Azerbaijan State Agricultural University (, literally "Azerbaijan State Agricultural University"), also referred to as the Azerbaijan State Agricultural University (Az. AA), is a

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located in

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. The university has eight schools, 6000 students and 560 faculty members. In addition, there is a teaching site in

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with nearly 500 correspondent students.

History

Azerbaijan State Agricultural University traces its history to the Baku Polytechnical Institute's Department of Agriculture, which was established on November 14, 1920. Originally located in

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, the school was originally formed in 1920 after the invasion of the

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and the establishment of the fledgling

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. The new government decreed that the previous technical school,

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, would close and be replaced by Baku Polytechnical Institute, a more traditional

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. The new school focused on training engineers in a broad range of industries:

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and

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. The new school went through many name changes over the years as its emphasis changed to meet the needs of

. In 1923, the school changed its name to Azerbaijan Polytechnical Institute. In March 1929, the

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decreed that the school be split into three independent schools covering agriculture, economics and oil. Today, the university is the only state school in

that offers a university-level degree for the

agricultural sector Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created f ...

Rectors

In its rich history, the University was led by the following rectors; * Dadaş Xoca oğlu Bünyadzadə * İslam Məhəmməd oğlu Datıyev * Hüseyn Məmməd oğlu Musayev * Yusif Paşa oğlu Tahirov * Əzim Asəf oğlu Dadaşov * Mövsüm Musa oğlu Poladzadə * Soltan Abbas oğlu Mirzəyev * Bala Məmməd oğlu Ağayev * Məmməd Əsəd oğlu Mehdiyev * Niyaz Əli oğlu Səfərov * Bəhmən Bəhrəm oğlu Xəlilov * Raul Abdulla oğlu Qədimov * Zaur Nəcəf oğlu Eminbəyli * Məmmədtağı İbrahim oğlu Cəfərov * Mirdaməd Mirsadıq oğlu Sadıqov * İbrahim Həsən oğlu Cəfərov Former rector Memmedtaghi Jafarov () died, and his replacement was appointed in 2008. Currently, Zafer Gurbanov is leding the University. He is the former vice-rector of

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Building

The main building of Azerbaijan State Agricultural University, located at 276 Atatürk Street, was built in 1897. “

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” office called DUMA was settled there. In 1908, the building was turned into the residence of the

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operated in this building in 1918 when the capital was

. The meetings of the Parliament of ADR were held in this building formerly. The ADR

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is located in the nearby building, built in the ancient historical-architectural style.

References

External links

Official website of Azerbaijan State Agricultural University
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History

Rectors

Building

See also

References

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