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Enrollment of international students at Baku Higher Oil School increases significantly

Baku Higher Oil School (BHOS) hosted a presentation on the international student admission stats for the 2025/2026 academic year.

Speaking before the presentation, BHOS Rector Elmar Gasimov noted that “Baku Higher Oil School’s international reputation has grown, and foreign students are showing increasing interest in the university.” Elmar Gasimov stressed that thanks to BHOS's expanding global partnerships and high quality of teaching, more and more international students choose this higher education institution every year.

In her presentation, Head of the International Relations Department of BHOS Konul Maharramova noted that 70 students from 20 countries enrolled at BHOS this year.

“This is a 67% increase compared to last year. The number of students accepted under the Heydar Aliyev International Educational Grant Program increased by 33% to 12. This academic year, as part of the SOCAR-SNPC partnership, BHOS accepted five female students from Congo, with SNPC covering all their tuition costs. Thirteen Congolese citizens are currently studying at BHOS. 10 students began their studies at BHOS this fall semester under an exchange program with partner universities.

As part of the dual diploma program signed between BHOS, the Tashkent Institute of Chemical Technology and the Bukhara State Technical University of Uzbekistan, 16 Uzbek students were admitted to BHOS for the 2025/2026 academic year to study in the second year of the Master's program in Chemical Engineering. This program and cooperation are the result of SOCAR’s ongoing support.

Under the agreement between SOCAR and Uzbekneftegaz JSC, three company employees were accepted to the MBA program of BHOS.

Two students from Somalia and one from Kyrgyzstan were accepted to BHOS under the Intergovernmental Scholarship Program.

In addition, within the framework of the cooperation between SOCAR and the Somali Petroleum Authority, 3 Somali citizens gained the right to study at BHOS, with their education and living expenses fully covered by SOCAR.”

This was followed with speeches by Department Head of the Azerbaijan International Development Agency of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rasim Mammadov, First Secretary of the Agency Ulviyya Karaca, Chief Advisor at the International Cooperation Department of the State Agency for Science and Higher Education of the Ministry of Science and Education Hajar Kalbiyeva, and Senior Human Resources Specialist at the Corporate Academy and Partnerships Department of SOCAR Elnura Mustafayeva. They highly praised BHOS's international activities, wished it success, and expressed their readiness to always provide support in this area.