On January 11, 2017, the UFAZ was visited by the French Secretary of State for Development and Francophonie Jean-Marie Le Guen, hosted by the Minister of Education of Azerbaijan, Mikayil Jabbarov, as well as the Presidents of the Universities of Strasbourg and Rennes 1.

The new premises of the UFAZ, located in a historical building at Nizami Street 183 and entirely renovated by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan, were officially inaugurated on September 15, 2017.

The ceremony was attended amongst others by the Minister of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mikail Jabbarov, the Rector of the Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University Mustafa Babanli, the State Secretary under the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of the French Republic, Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, the Director General of Research and Innovation Department under the Ministry of Higher Education and Research of the French Republic Alain Beretz, the French Ambassador to Azerbaijan Aurélia Bouchez, the Vice-President of the University of Strasbourg Irène Jacoberger, and the President of the Foundation for Research in Chemistry of Strasbourg University, Bernard Meunier.

[3] To be admitted to UFAZ, applicants at the Bachelor level must pass the national centralized entrance exam conducted by the State Examination Center of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

[citation needed] UFAZ will open new master's programs for the 2020/2021 academic year in the following areas: chemical engineering / physical chemistry, geosciences and applied computer sciences (big data and artificial intelligence).