Master's and Doctoral degrees
Implements the following general work and methodological and organizational functions related to graduate degree:
- Registration of newly admitted graduate students in the electronic system and formation of individual work; preparation of admission order to the first year on the basis of the protocols and the letter of the SEC;
- Arranging contracts with graduate students;
- Preparation and presentation of student card of graduate students;
- Admission of graduate students to the University, expulsion, academic leave, change of surname, scholarships, reinstatement, transfer and graduation of foreign students of expelled students;
- Issuance of certificates and transcripts to graduate students;
- Preparation of various statistics about master's degree students required from inside and outside the University;
- Preparation of responses to letters from the Ministry of Education and other organizations regarding the master's contingent;
- Supervision of correctness of specialized councils' protocols for the master's thesis defence, and organization of timely delivery;
- The organization of work with the state electronic information system of "Student-graduate", and entering the required information about the graduate students into the system.
Graduate Studies and Doctoral Department operates at BEU to carry out the functions mentioned above. The department also performs methodological and organizational functions on the following issues related to the doctoral contingent at the University:
- Announcing in the media about the admission form and rules, admission plan and duration of the doctoral and dissertation documents;
- Establishment of admission commission by the order of the rector for acceptance of documents and holding of competition, establishment of examination commissions on relevant subjects;
- Checking the documents of doctoral and dissertation applicants and determining the suitability of the specialty;
- Informing the applicants of the decision of the admissions committee on admission to the exams on the basis of the submitted documents;
- Conduct PhD. entrance exams and report the results to the admissions committee;
- Informing the rectorate of the decision of the admissions committee based on the results of the competition and the opinion of the intended supervisor;
- Issuance of an order by the rectorate on those admitted to doctoral studies;
- Approval of Ph.D. dissertation topics, supervisors and individual work plans (curriculum) at the Academic Council;
- Notification of the Ministry of Education by the rectorate about the admitted PhD. students and candidates;
- Statistical report of PhD. students to the State Statistical Committee;
- Ensuring the approval of the approved dissertation topics by the state registration center of ANAS;
- Organization of seminars on the stages of activity of PhD. students and candidates;
- Organization of seminars on the stages of activity of PhD. students and candidates;
- PhD. foreign language exam for PhD. students;
- PhD. foreign language exam for PhD. candidates;
- Doctoral examinations for PhD. students and candidates in the specialty (as well as in other disciplines, taking into account the suitability of the specialty);
- Periodic reporting of PhD. students and candidates on the implementation of individual work plans in the departments;
- Hearing of periodic reports of supervisors of PhD. students and candidates in the scientific councils of the faculty;
- Conducting annual attestation of PhD. students and candidates;
- After the completion of the dissertation, carrying out the initial discussion in the relevant department, taking into account the requirements of the Supreme Attestation Commission (video recording, etc.);
- Collecting and presenting the required documents for defense to the defence council;
- Payment of annual tuition fee in 2 installments until the end of each semester;
- Identification of PhD students and candidates who have completed the normative periof of study and issuance of an appropriate order in the rectorate.
The University also offers an MBA program.
Department Head – Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Mahir Bashirov
Senior specialist – Doctor of Philosophy in Physics Ulkar Abdurahmanova
Specialist – PhD. student Zahid Idriszada
Doctoral degree
On approval of "Regulations on the procedure for awarding academic degrees" and "Regulations on the procedure for awarding academic titles"
Decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the Amendments to the "Rules on the establishment and admission to doctoral studies"
Master's degree
Department for the master's degree in the academic year 2022/2023
Content and organization of master's degree education and procedures for granting the "master's" degrees
On approval of "Regulations on procedures for preparation, presentation and defence of Master's Thesis"