Mustafa Erciyas graduated Civil Engineering at Istanbul Technical University. Then he completed his master's degrees in „Traffic Engineering“ at the Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany.

Between 2007 and 2016, he worked as a traffic engineer by different engineering companies in Germany. He works since 2016 as a traffic engineer by the Municipality of Munich. His specifications focus on Planning of adaptive intersections, Priorisation of public transport at signalized intersections, Green wave planning for bicycles/vehicles and planning of bike paths.

Erciyas is married and has one child. He speaks in German and English.