Azerbaijan Medical University

Azerbaijan Medical University (AMU) has prepared more than 63,000 fully qualified doctors and pharmacists both for Azerbaijan Republic and for many countries in the world. Quantitative and qualitative indices of the AMU on preparing skilled doctors and medical scientists are comparable to those of some leading countries. Today, the functioning of University clinics, as well as the advanced reinforcement of the material and technical basis has brought about a fundamental change in the direction of improving the quality of medical education to satisfy the needs and expectance of labour market. 

Azerbaijan Medical University has got an administrative building, 6 teaching buildings, scientific-research centre, student canteen and buffets, health resort, a publishing house and newspaper, big sport complex with swimming pool, fundamental library and laboratories. At present more than 6 thousands students are studying at the 6 faculties, with specialities such as General Medicine, Public Health, Nursing, Physiotherapy and Medical Rehabilitation, Dentistry, Pharmacological, Military Medicine and Military Nursing at present. There are almost 3000 foreign students from 45 countries.

Teaching staff of the University includes 3 Members of the Academy of Sciences (Academicians), 4 Associate Members of Sciences (Associated Academicians), 184 doctors of sciences (DM), 993 PhD-s, 18 honored scientific workers, 22 honored doctors. All of them take part in academic and scientific activity at 61 departments of the AMU. Study in University carries out on 3 languages (Azeri, English and Russian). AMU is the member of Trans-European cooperation between European Union, Central and Eastern European and Eastern Asia countries on TEMPUS program in the sphere of Higher Education, Magna Charta Universitatum, BRIMEA.

The University regularly carries out academic exchange and scientific research cooperation with over 30 universities and institutions from over 20 foreign countries. In 1996, the University was registered to International Register of World Supreme Institutions Association. AMU has 3 Clinical University Hospitals, such as Therapeutic (since 2010), Oncology (since 2007), Dental (since 2002). The General Surgery Hospital for 500 beds - the biggest university hospital in South Caucasus (since 2013). All of these hospitals are fully equipped for treatment and teaching in order to get the world-comparable results in the all fields of medicine. The Study Program is under continuous modernization being stimulated and inspired by modern scientific investigations and European standards (Bologna Process since 2005, TEMPUS_ MOVLANA, ERASMUS+ projects). 

AMU's three educational programs, "General Medicine," "Pharmacy," and "Dentistry," received a 5-year international accreditation certificate in 2022.  The International Accredited Body was IAAR, which is recognized by the World Federation for Medical Education WFME.