Baku State University (BSU) (Azerbaijani: Bak Dövlt Universiteti (BDU)) is an Azerbaijani state university. The University of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was founded in 1919 by the Parliament of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, with faculties of history and philology, physics and mathematics, and law and medicine, with an initial enrolment of 1094 students. V.I.Razumovsky, a former professor of surgery at Kazan University, was the first rector of BSU.

In 1930, the government forced the University to close as part of a higher education reform, and the University was replaced by the Supreme Pedagogical Institute. However, the University was rebuilt in 1934 and continued to operate during the tough years of World War II, despite a faculty shortage.

The University has 13 faculty at its 40th anniversary in 1959. Both the Azerbaijan Medical University and the Azerbaijan State Economic University arose from the founding faculties of BSU. Among the BSU alumni were two former Azerbaijani presidents, Abulfaz Elchibey and Heydar Aliyev. The former attended the Faculty of Arabic Language and Literature, whereas the latter, who controlled Azerbaijan's political life for more than 30 years, attended the Faculty of History. Between 1922 and 1924, Nobel Prize-winning scientist Lev Landau attended BSU.

Baku State University Ranking

• QS World University Rankings by TopUniversities is #1001 in 2022
• World University Rankings by Times Higher Education is #1201 in 2022
• Physical Sciences Ranking by Times Higher Education is #1001 in 2022

Baku State University History

The BSU was created on September 1, 1919, by a decree of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic Parliament. The University was founded as a consortium of four faculty (history and philology, physics and mathematics, law, and medicine). V. I. Razumovsky, a well-known surgeon, was the University's first rector.

Azerbaijani writer Abdurrahim bek Haqverdiyev, Orientalist Professor P.K. Juze, Professor A.O. Makovelski, Professor A.O. Mishel, and other intellectuals were among the top teachers in 1920-40. During that time, the university management welcomed to Baku teachers such as N.Y. Marr, V.V. Bartold, and Fuad bek Kuprulluzade, an academician of the Eastern Science Academy.

The institution was closed in 1930 as a result of a restructuring decision made by the Council of the People's Commissar. As a successor, the High Pedagogical Institute was established. The institution reopened in 1934 and quickly became the republic's scientific-pedagogical core. Despite a lack of university lecturers as a result of their participation in World War II, the institution was able to preserve its leadership position. Teachers were instrumental in the establishment of the Azerbaijan Academy of Science in 1945. Baku State University served as the foundation for the bulk of the republic's premier universities, including Azerbaijan Medical University, Azerbaijan University of Economy, Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University, and others.

Following 1969, the years can be regarded an era of greater growth in the direction of knowledge and science. During this time, faculties on current specialities, departments, and around 30 scientific research facilities were established. Under Heydar Aliyev's president, the University continued to grow and flourish, with new specialisations, departments, and scientific laboratories opening. Baku State University has long been a key scientific and educational institution in Azerbaijan, owing to its vast historical past. Heydar Aliyev, Azerbaijan's outstanding leader and a famous scientist, thinker, and politician, graduated from Baku State University. Baku State University has 16 majors, 55 bachelor's degrees, and 153 master's degrees as of May 2021.

The 100th anniversary of Baku State University was celebrated throughout 2019 in Azerbaijan, as well as in Vienna, Austria (September 2019) and at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris (June 2019). In November 2019, the Presidential Decree issued a unique medal in celebration of BSU's 100th anniversary, titled "The 100th jubilee (1919-2019) medal of Baku State University," and 113 persons were later given this Medal.

Faculties at Baku State University

The institution began its first academic year with two faculties – history-philology and medicine – and 1094 students. Baku State University now includes 16 faculties that teach experts in 55 scientific specialities at the bachelor's level and 153 specialisations at the master's level.

• Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics
• Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Cybernetics
• Faculty of Physics
• Faculty of Chemistry
• Faculty of Biology
• Faculty of Ecology and Soil Science
• Faculty of Geography
• Faculty of Geology
• Faculty of Philology
• Faculty of History
• Faculty of International Relations and Economics
• Law faculty
• Faculty of Journalism
• Faculty of Librarianship and Information
• Faculty of Oriental Studies
• Faculty of Social Sciences and Psychology

Baku State University Education

Baku State University now offers 16 majors, as well as 55 bachelor's and 153 master's degrees. Some of them are mentioned below

Baku State University International Relations

Currently, BSU is a member of a number of organisations and institutions, including the Association of Universities of Eurasia, which brings together the majority of universities from the former Soviet Union. Between 2002 to 2004, BSU served as President of the Association of Universities of the Black Sea States. The University has also signed agreements for scientific and technical cooperation, as well as student-teacher exchange programmes, with Moscow State University, Middle East Technical University, Nice-Sophia Antipolis University, Indiana University, Kyiv National University, Vienna University, and a number of other prestigious institutions.

The institution arranges cooperative scientific conferences workshops and produces textbooks as a consequence of these projects.

Baku State University Library

Baku State University's Scientific Library is one of the republic's most valuable university libraries. Baku State University was founded in 1919, and the same year, a library was formed, which plays an essential role in the university's structure. The Scientific Library, which serves as a cultural and spiritual hub for students and teachers, exchanges information with national university libraries as well as 49 institutions and worldwide publishing companies in 21 countries.

• Electronic library
• Electronic catalog
• History of the library
• About departments and foundations
• Fund of rare books
• International exchange

Research Facilities at Baku State University

Azerbaijan State University established a Research Department in 1957 by direction of the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education of the former USSR (now Baku State University). Azerbaijan State University was added to the list of premier universities in the USSR on March 13, 1987, by order of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and resolution of the USSR Council of Ministers. ETH) was invented.

SOME IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OUTCOMES FROM BAKU STATE UNIVERSITY IN 2017

• Numerical solution of the problem of balance of a stretchable elastic rod
• Application of hybrid and forward methods to the numerical solution of the Cauchy problem for ordinary differential and Voltaire integro-differential equations
• The second is the study of the non-local integral boundary conditional inverse problem for parabolic equations
• Solving a class boundary value problem described by the second and third order operator-differential equations in Hilbert space
• Harnak inequality for solutions of special Makenhaupt weighted p-Laplace equation
• Onvolution in weighted functional spaces
• B-coefficients and applications of equations
• Integro-differential (Convolution)
• An integral conditional nonlinear problem for a highly ordered hyperbolic equation
• Evaluation of intermediate derivative operators and their applications

Baku State University Grants

The Baku State University provides 3 grants:

• Scientific study conducted with the assistance of overseas funds
• Republican Grants were used to fund scientific study.
• Scientific study conducted as part of the university's "50 + 50" funding programme

Baku State University Sports Facilities

The artificially covered football area is outfitted with plastic chairs that meet high international standards. A swimming complex of 2000 persons, with a length of around 25 metres, was erected and handed to the professor-tutors and chair's pupils.