Type Public Location Baku, Azerbaijan Website www.bsu.edu.az Founded 1919 | Established 1919 Campus Urban Phone +994 12 439 08 58 Academic staff 1,300 | |
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Rector Prof. Dr. Abel Maharramov Address Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh, Baku, Azerbaijan Notable alumni Heydar Aliyev, Lev Landau, Anar Rzayev, Mikayil Jabbarov, Ganira Pashayeva Similar Azerbaijan State University, Azerbaijan State Oil and Indus, Azerbaijan University of Langu, Azerbaijan Technical University, Azerbaijan Medical University Profiles | ||
Bak d vl t universiteti baku state university
Baku State University (BSU; Azerbaijani: Bakı Dövlət Universiteti) is a public university located in Baku, Azerbaijan. Established in 1919 by the Parliament of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, the University started with faculties of history and philology; physics and mathematics; law and medicine with an initial enrollment of 1094. The first rector of BSU was V.I.Razumovsky, a former professor of surgery at Kazan University.
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- Bak d vl t universiteti baku state university
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- History
- Faculties
- Research institutes
- Partner universities
- Affiliations
- Alumni
- References
In 1930, the government ordered the University shut down in accordance with a reorganization of higher education, and the University was replaced with the Supreme Pedagogical Institute. However, in 1934 the University was reestablished again, and continued to work through the difficult years of World War II experiencing a shortage of faculty members.
By its 40th anniversary in 1959, the University already had 13 faculties. The Azerbaijan Medical University and Azerbaijan State Economic University were both spun-offs of the original respective faculties at BSU.
Among the graduates of BSU were two former presidents of Azerbaijan, Abulfaz Elchibey and Heydar Aliyev. The former graduated from the Faculty of Arabic Language and Literature, while the latter, who dominated Azerbaijan's political life for over 30 years, from the Faculty of History. Nobel Prize-winning physicist Lev Landau studied at BSU between 1922 and 1924.
BSU is the only university from Azerbaijan Republic ranked by international ranking organizations, such as University Ranking by Academic Performance and currently ranks at 1872 in the University Ranking by Academic Performance.
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History
BSU was established on September 1, 1919 by the decision of the Parliament of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. In its first year, the university had two faculties — Faculty of Philology and the Medical Faculty — and an enrollment of 1094 students.
Among the leading professors in 1920-40 were Azerbaijani writer Abdurrahim bek Haqverdiyev, Orientalist Professor P.K. Juze, Professor A.O. Makovelski, Professor A.O. Mishel and other scholars. During that period the administration of the university invited to Baku such teachers as N.Y. Marr, V.V. Bartold, the academician of the Eastern Science Academy Fuad bek Kuprulluzade.
In 1930 the university was liquidated according to the decision made by Council of the People’s Commissar on reorganization. The High Pedagogical Institute was created. Only in 1943 the state university resumed its activity and very soon became the republic’s scientific-pedagogical center. Despite the great shortage of university teachers because most of teachers went to the Second World War, the university managed to keep its leading position. In 1945 the teachers took an active part in founding the Azerbaijan Academy of Science. Most of the republic's universities — such as Azerbaijan Medical University, Azerbaijan University of Economy, Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University and others — were founded on the basis of Baku State University.
The years after 1969 can be considered as the years of development in the direction of knowledge and science. Covering a wide historical period, in those years there were founded faculties on modern specialties, departments and about 30 scientific research laboratories started. As a result, there was created a strong assurance of future development.
Faculties
- Applied Mathematics and Economical Cybernetics
- Physics
- Mechanics and Mathematics
- Chemistry
- Biology
- Ecology and Soil Science
- Geology
- Geography
- History
- Philology
- Theology
- International Relations and Economics
- Journalism
- Law
- Oriental Studies
- Social Sciences and Psychology
- Library Studies — the only library school in Azerbaijan
Research institutes
- Scientific Research Institute of Applied Mathematics
- Institute of Problems of Theoretical Physics
Partner universities
Affiliations
The university is a member of the Caucasus University Association.