[1] Fariz Ismailzade has been the Vice Rector of ADA University since 2006 and the Director of the Institute for Development and Diplomacy since 2022.

In 2006, he was appointed Vice Rector of ADA University, where he oversaw international relations, exchange programs with 120 foreign universities, professional development programs, research and sponsorship projects, corporate and government partnerships, and marketing and media relations.

[5] On April 18, 2016, based on a decree from the President of Azerbaijan, Fariz Ismailzade was appointed a member of the Board of Directors of the State Examination Center.

In September 2024, Fariz Ismayilzade was elected a Member of the Milli Majlis (National Assembly) of the Republic of Azerbaijan in its VII convocation.

He has delivered papers at conferences organized by Wilton Park, Chatham House, NATO Research and Training, UCLA, Columbia University, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, the Vienna Diplomatic Academy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Science Po, and Nazarbayev University.