Khazar University
Khazar University (Azerbaijani: Xəzər Universiteti, which directly translates as Caspian University), is a private university located in Baku, Azerbaijan.[1]
Xəzər Universitəsi | |
Motto | “Always leading the way” |
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Type | Private |
Chairman | Professor Hamlet Isakhanli |
President | Dr. Hassan Niknafs |
Academic staff | 250 |
Students | 2500 |
Location | , |
Language | English |
Campuses
Khazar University owns three campuses in the city of Baku.
- Neftchilar Campus
- Neftchilar Campus
- Downtown Campus
- Neftchilar Campus
- Downtown Campus
- Binagadi Campus – New education complex for “Dunya” School, also Khazar University School of Education`s Internship Center, Sports Center, Dormitory and Technopark
Background information
Founded in 1991 by Prof. Hamlet Isakhanli (), the University became one of the first private universities in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia and the first in Azerbaijan to introduce Western-style, research-oriented higher education. Isakhanli formed Khazar in the interest of reforming the previous system of higher education under Soviet rule.[2][3][4] For more information on education system in Azerbaijan, read:
1. Hamlet Isakhanli. In Search of Khazar. Khazar University Press, Baku, 2006.[5]
2. Hamlet Isakhanli. Education System in Transition Economy: A View from Azerbaijan. Khazar University Press, Baku, 2007.[6]
Academic information
In Azerbaijan, Khazar University is providing Western-style education on all levels: undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral. Khazar University also welcomes exchange students from foreign countries. It creates an opportunity to let students of Khazar University become exchange students in foreign countries too. [7] It also runs a lab.
There are four schools (colleges) operating within Khazar University: | |
1 | School of Engineering and Applied Science |
2 | School of Economics and Management |
3 | School of Humanities and Social Science |
4 | School of Education |
Notable alumni
- Adnan Hajizadeh, blogger and youth activist
- Nargiz Birk-Petersen, television commentator
- Nigar Jamal, winner of Eurovision 2011
Affiliations
The university is a member of the Caucasus University Association.[8]
References
- http://www.khazar.org/
- Emily Van Buskirk, "Current Trends in Education in Azerbaijan - A discussion with Professor Hamlet Isakhanli Archived 2006-09-01 at the Wayback Machine", Caspian Studies Program, Harvard University, April 25, 2001, Accessed on April 14, 2006
- http://www.topuniversities.com/node/3285/ranking-details/world-university-rankings/2013
- http://www.webometrics.info/en/search/Rankings/khazar
- Isakhanli, Hamlet. In Search of Khazar. Baku, KU Press, 2006. See In Search of Khazar (The story of Khazar University's origins) Archived 2013-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
- Isakhanli, Hamlet. Education System in Transition Economy: A View from Azerbaijan. Baku, KU Press, 2007. http://dspace.khazar.org/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1001/1/on%20education%20system_Isaxanli.pdf/ Archived 2012-05-21 at the Wayback Machine On Education System in Transition Economy
- https://www.4icu.org/reviews/184.htm
- Tüm Uyeler. kunib.com