Khazar University

OverviewIn Azerbaijan, Khazar University is recognized for providing innovative Western-style education at all levels: undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral. It also runs a lab school (Dunya School) with programs at kindergarten, elementary and secondary school levels. Khazar University composed of multiple independent schools united by the same academic policy and principles, which offer a really wide scope of diverse majors in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Engineering and Applied Sciences, Economics, Management and Business Administration and Education. Khazar University has a faculty body of about 200 lecturers (FTE) , many of whom were educated and/or trained in Europe and the United States. Khazar University is the pioneer in Azerbaijan to have a flexible student-centered credit accumulation system. Khazar’s curricula meet the standards of the leading 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 environmentInternational faculty staff of the Khazar University include renowned experts and scholars, educational leaders from USA, Canada, Bulgaria, Turkey, Iran, India, and other countries.Enrollment TrendsCurrently, about 2000 students (FTE) are enrolled at the 4 schools of Khazar University: •School of Engineering and Applied Science•School of Economics and Management •The School of Humanities and Social Sciences •The School of Education Approximately 90% of students are studying for undergraduate, 10% for graduate degrees, but this percentage differs from school to school, reaching approximately 60% in some schools. The ratio of women and men generally has stayed within the range of 58:42.At present, there are 149 undergraduate international students studying at Khazar University. This constitutes 7,5% of total undergraduate enrollment. There are citizens of Turkey, Iran, Egypt, India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Georgia, Iraq, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Libya, USA, UK, Denmark, Norway, South Korea, Canada, Russia, Central Asian republics and many other countries studying at different schools of the University. Khazar is eager to attract more international students and researchers.