CoHE President Özvar: "METU, İTU and Hacettepe University, which are
among the leading universities of our country, will start accepting
students by opening departments under the umbrella of
Türkiye-Azerbaijan University this year"
"Students who successfully complete these programs at
Türkiye-Azerbaijan University will have the diplomas of the respective
universities"
"Türkiye-Azerbaijan University is one of the most important stages of
our higher education history"
May 3, 2024
CoHE President Erol Özvar announced that the Türkiye-Azerbaijan University,
which would be established in cooperation with the Council of Higher
Education and the Ministry of Science and Education of Azerbaijan, would
start accepting students in the 2024-2025 academic year.
He said that Middle East Technical University (METU), Istanbul Technical
University (İTU) and Hacettepe University would accept students in three
different fields: Computer Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Food
Engineering programs at the Türkiye-Azerbaijan University to be opened in
Baku. He stated that Turkish students could also prefer these programs and
that the universities would be able to issue their own diplomas to their
students under the name of Baku Campus.
-Three different programs from METU, ITU and Hacettepe University
He stated that the Türkiye-Azerbaijan University was established under the
leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Azerbaijani President
Ilham Aliyev.
"As a result of the agreement between the Council of Higher Education and
the Ministry of Science and Education of Azerbaijan, a new university model
is being implemented for the first time. According to this model, we will
open the programs of Türkiye's leading major universities at the
Türkiye-Azerbaijan University. This university will act as a hub and
instead of opening its programs for the first time, it will carry the
programs of universities that continue their teaching activities and have
already proven themselves in these fields."
"Universities will issue their own diplomas"
Özvar stated that Turkish universities could issue their own diplomas for
the programs under the name of Baku Campus and said, "Students who
successfully complete these programs at the Türkiye-Azerbaijan University
will have the diplomas of our related universities. Student recruitment
will be realized with the current procedures of these universities."
"We will open this new university model not only in Azerbaijan, but also in
some other countries with which we have agreements and negotiations," he
added.
"In this context, we continue our positive negotiations with Uzbekistan.
Apart from the programs to be opened by these three universities in the
2024-2025 academic year, we will also open the programs of Türkiye's
leading major universities in other countries in the coming periods."
He underlined that one of the most important strategies of the Council of
Higher Education was to internationalize higher education and emphasized
that the Türkiye-Azerbaijan University had an important place in the
history of higher education in this sense. Özvar said, "By opening the
programs of the world's leading universities abroad, we are moving our
universities there to serve international students not only at Turkish
universities but also abroad, in the regions where they are located. The
Türkiye-Azerbaijan University is one of the most important stages of our
higher education history. The long-term vision of President Recep Tayyip
Erdoğan is of great importance in reaching this stage. This university is
being realized with his endless support. Internationalization in higher
education is one of the main goals that determine our future vision. One of
the most critical and important actions and steps of this vision is to open
the programs of the world's leading Turkish universities abroad."