Nakhchivan State University

Founded in 1967 as a part of the Azerbaijan Pedagogical Institute, in 1990 it became the Nakhchivan State University.

In 2003, NSU, in conjunction with George Soros' Open Society Institute - Assistance Foundation opened an Education-Information Center on the NSU campus to develop areas involving education, information and law.

[2] According to the decree of the ex-president of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev, the university received a status of self-government and independence in 2002.

[2] For the active development of international relations, success in the field of science and education, Nakhchivan State University has been awarded the title of the “Millennium University” by the Club of European Rectors.

[2] The team of the University Student Free Business Association as a champion of Azerbaijan in 2010 took part in world championships in the US in 2010 and in Malaysia in 2011.