Azerbaijan University of Languages

Short description: A university in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan University of Languages

Azərbaycan Dillər Universiteti

Type| Public
Established| 9 October 1937; 88 years ago (1937-10-09)
Rector| Kamal Mehdi Abdullayev

Academic staff

| 700
Students| 4,900
Undergraduates| 4,000
Postgraduates| 900
Address|

134 Rashid Behbudov St.

Baku

Azerbaijan

[ ⚑ ] : 40°23′43″N 49°51′37″E﻿ / ﻿40.395141°N 49.860335°E﻿ / 40.395141; 49.860335
Campus| Urban
Website| adu.edu.az/en/

Azerbaijan University of Languages (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Dillər Universiteti) is a public university in Baku, Azerbaijan. The student body consists of approximately 4,000 undergraduates and 900 graduate (master's degree) students. The university has a combined faculty of more than 700 teachers.

Azerbaijan University of Languages is the first higher education institution that has implemented the flexible credit system that meets the requirements of the Bologna process, International Quality Assurance standards and the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) in Azerbaijan since 2005. At the same time, the Azerbaijan University of Languages is one of the first universities to have the status of a public legal entity under the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan since 2017.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Events
* 3 Structure
* 4 Departments of university
* 5 Notable graduates
* 6 References
* 7 External links

## History

The beginnings of the university can be traced to 1937, with Azerbaijan Pedagogical Institute's opening of the School of Foreign Languages. In 1940, the Azerbaijan Communist Party decreed that a separate Institute of Foreign Languages be formed, but the outbreak of World War II caused the new institute to quickly fold back into Azerbaijan Pedagogical Institute. After the war, the government of Azerbaijan SSR created the Azerbaijan Institute of Foreign Languages in 1948, but it was folded into the Azerbaijan Institute of Russian Language and Literature in 1959. Finally, in 1973, the Azerbaijan Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages was established as an independent institution. In 1996 the school was renamed the Azerbaijan State Institute of Languages. In 2000 the institute was given university status and renamed as the Azerbaijan University of Languages.

The university maintains close relations with UNESCO, operating a UNESCO Translation Department as well as hosting a UNESCO-sponsored faculty chair. There are 7 schools, 25 departments at the university, a lot of scientific centers, laboratories activate at present.

As a result of the educational reforms, Azerbaijan University of Languages has been the first university which transmitted the whole system to credit system. The university has cooperation with higher educational institutions of Turkey, the U.S., the United Kingdom, France and other European institutions. Student exchanges have been intensive thanks to those cooperation.

## Events

* A series of events dedicated to the Khojaly Massacre were held at AUL by the Faculty of International Relations and Management and the Faculty of Translation and Cultural Studies.[1]
* Rector of AUL met with delegation of Indonesia on December 17, 2018. The delegations of both sides signed a memorandum of cooperation.[2]

## Structure

The structure of the university consists of the following:[3]

* Rector
* Prorectors/vice-rectors
* for academic affairs
* for scientific affairs
* for international relations
* for developmental affairs
* for general affairs
* Rector's advisors
* for issues of scientific and educational affairs
* for issues of multiculturalism
* for the logistics and financial issues
* for the control of execution
* for social affairs

## Departments of university

Azerbaijan University of Languages

* School of International Relations and Regional Studies
* School of Philology and Journalism
* School of Translation
* School of Further Education

## Notable graduates

* Novruz Mammadov – 9th prime minister of Azerbaijan
* Azad Rahimov – Minister of Youth and Sports of Azerbaijan
* Abulfas Garayev – Minister of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan
* Valeh Hajilar - Academic of Tbilisi State Pedagogical University and National Academy of Sciences of Georgia, professor
* Garry Kasparov – Chess grandmaster
* Aysel Teymurzadeh – Singer
* Vagif Sadigov – Azerbaijani ambassador to the United Nations

## References

1. ↑ "ADU-da Xocalı soyqırımına həsr olunmuş silsilə tədbirlər keçirilib (FOTO)" (in az). 2019-02-22. https://az.trend.az/azerbaijan/society/3023730.html.
2. ↑ admin. "Memorandum on Cooperation between Azerbaijan University of Languages and the University of Indonesia | Azerbaijan University of Languages" (in en-GB). https://www.adu.edu.az/en/2018/12/memorandum-on-cooperation-between-azerbaijan-university-of-languages-and-the-university-of-indonesia/.
3. ↑ "INTERNAL STRUCTURE: Administration" (in en-GB). https://www.adu.edu.az/en/.

## External links

* Official website

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Universities in Azerbaijan

Public|

* Azerbaijan Architecture and Construction University
* Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy
* Azerbaijan Medical University
* Academy of Public Administration
* Azerbaijan State Agricultural University
* Azerbaijan State Economic University
* Azerbaijan State Marine Academy
* Azerbaijan State Oil Academy
* Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts
* Azerbaijan Technical University
* Azerbaijan University of Languages
* Baku Academy of Music
* Baku Slavic University
* Baku State University
* Ganja State University
* Lankaran State University
* Mingachevir Polytechnic Institute
* Nakhchivan State University
* Sumqayit State University

Private|

* Azerbaijan University
* Baku Eurasian University
* Khazar University
* Odlar Yurdu University
* Qafqaz University
* Western University

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