Azerbaycan University of Languages

The University was established in the beginning of 1937 on the name Azerbaijan Pedagogical İnstitutes of the School of Foreign Languages. In 1940, the Azerbaijan Communist Party prescribed that a separate Institute of Foreign Languages took shape, but the start of World War II become a reason for the new Institute to quickly get back into Azerbaijan Pedagogical Institute. After the World War II, the government of Azerbaijan SSR established the Azerbaijan Institute of Foreign Languages in 1948, but it was become part of 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 named again the Azerbaijan State Institute of Languages, but in 2000 the institute started to act as a university status and named as the Azerbaijan University of Languages for the second time.

The University protect very good 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 Azerbaijan University of Languages, laboratories and a lot of scientific centers stir up at present.

As a result of the educational reforms, Azerbaijan University of Languages has been one of the first university in Azerbijan that changed its whole system into the credit system. The university has collaborations and partnerships with higher educational institutions of Turkey, the U.S, the United Kingdom, France and other European institutions. By the help of this cooperation, students can easily go for exchange programs.

Azerbaijan University of Languages has accommodation only for female students which consist of 4 beds in one room. Monthly fee is 25 USD. As for the male students, they have to rent a house or accommodate in other Universities’ accommodation.