Azerbaijan Technical University (AzTU; az, Azərbaycan Texniki Universiteti) is a

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, specialized in

engineering Engineering is the use of scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad range of more speciali ...

, located in Baku,

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of t ...

. The University has 9 schools and 54 departments, 884 faculty members and approximately 6500 students.

History

November 14, 1920, the Soviet government decided that the previous technical school "

Baku Polytechnicum Baku Polytechnicum ( az, Bakı Politexnikumu) is a now-defunct technical university that was established in 1887 in Baku, when it was under Russian rule. By 1910 it had integrated a curriculum related to the growing petroleum industry. However, th ...

" would be closed and replaced by the Baku Polytechnic Institute. The new school focused on training engineers in such sectors as agriculture, civil engineering, electromechanics, economics, and oil. In 1923, the school changed its name to the Azerbaijan Polytechnic Institute. In March 1929 the

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decided that the school would be divided into three independent schools covering agriculture, economy, and oil. However, the growing demands of engineers in other areas outside of oil led to the expansion of the school curriculum, and the school again changed its name in 1934, this time to the Azerbaijan Industrial Institute (AZPI), since it was combined with civil engineering.

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taxed the

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, and schools like AzPI tried to remain open. In 1950, the government established a separate Azerbaijan Polytechnic Institute (AzPI) and transferred non-petrochemical curricula to a new school so that Az. I.I. can focus on the oil industry. (AzPI continued to eventually become the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy.) In 1970, the branch of AzPI was established in Ganja. In 1993, AzPI changed its status and became the Azerbaijan Technical University.

Faculties

Electrical Engineering and Power Engineering Transport Technological Machines Special equipment and technologies Radio engineering and communication Metallurgy Machine-building Engineering Business and Management Dean's Office for International Students Automation and Computer Technology

Electrical Engineering and Power Engineering

It was founded in 1964. The faculty includes 4 departments: Thermal and cold technology, Power supply and insulation, Electrical and electrotechnical equipment, Theoretical bases of electrical engineering. Students are attracted to scientific research conducted at the departments.

Transport

Previously called mechanical. Its modern name was given to the faculty only in 2001.

Technological Machines

It was founded in 1986 on the basis of the machine-building faculty. 5 departments are part of the faculty: Machine parts and lifting and transporting machines, Metrology and standardization, Theory of mechanisms and machines, Technological complexes and special equipment, Engineering graphics.

Radio engineering and communication

During the foundation, in 1960, the faculty was called Electrotechnical. Later, the division was carried out, and two faculties were formed: Electro-technical and Radiotechnical.

Metallurgy

It was founded in February 1964. The faculty includes 4 departments.

Machine-building

It was founded in 1982. The faculty includes 5 departments: Technology of mechanization, Machine parts, Theory of machines and mechanisms, Technological complexes and special equipment, Physics.

Dean's Office for International Students

The purpose of training at the faculty is to train personnel for foreign countries. It was founded in 1978.

Automation and Computer Technology

It was founded in 1960. There are 6 departments at the faculty: Automation of Computational Technologies and Production Processes, Automation and Telemechanics, Industrial Electronics, General and Theoretical Radio Engineering, Higher Mathematics, Physics.

References

External links

Official website
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