
- French,
- German,
- Italian,
- Chinese,
- Arabic,
- in plans: Turkish.
IIR Speaking Club arranges interesting collaborations with other departments of our institute, as well as other educational institutions so that students can talk about culture or sports in the language they are learning.
In addition to meetings, Telegram channels of various languages are available to club members, where selections of words, expressions and other useful information are regularly published.
The activities of our organization are focused on 4 departments:
- moderators department (moderator should prepare materials for the meeting and coordinate it),
- designers department,
- copywriters department,
- administrative department (participation in the organization of in-person events).
Links to the Telegram channels:
- IIR Moot Court Society
Moot Court Society is a club for interests... Judicial interests!
It is with us that you can find out what judicial competitions are, that is, Moot-courts, and acquire the skills to participate in them and even organize them and see this process from the inside.
The main activities and benefits of the department:
- Organization of lectures with experienced lawyers to prepare for moot courts (oral rounds - the art of speaking, written rounds - a draft of legislation, writing statutes);
- Organization of moot courts;
- Providing the opportunity to be bailiffs (that is, to be time-keepers and have the ability to listen to the presentation of the position of participants) on all-Ukrainian moot courts;
- Research and writing headings with Legal English.
Social Networks of the IIR Moot Court Society:
- Business Centre IIR
The main goal of the organisation is to popularise business education and financial literacy among students. To this end, the Business Centre IIR works in the direction of communications and media.
Within the line of communication, Business Centre IIR organises meetings with entrepreneurs, startupers, and specialists with real experience who help to understand the mechanisms of business activities and share personal experiences with students during lectures, workshops and question-answer sessions.
Within the media direction, the Business Centre IIR conducts educational work and publishes content on social networks, which helps to learn more about business.
Social networks of the Business Centre IIR:
- FemClub IIR
What are we doing?
The main goal is to inform the students of the Institute about feminism, women, and the events and opportunities associated with themTwo strategies of work:
- holding events related to feminism (such as femme parties - themed parties);
- informational activities in our social networks on the topic of women and feminism.
Departments:
- SMM department (creates and proofreads social network posts),
- events department (organizes events and communicates with partners),
- HR department (deals with the team and its internal issues).
FemClub IIR social networks:
- Japanese Culture Club of IIR
Our student club successfully united supporters of Japanese culture and anime.
We are actively expanding our activities by publishing information posts on a variety of topics, from politics to anime. We organize trips to the cinema and thematic institutions, contributing to new acquaintances.
The club has already managed to hold several large-scale events, including online meetings with bloggers, quests with prizes and a meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Ukraine.
The club strives to provide a variety of opportunities for interested students, which will contribute to the development and popularization of Japanese culture among the university community.
Social networks of the Japanese Culture Club of IIR:
- The Theater Club "Melpomene"
The Theater Club "Melpomene" is a place where students of the Institute of International Relations can unleash their creativity and try themselves on stage.
The club brings together those who are interested in theater, acting, directing or just like to learn new things in unusual fields. We hold master classes, put on plays, give lectures on topics related to theater, and organize theatrical improvisations.
On our social networks, you can watch clips from rehearsals and learn more about upcoming events.
We also invite guests, such as actors, stage management teachers, and other theater professionals, who share their experience and inspire creativity.
The сlub's social networks:
Telegram: @melpomeneclub
- Career Center
The Career Center searches for vacancies and internships for students, cooperates with companies, organizations and the government quarter.
Social networks of the Career Center:
Units of the Student Council
- Partnership Unit
Communicating with stakeholders, pitching student governance to top companies in Ukraine, and inviting the coolest partners to IIR is about our Partnership Department.
There are as many as two super teams in the structure:
- the first is looking for "friends of IIR" in various fields of business and the public sector at numerous events of the Institute;
- the second is the master of "preparing chic stories," that is, pitching student ideas.
Without the support of our Department, no student event takes place, so we are constantly establishing and expanding interaction with our partners to improve the quality of student initiatives.
Social networks of the Partnership Department:
- Fundraising Unit
The Fundraising Department helps students obtain funding for the implementation of their scientific, educational and social projects. We provide consulting support, help with the preparation of grant applications, search for funding opportunities from international and national donors.
Our mission is to promote the active development of students, help them implement their ideas and open up new opportunities for study, internships, and research.
If you have an idea, but you don’t know how to find funding – contact us, and we will help make your initiative successful!
- Project Unit
Greetings from the Project Unit!
The Project Unit of the Student Council is a newly created department that deals with the implementation of student initiatives from idea to implementation. If you have an initiative that you would like to implement, fill out a special form any day and at any time, and our team will contact you!
What is already being implemented?
Veselka krain 2024/2025
Our project managers play an important role in organizing the Veselka krain. The main coordinating roles include media, working with teams and volunteers
Merch «SC shop"
The project team developed the first launch of author's merchandise from the Student Council of the Institute of International Relations. The main responsibilities include communication with clients, design development, promotional campaign management, and much, much more! You can see the results of the work during the self-government fair!
Alumni search project for the 80th anniversary of the IIR
A special project that finally answered the question "Who will my child grow up to be after the IIR?". During the implementation, the archives were opened, and contacts of famous and not so famous graduates of the IIR were searched. As a result, we plan to create a powerful community of supporters of our alma mater.
Outlaw Diplomacy Podcast
We are preparing a new podcast for fans of international relations, economic relations and law. Interesting hosts together with invited guests will talk about the most interesting cases that humanity has ever seen. Coming soon!
Discounts for students
Save money with us! Our team has prepared a selection of incredible offers that will save you money! Your wallet is in good hands! If you want to get involved in the implementation of a project, join our Telegram channel.