Khazar University
| Xəzər Universitəsi | |
| Motto | “Always leading the way” |
|---|---|
| Type | Private |
| Chairman | Professor Hamlet Isakhanli |
| President | Dr. Hassan Niknafs |
|
Academic staff
|
250 |
| Students | 2500 |
| Location | Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Language | English |
Khazar University (Azerbaijani: Xəzər Universiteti), which directly translates as Caspian University is a private university located in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Khazar University owns three campuses in the city of Baku.
Neftchilar Campus
Neftchilar Campus
Downtown Campus
Founded in 1991 by Prof. Hamlet Isakhanli ([1]), 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, sometimes corrupt system of higher education under Soviet rule. For more information on education system in Azerbaijan, read:
1. Hamlet Isakhanli. In Search of Khazar. Khazar University Press, Baku, 2006.
2. Hamlet Isakhanli. Education System in Transition Economy: A View from Azerbaijan. Khazar University Press, Baku, 2007.
In Azerbaijan, Khazar University is recognized for providing innovative Western-style education on all levels: undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral. It also runs a lab school (Dunya School) with programs on kindergarten, elementary and secondary school levels.
Khazar University has a faculty of about 250 lecturers, many of whom were educated and/or trained in Europe or the United States. Khazar University is the pioneer in Azerbaijan of a flexible student-centered credit accumulation system. Khazar’s curricula aim to meet the standards of top universities in advanced industrialized democracies. The primary language of instruction at Khazar is English. These factors aim to increase the academic and professional opportunities for the students and train them to work in a globalizing international environment.
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