Admission

Application process

International student admission to BHOS takes place once a year, starting in May and ending in August. The academic year begins in September and concludes in May.

 

International applicants must complete the following steps:

Application Steps:

  1. Visit portal.edu.az and create a personal account.
  2. Enter your personal information (full name, passport details, contact information, address, etc.).
  3. Upload the required documents listed below.
  • Secondary School Certificate (for applicants to BEng programmes)/ Bachelor’s or Master’s degree diploma (for applicants to graduate and Phd programmes) /any other relevant valid education document (duly legalized or Apostiled; translated into English/Russian and duly notarized);
  • Transcript of records (duly legalized or Apostiled; translated into English/Russian and duly notarized);
  • General medical certificate and health certificate certifying that the person is not carrier of a virus of any disease included in the list of dangerous infectious diseases as well as HIV, Hepatitis B and C) approved by the relevant medical authority (translated into English/Russian and duly notarized); Please note that additional medical reports may also be required.
  • Valid passport;
  • For bachelor's degree IELTS 5.0 (with a minimum 5.0 score in each of the 4 sections) or TOEFL IBT 45-54 certificates (valid for two years after the test date);
  • Certificates, diplomas and any other related documents (if available);
  • Criminal history clearance (translated into English/Russian and duly notarized).

If you have any questions, please contact info@bhos.edu.az.

 

The Ministry of Science and Education calls prospective students not to fall for scams and avoid brokers

The Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan received some information on fraud attempts in the admission process of international students to higher education institutions of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Some international students may have been deceived to pay some amount to scammers promising their admission to Azerbaijani universities. The Ministry of Science and Education call all prospective international students to be careful and not to approach brokers for their admission applications.

SIA: CAS (“Study in Azerbaijan: Centralised Admission Service”) / portal.edu.az is an official portal of the Ministry of Science and Education where prospective students can find all universities operating in Azerbaijan and make direct applications to the universities on the portal free of charge. We would like to emphasize again that there is no application fee on portal.edu.az.The portal operates both in English enabling all foreign individuals to use it freely.

The Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan invites all applicants to apply to the universities individually through portal.edu.az and not fall victim to scammers.

 

 

  

 

Note

Submission of your documents does not guarantee your enrollment in the relevant programme. Only a complete document package will be reviewed and shortlisted candidates will be contacted and interviewed if required. After admission to the respective programme and arrival in Baku, your original documents must be translated into Azerbaijani language and duly notarized (expenses to be covered by students themselves).

Upon arrival in Azerbaijan, you should also prepare your documents required for migration procedures to avoid any challenges or penalties for your free stay and residence in the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan.