Azerbaijan University (AU) is the first private university of the Republic and was established in 1991. AU was officially registered by the decision of Higher State Expert Committee on March 3, 1993 and of the Board of Ministry of Education on April 8, 1993 and was registered in the State Register № 1.
It was officially registered by the Cabinet of Ministers as non-public Azerbaijan University including a specialized college and English-language gymnasium with the reference of Higher State Expert Committee under the Cabinet of Ministers on March 4, 1995.
AU was re-accredited as higher educational institution with the order number 213 of the Accreditation Commission of the Ministry of Education on February 24, 2009. The University has the right to award its students with diplomas for degrees and majors determined in this order and to use all privileges for public higher educational institutions including the privilege of deferment of military service.