page_title: Khazar University
section_title: Background information
hierarchical_section_title: Khazar University / Background information
caption_attribution_description: English: Hamlet Abdulla Isaxanli
context_page_description: Khazar University, is a private university located in Baku, Azerbaijan.
context_section_description: Founded in 1991 by Prof. Hamlet Isakhanli (), the University became one of the first private universities in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia and the first in Azerbaijan to introduce Western-style, research-oriented higher education. Isakhanli formed Khazar in the interest of reforming the previous system of higher education under Soviet rule.
  For more information on education system in Azerbaijan, read:
  1. Hamlet Isakhanli. In Search of Khazar. Khazar University Press, Baku, 2006.
  2. Hamlet Isakhanli. Education System in Transition Economy: A View from Azerbaijan. Khazar University Press, Baku, 2007.
caption: Founder of Khazar University, Hamlet Isakhanli
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