Khazar University School of Medicine, Dentistry and Public Health, Azerbaijan

Khazar University was established on March 18, 1991 according to resolution  N 41 of the Cabinet of the Ministers of Azerbaijan Republic as Azerbaijan University with English as a medium of instruction to satisfy a great necessity of the country in qualified English speaking specialists.In 1992 Azerbaijan University was renamed to Khazar University according to the decision of the Academic Council of the University.

Khazar University is  a private educational institution for undergraduate, graduate and professional studies promoting advanced study and research, educational policy and development in the Republic of Azerbaijan.  Khazar is the first private University in Azerbaijan and in the countries of the former Soviet Union.

The first in Azerbaijan to apply a flexible credit-based education model. The first University in Azerbaijan where the main language of instruction is English. The first University in Azerbaijan composed of multiple independent schools united by the same academic policy and principles, which offer a wide scope of diverse majors in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Architecture, Engineering and Applied Sciences, Economics, Management and Business Administration, Law, Education, Medicine, and Public Health. A research-oriented university. Also one of the leading universities in Azerbaijan in terms its relations with industry. Today the University has established effective relations with the leading local and international companies.

Khazar  University  holds the largest library collection among private universities and the largest collection in the English language in Azerbaijan.
Khazar University Library Information Center (LIC) collects printed and electronic materials in Azerbaijani, English, Russian, Turkish, Arabic, Persian, German, French, Japan, Chinese and other modern European and Oriental languages in the fields of Business Studies, Economics and Management, Engineering and Applied Sciences, Education, Social Sciences, Political Science and International Relations, Legal Studies, Education, Language Studies, Arts, Philosophy, Literature, History, and Medical Sciences. An average 75% of the library materials are in English. Textbooks published all over the world, as well as publications of Khazar University Press are widely presented in the library.