Vice President of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) Ziba Mustafayeva has met with Rector of the Bukhara Engineering-Technological Institute of Uzbekistan Sadokat Siddikova.

During the meeting, Ziba Mustafayeva emphasized that the implementation of dual diploma program projects between higher education institutions of Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan was agreed upon during the 12th meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission of Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan, held on July 18, 2023 in the city of Shusha, and was provided for in the Memorandum of Understanding on personnel training signed between SOCAR and Uzbekneftegaz Joint Stock Company.

In addition, BHOS has already begun implementing a similar project with the Tashkent Institute of Chemical Technology of Uzbekistan.

The establishment of cooperation between BHOS and the Tashkent Institute of Chemical Technology and Bukhara Engineering-Technological Institute is the first such step in the higher education system of Azerbaijan that serves the export
of higher education programs of the country to foreign countries on a fee-paying basis.

An agreement has already been signed between the Baku Higher Oil School of SOCAR and the Bukhara Engineering-Technological Institute of Uzbekistan on the implementation of higher education programs on a fee-paying basis within the framework of the dual diploma project. According to the document, students will complete their first year of study at the Bukhara Engineering-Technology Institute, and the second year – at BHOS. The defense of diplomas will take place at Baku Higher Oil School. Eventually, they will receive diplomas from both universities.

Source: Azerbaijan State News Agency