Azerbaijan University of Languages

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Azerbaijan University of Languages is dedicated to the advancement of learning and the search for truth; to the sharing of knowledge through education with diverse communities; and to the implementation of this knowledge for the benefit of the people in our country and throughout the world.

Our main goals are:

• Research and Discovery - Generate and preserve knowledge, understanding, and creativity by conducting high-quality research, scholarship, and artistic activity that benefit students, scholars, and communities across the country, the nation, and the world.

• Teaching and Learning - Share that knowledge, understanding, and creativity by providing a broad range of educational programs in a strong and diverse community of learners and teachers, and prepare graduate, professional, and undergraduate students, as well as non-degree-seeking students interested in continuing education and lifelong learning, for active roles in a multiracial and multicultural world.

• Outreach and Public Service - Extend, apply, and exchange knowledge between the University and society by applying scholarly expertise to community problems, by helping organizations and individuals respond to their changing environments, and making the knowledge and resources created and preserved at the University accessible to the citizens of the country, and the world.

In all of its activities, the University strives to sustain an open exchange of ideas in an environment that embodies the values of academic freedom, responsibility, integrity, and cooperation; that provides an atmosphere of mutual respect, that assists individuals, institutions, and communities in responding to a continuously changing world; that creates and supports partnerships within the University, with other educational systems and institutions, and with communities to achieve common goals; and that inspires, sets high expectations for, and empowers the individuals within its community.