The university granted bachelor's, master's and Ph.D. degrees, and became a corresponding member of International Personnel Academy of UNESCO (Kyiv) in 1999.

An official of the Ministry of Education announced on 24 June 2008 that law violations had been detected following an investigation and seven programs of study had been shut down.

"[6] Finally, on 30 August 2010, the Ministry of Education issued a decree annulling the license of the Azerbaijan State University.

Rector Elshad Abdullayev disagreed with the Ministry's decision, claiming that the university had received a four-year license in 2007 and that it could not have been simply revoked, but only expire.

[10] Seven people in total were charged with human trafficking, criminal group formation and illegal transplantation, one of them the former head of the AIU Medical Centre.