Dr. Suat İ. Günsel graduated from the Department of Physics at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara and furthered his education by earning a PhD on Educational Psychology. It has been observed in his speeches on various occasions that he acts with the sense of a patriotic Turkish Cypriot who considers the education system as a “...waving stream on which achievements of our next generations are shaped on the basis of our current social and national values”. Establishing his entire life philosophy and vision upon this idea, starting from the times he established a private school where students prepared for university entrance exams Dr. Günsel had been known as “Suat Hoca” within the school and eventually all around of North Cyprus. Today, his former students, who are now professors, directors, managers, ministers or members of national assemblies, state councils, state that they still identify him with this name. 1988 marked the establishment of the Near East University whereby Dr. Suat İ. Günsel became the Founding Rector of the university. In April 2010, the Founding Rector of the Near East University, Dr. Günsel, was awarded with a Honorary Doctorate by Azerbaijan State University of Medicine for his contributions to health sector and for the establishment of Research Hospital of the Near East University that renowned worldwide, and he was also awarded with another Honorary Doctorate in Educational Sciences by Academy of Azerbaijan Universities for his outstanding contributions to education.