A CIB Student Chapter may be a local, regional, national or even international organised group of students, provided that those students are enrolled at CIB Member universities and preferably have an identifiable common interest in the work of one or more CIB Commissions* or Priority Themes. Examples of different types of CIB Student Chapters envisaged by the current CIB guidelines include, but are not limited to:
- Chapters with a membership based on one CIB Member university
- Chapters with a membership based on two or more CIB Member universities in the same country or region, with shared identifiable common interests (as described above) so as to be a regional or national Chapter
- Chapters with an international membership, based on CIB Member universities anywhere in the world, with an identifiable common interest of the type described above.
* In this context a CIB Commission includes a Working Commission or a Task Group.
CIB University Members interested in forming a CIB Student Chapter may make a formal proposal to the CIB Programme Committee. Before doing that it may be helpful to consult Advice to Intending Student Chapters here .
The Guidelines for CIB Student Chapters can be downloaded via the link below.
The CIB Sebestyén Future Leaders Award (formerly the CIB Guyla Sebestyén Award)
The CIB Guyla Sebestyén Award was 'launched' for the first time in 2002, named after the former late CIB Secretary General Prof. Guyla Sebestyén (1980-1993).
CIB Student Chapters are invited to compete with proposals for projects that are in line with the CIB objectives for the yearly CIB Sebestyén Future Leaders Award. The Award provides support up to EURO 2500. A Call for Proposals is made in April or May each year.
Invitations from Commissions to Student Chapters wishing to enter a Proposal for the CIB Sebestyén Future Leaders Award
To see information from Commissions that have work that Student Chapters could do for them, see here . Once a Chapter has prepared a satisfactory Proposal, by negotiating with the relevant Commission, that Chapter can submit the Proposal as an entry for the CIB Sebestyén Future Leaders Award.
The relevant Commission will be asked to affirm its support of the Proposal and will subsequently be asked to comment on the outcome of the work specified in the Proposal.
Archive of Past Winners
- Winner of the CIB Sebestyen Future Leaders Award 2010
- Winner of the CIB Sebestyen Future Leaders Award 2008/9
- The HKPolyU Student Chapter of the CIB Department of Building and Real Estate, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University: Winner of the Sebestyen Award 2007
- The Young Researchers Network, a joint proposal on behalf of Universities at Delft, Eindhoven, Glasgow, Salford, Brighton, Lisbon, Milan and Ankara: Winner of the Guyla Sebestyen Award 2006
- The Department of Architecture, Middle East Technical University, Turkey: Winner of the CIB Guyla Sebestyen Award 2005
- Glasgow Caledonian University/University of Strathclyde: Winner of the CIB Guyla Sebestyen Award 2004
- Hong Kong Polytech: Winner of the CIB Guyla Sebestyen Award 2003
- University of Salford: Winner of the CIB Guyla Sebestyen Award 2002
In 2011 two new University-based Student Chapters were established. Also two Commission-related chapters: the W080 Prediction of Service Life of Building Materials and Components Student Forum and the W102 Information and Knowledge Management in Building Student Forum.
The CIB Student Chapter at the Technical University of Lisbon - IST - Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture recently published its new Newsletter (No. 4, November 2011). An overview is given of the chapter's publications, events and established research groups.
The following are currently registered as CIB Student Chapters
- Brighton, University of .., Faculty of Science and Engineering, School of the Environment, United Kingdom
- Chile, Pontificia Universidad Católica de .., Department of Engineering and Construction Management, Chile
- Deakin University, School of Architecture and Building, Australia
- Eindhoven, University of .., Faculty of Architecture, the Netherlands
- Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Architecture, United States
- Glasgow Caledonian University, United Kingdom
- Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Department of Building and Real Estate, China P.R.
- Hong Kong, University of .., Faculty of Architecture, China P.R.
- Lisbon, Technical University of .., Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture (DECivil), Portugal
- Mara, University of Technology .., Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying, Malaysia
- Middle East Technical University (METU), Department of Architecture, Turkey
- Milan, Polytechnic of , Department of Building Environment, Science & Technology, Italy
- Padua, University of.., Department of Architecture, Town Planning and Survey, Italy
- Queensland University of Technology, Faculty of Built Environment Engineering, Australia
- Reading University, School of Construction Management and Engineering and Department of Engineering, United Kingdom
- RMIT University, School of Property, Construction & Project Management, Design and Social Context College, Australia
- Salford, University of .., Research Institute for the Built and Human Environment, United Kingdom
- Texas A&M University Post-Graduate Built-Environment Research Chapter (PGR), United States
- Tsinghua University, School of Civil Engineering, Institute of International Engineering Project Management, China P.R.
- Twente, University of .., Department of Construction Management & Engineering, the Netherlands
- W080 Prediction of Service Life of Building Materials and Components Student Forum
- W102 Information and Knowledge Management in Building Student Forum
- W113 Law and Dispute Resolution Postgraduate Student Forum
- W116 Smart and Sustainable Built Environment Student Forum
