A meeting was held with a group of citizens of the member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) who received the right to study in our country within the framework of the education grant programs of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the 2022-2023 academic year. The meeting was held with the participation of heads and responsible persons of the relevant structural divisions of the Ministries of Science and Education and Foreign Affairs.
In addition to the educational grant winners, representatives of Azerbaijan Medical University, Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts, Azerbaijan Languages University, ADA University, Azerbaijan Technical University, Azerbaijan State University of Economics, Baku State University, Baku Engineering University, and Khazar University also participated in the meeting.
Tural Ahmadov, the head of the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Science and Education, Muzhdat Hasanov, the head of the Study Abroad and International Student Affairs Unit of the department, and Aliya Aghazade, the deputy head of the Azerbaijan International Development Agency (AIDA) under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, shared the necessary information about the education grant programs with foreign students and answered their questions.
It should be noted that foreign students study in local educational institutions within the framework of educational grant programs established by the relevant decrees of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Thus, in 2018-2022, within the framework of around 200 scholarship programs for citizens of the member states of the OIC and the NAM, foreign students got the right to study at the bachelor's, basic higher medical education, master's, residency, and doctoral levels in local educational institutions. The education grant covers tuition fees, visa, registration, monthly stipend, medical assistance, and international transportation expenses paid by the government.
In the 2022-2023 academic year, 40 students had the opportunity to study in local higher education institutions within the framework of educational grants.
