Khazar University

Description: Founded in 1991 as Azerbaijan University, Khazar University, which was given its current name in 1992, is the first private University in Azerbaijan and in the countries of the former Soviet Union. It was one of the first universities in the region to indroduce an English-language, research-oriented, flexible credit-based educational program, for which it has become both nationally and internationally recognized. Khazar university is the first University in Azerbaijan composed of multiple independent schools, united by the same academic policy and principles, which offer a wide scope of diverse majors in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Architecture, Engineering and Applied Sciences, Economics, Management and Business Administration, and Education. Khazar University has also established effective relations with leading local and international companies. Professors at Khazar University have earned recognition and leadership in their professional fields or are business leaders, artists and lawyers with national and international reputations. 
 
Languages: English (language of instruction), Azerbaijani

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Mission:

The School of Engineering and Applied Science recognizes that skills must be continually upgraded to meet the modern challenges. The main objectives of the school are:
1) to achieve a combination of science, technology and management skills, and
2) to serve the interests and needs of students, industry and new market economy requirements.

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Mission:

To manage successfully in the modern market economy specialists with various business background and majors are required. The School of Economics and Management is committed to teaching and research in various areas of Economics and Business. The School maintains very close contacts with the local business community, international organizations and financial institutions. The objectives of the school are to:         

1) create an educational platform upon which the graduates can build business and social capability through a lifetime of continuing growth and development
2) provide career opportunities in a wide variety of professional fields
3) provide a general understanding of managerial processes that apply to both private and public sectors

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Mission:

The School of Humanities and Social Sciences is an organic academic unit where most of the programs and courses offered involve nontraditional concepts, explore interdisciplinary topics, and enable students to gain valuable exposure to:

1) research frontiers in the professions
2) policy and ethical issues
3) historical and social perspectives on professional practice

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Mission:

Traditionally, the people of Azerbaijan have been education-oriented. Although during the Soviet period a high level of education was reached in Azerbaijan, collapse of the Soviet system and a rapidly changing environment required new approaches and well-prepared strategies for development of education on all levels – preschool, primary school, secondary school, vocational and two-year technical colleges as well as full undergraduate and graduate studies.

Organic unity of academic knowledge, professional training and practice is the foundation of all programs concerning preparation of teachers, educators, scholars and administrators. Accordingly, the main objectives of the School of Education are to conduct research in various fields of education, to develop educational policy and strategy, and to nurture future teachers with a breadth of knowledge in education, humanities, and sciences and equip them with advanced skills and modern teaching methods. Special attention is paid to transferring skills and knowledge that would enable the students to creatively combine national values and traditions with universal values and norms in their future teaching, research and human development activities. The School of Education is engaged in various research and consultation activities in relation to education and for this purpose it cooperates with the Ministry of Education and with some private educational institutions. The School also provides in-service training for professionals in the field of education and human development as well as other educational services.

At present, the major aim of the School of Education is to train teachers and educators qualified to teach at every educational level. The theoretical as well as applied courses that the School offers enable prospective teachers to become professionals who are constantly in touch with recent scientific and technological developments and who have the willingness and capacity to apply these developments to their own teaching activities.

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