GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT STUDY IN AZERBAIJAN (PDF file)

EDUCATION SYSTEM

Structure of education system of Azerbaijan Republic has been set in the following way:

Preschool training

General education:
Primary education;
Basic education;
Secondary education.

Professional education:
Vocational education;
Secondary professional education;
Higher professional education.

Post-diploma training (probation, attending physician and etc);

Master's degree;

Doctor's degree;

Nonschool training and education;

Free education;

Raising the qualification and retraining the personnel.
Number of infant schools - 1777
Number of children - 110774
Number of pedagogical employees - 14725
Number of private preschool training enterprises - 3
Number of children - 117
Number of pedagogical employees - 47
Number of general education schools - 4542
Number of pupils - 1.629.841
Number of teachers - 166856
Number of private general education schools - 11
Number of pupils - 4510
Number of teachers - 731
Number of nonschool educational enterprises - 379
Number of children - 332850
Number of pedagogical employees - 2936
Number of vocational schools - 110
Number of pedagogical employees - 4100
Number of students - 22452
Number of secondary professional schools - 58
Number of students - 51400
Number of teachers - 6300
Number of private secondary professional schools - 4
Number of students - 2160
Number of teachers - 146
Number of higher educational enterprises - 26
Number of students - 104020
Number of teaching staff - 11739
Number of specialized higher educational enterprises - 5
Number of private higher educational enterprises - 16
Number of students - 23228
Number of teachers - 1891
Number of qualification-raising and retraining enterprises - 26
Number of contingent up to 15-20,000 yearly
Number of foreign students studying at higher schools of Azerbaijan - 3438 people from 41 countries
Number of Azerbaijani students studying at the leading universities all over the world - more than 3000
Level of illiteracy of population in Azerbaijan - 99% (according to UN report)
Number of destructed educational enterprises within territories occupied as a result of Armenian aggression:
1 higher school;
3 higher school branches;
5 secondary professional schools;
616 general education schools;
242 infant schools;
Up to 300 other training-educational enterprises
Volume of damage made to education system of Azerbaijan due to occupation - $1,5 billion

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