Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University (ASOIU)
Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University (ASOIU) is a public institution in Baku, Azerbaijan, accredited by Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan (MoSE) — renamed from Ministry of Education on 28 July 2022 by Presidential Decree of Ilham Aliyev to strengthen science-education integration (doctrine #28 regulator reform). Operational accreditation is conducted by the State Agency for Science and Higher Education (EATDA) — a public legal entity under MoSE established 2022, listed in the ENQA membership database. Azerbaijan joined the Bologna Process in 2005; new Law on Education adopted 2009. Bachelor (Bakalavr, 4-5 years) → Master (Magistr, 1.5-2 years) → Doctoral (Doktor, 2-3 years).. Primary language: Azerbaijani. AlmiStudy lists 5 canonical subject areas, all verified against Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan (MoSE) — renamed from Ministry of Education on 28 July 2022 by Presidential Decree of Ilham Aliyev to strengthen science-education integration (doctrine #28 regulator reform). Operational accreditation is conducted by the State Agency for Science and Higher Education (EATDA) — a public legal entity under MoSE established 2022, listed in the ENQA membership database. Azerbaijan joined the Bologna Process in 2005; new Law on Education adopted 2009. Bachelor (Bakalavr, 4-5 years) → Master (Magistr, 1.5-2 years) → Doctoral (Doktor, 2-3 years)..
- Country
- Azerbaijan (AZ)
- City
- Baku
- Control
- public
- Language
- Azerbaijani
- Accreditation
- Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan (MoSE) — renamed from Ministry of Education on 28 July 2022 by Presidential Decree of Ilham Aliyev to strengthen science-education integration (doctrine #28 regulator reform). Operational accreditation is conducted by the State Agency for Science and Higher Education (EATDA) — a public legal entity under MoSE established 2022, listed in the ENQA membership database. Azerbaijan joined the Bologna Process in 2005; new Law on Education adopted 2009. Bachelor (Bakalavr, 4-5 years) → Master (Magistr, 1.5-2 years) → Doctoral (Doktor, 2-3 years).. Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-14.
- Source
- Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University (ASOIU) — collector batch + MoSE/EATDA cross-verification (Day 13) · tier: tier_2_directory
- Website
- https://asoiu.edu.az
Subjects offered
Show all 5 listed subjects (raw)
Engineering & Technology · Computer Science & IT · Natural Sciences · Mathematics & Statistics · Business & Management
Founded 1920 (chartered as Baku Polytechnic Institute on 16 November 1920, immediately after Soviet takeover, building on existing Baku petroleum-industry expertise; renamed Azerbaijan Industrial Institute 1930; renamed Azerbaijan State Oil Academy 1992; renamed Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University 2014). Azerbaijan's premier petroleum, energy, and engineering university, located in Baku — the BIRTHPLACE OF THE MODERN COMMERCIAL PETROLEUM INDUSTRY (the world's first commercial oil well was drilled at Bibi-Heybat in 1846, a decade before Pennsylvania's Drake well). Founded 16 November 1920 as Baku Polytechnic Institute, building on Baku's already-mature petroleum-industry expertise. Renamed Azerbaijan Industrial Institute 1930, Azerbaijan State Oil Academy 1992, and ASOIU in 2014. Among the world's oldest petroleum-engineering universities. Faculties: Petroleum Engineering, Geology and Geophysics, Petroleum Geology, Mechanical Engineering, Energy, Information Technology and Control, Chemical Technology, Pipeline-Transport and Hydrocarbons Engineering, Petroleum-Mechanical Engineering, Mining, and Economics and Management. Critical to Azerbaijan's oil-and-gas economy.
Other universities in Azerbaijan
We list institutions whose accreditation we have verified against a recognized national or international accrediting body. Listing does not vouch for any specific program's recognition by destination-country regulators, individual admissions outcomes, or post-graduation credential transferability.
When you click through to a university's website, you are interacting with that institution's admissions process under their terms. Our responsibility ends at pointing you to a verified-accreditation institution.