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Khazar University (Azerbaijani: Xəzər Universiteti, which directly translates as Caspian University) is a private university located in Baku, Azerbaijan.




Campuses


Khazar University owns four campuses in the city of Baku and two campuses in regions of Azerbaijan.














Neftchilar Campus
Downtown Campus
Baku Dunya School Campus – Education complex for “Dunya” School, also Khazar University School of Education's Internship Center, Sports Center, Dormitory and Technopark
Sumgayit Dunya School Campus
Ganja Dunya School Campus
Buzovna Conference and Leisure Center




Background information



Khazar University was founded in March 1991 by Hamlet Isakhanli. 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 system of higher education under Soviet rule.




Academic information


In Azerbaijan, Khazar University is providing Western-style education on all levels: undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral. Khazar University participates in foreign student exchange programs. It also runs a lab.




Departments






= English Language and Literature

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= History and Archaeology

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The Department of History and Archaeology was established in June 1993 and was formerly known as the Department of History. It falls within the School of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences.




= Political Sciences and Philosophy

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Institute of Politics

The institute was formerly known as the Center for International and Strategic Studies.




Dictionary and Encyclopedia Center


The Khazar University Dictionary and Encyclopedia Center, located on the campus of Khazar University in Baku, Azerbaijan, it has been in operation since April 1996. The center is directed by Professor Tofik Abaskuliyev. The center's main functions are to perform linguistic and lexicological research and to prepare, evaluate and publish bilingual, multilingual and encyclopedic dictionaries.




Notable alumni


Adnan Hajizadeh, blogger and youth activist
Nargiz Birk-Petersen, television commentator
Nigar Jamal, winner of Eurovision 2011




Affiliations


The university is a member of the Caucasus University Association.




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Orang Khazar
• Leo IV Khazar
• Pertempuran Marj Ardabil
• Levedi
• Yazid bin Abdul Malik
• Hisyam bin Abdul Malik
• Nargiz Birk-Petersen
• Suku Azerbaijan di Iran
• Rumpun suku bangsa Turkik
• Abraham Prochownik
• Khazar University
• Khazars
• Bulan (Khazar)
• Joseph (Khazar)
• Khazar hypothesis of Ashkenazi ancestry
• Khazar (disambiguation)
• Arab–Khazar wars
• List of Khazar rulers
• Khazar slave trade
• Irbis (Khazar)