Khazar University was founded in March 1991 by Hamlet Isakhanli.

Isakhanli formed Khazar in the interest of reforming the previous system of higher education under Soviet rule.

[4][5][6] In Azerbaijan, Khazar University is providing Western-style education on all levels: undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral.

Khazar University participates in foreign student exchange programs.

[10] The center's main functions are to perform linguistic and lexicological research and to prepare, evaluate and publish bilingual, multilingual and encyclopedic dictionaries.