The founding of this institution was influenced by the socio-political and economic processes passing in Eastern Europe and the CIS area after the collapse of the USSR in 1991.

The following specialisations are available at the school for Bachelor, Master, PhD and doctoral studies Activities in this field have been conducted since the first day of Western Caspian University.

The main direction of the department is training philologists, including translators of business, management, political studies, sociology and law.

In general, nine languages are taught at the school: Azerbaijani, English, German, French, Russian, Latin, Chinese, Spanish and Finnish.

International cooperative and bilateral activities include bachelor and master's courses, articulation and development agreements, the Erasmus+ and Movlana Exchange projects and others.

The establishment of the centre aims to provide students with necessary software and technical skills for gathering information on Geoscience.

Meeting increasing demands for geographic information is possible only through integration of new technological opportunities for conducting traditional field-research activities.

Geomathic centres ensure such kind of integration; they play a key role in conducting scientific-research activities in geographic information systems, distance space-air research, geodesy and mapping, photogrammetry, environment protection.

The UN Convention to Combat Desertification, the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), Secretary of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – joint international body of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and UN Environment Programme (UNEP) adopted a decision to present their publications to the Western Caspian University Library.

At the same time, Western Caspian University joined the Depository Library of The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

[6] The museum, which is permanently located on the second floor of the main building of Western Caspian University, contains archive materials related to his activity.

The SYO acts within the following responsibilities: Western Caspian University High School, established in 2003, applies the up-to-date methods and curriculum standards.

In addition to the complete secondary education tailored to the high international standards, special emphasis is given to foreign languages – English, French and German.