Azerbaijan University of Languages


Azerbaijan University of Languages is a public university in Baku, Azerbaijan. The student body consists of approximately 4,000 undergraduates and 900 graduate 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 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.
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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 the 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, and 25 departments at the university, with many scientific centers and laboratories active there.
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 cooperations.

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.
  • The Rector of AUL met with a delegation of Indonesia on December 17, 2018. The delegations of both sides signed a memorandum of cooperation.

Structure

The structure of the university consists of the following:
  • 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

Faculties and institutes

  1. Philology
  2. Philology
  3. Philology
  4. Philology
  5. Teaching Azerbaijani Language and Literature
  6. Foreign Language Teaching
  7. Foreign Language Teaching
  8. Foreign Language Teaching
  9. Teaching Language and Literature
  10. Teaching Language and Literature
  11. Teaching Language and Literature
  12. Primary School Teaching
  13. Preschool Education
  14. Social-Psychological Services in Education
  15. Translation
  16. Translation
  17. Translation
  18. Translation
  19. Translation
  20. Translation
  21. Translation
  22. Translation
  23. Translation
  24. Translation
  25. Translation
  26. Translation
  27. Translation
  28. Translation
  29. Translation
  30. Regional Studies
  31. Regional Studies
  32. Regional Studies
  33. Regional Studies
  34. Regional Studies
  35. Regional Studies
  36. Regional Studies
  37. Regional Studies
  38. Regional Studies
  39. Regional Studies
  40. Regional Studies
  41. Regional Studies
  42. Regional Studies
  43. Regional Studies
  44. Regional Studies
  45. Regional Studies
  46. Regional Studies
  47. International Relations

Notable graduates