The Azerbaijan Technological University ( az, Azərbaycan Texnologiya Universiteti) trains mechanical and technological

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s in the fields of

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, and food industries. It is located in

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and was established in

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History

Based on the presidential decree on “Improvement of the educational system” dated 13 August 2000, the Azerbaijan Technological University was founded on October 11, 2000. The university was established by the expansion of the branches of the Azerbaijan Technological Institute by the order of the

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of the

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. The Azerbaijan Technology Institute was founded by the initiation of

Heydar Aliyev Heydar Alirza oghlu Aliyev ( az, Һејдәр Әлирза оғлу Әлијев, italic=no, Heydər Əlirza oğlu Əliyev, ; , ; 10 May 1923 – 12 December 2003) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani politician who served as the third president of Az ...

in 1981 who was then First Secretary of the

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. There are four faculties, a department of postgraduate and master studies, research sector,

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, resource center for the

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, computer and information center, industrial labs, and a gym at the university.

Rector

By the presidential decree dated March 13, 2013, Akif Shamil oglu Suleymanov was appointed as the

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of the Azerbaijan Technological University.

Faculties

Faculty of Mechanics and Metallurgical engineering

The faculty was established under the name of “Mechanics” in 1979. There are six specialties within the faculty: * Machine engineering *

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engineering * Electronics, telecommunication and

radio engineering Broadcast engineering is the field of electrical engineering, and now to some extent computer engineering and information technology, which deals with radio and television broadcasting. Audio engineering and RF engineering are also essential ...

* Technological machines and devices engineering * Transportation and organization of management engineering * Metrology, standardization and certification engineering

Faculty of Food and Textile

* Service in the sociocultural sphere *

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and

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business * Engineering of food * Technology and consumer goods marketing * Technology consumer goods * Metrology, Standardization and Certification * Design

Faculty of Automation Telecommunication and Information Technology

The faculty was created in 1989. * Customs Expertise * Communication system and communication center *

Environmental Engineering Environmental engineering is a professional engineering discipline that encompasses broad scientific topics like chemistry, biology, ecology, geology, hydraulics, hydrology, microbiology, and mathematics to create solutions that will protect and ...

Environmental protection Environmental protection is the practice of protecting the natural environment by individuals, organizations and governments. Its objectives are to conserve natural resources and the existing natural environment and, where possible, to repair dam ...

and efficient use of natural resources * Expertise of consumer goods and marketing * State and municipal management * Technology of Consumer * Legal economy settlement

References

External links

Official website
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