Higher arts and cultural education are regulated by the Law on Education (No.833-IIIQ of June 19, 2009), which introduced a three-cycle higher education system per the Bologna process, and the State Standard and Program of Higher Education (No.75 of April 23, 2010). The draft law On Higher Education has been included in the legislative work plan of the Science and Education Committee of the Milli Majlis (the Parliament).
The State Agency for Science and Higher Education, under the Ministry of Science and Education, supervises most higher arts and cultural education institutions, as well as higher education institutions that offer partial teaching of individual specialisations in culture.
The Baku Academy of Music, named after Uzeyir Hajibeyli, provides higher education in Instrumental Performance, Solo Singing, Conducting, Composing and Musicology.
The State University of Culture and Arts offers higher education courses in relevant specialities, such as Theatre Arts, Audio-Visual Arts, Painting, Music Arts, and Culturology.
The Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Arts offers higher education courses in Fine arts, Art studies, Architecture and design, and Decorative and applied arts. Students are allocated individual workshops to complete their diploma work.
The Azerbaijan National Conservatory offers higher education in Mugham (singing), Ethnomusicology, Piano, Folk Instruments, Instrumental Mugham, Popular Music and Jazz, National Vocal, Conducting, Humanities, and History and Theory of Music.
The Baku Choreography Academy offers higher education in Choreography (classical dance, ballet mastery, national dance, modern dance, ballet pedagogy, and dance teaching) and Instrumental performance (garmon, drum).
Among other state higher education institutions with partial teaching of individual specialisations in culture, such can be listed:
- Azerbaijan Architecture and Construction University (provides higher education in Architecture, Design and Urban Planning);
- Baku State University (Library and information activities, Museum, archival work and preservation of monuments);
- Azerbaijan State University of Economics/UNEC (Design);
- Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University (Music teaching, Fine arts teaching);
- Azerbaijan University of Tourism and Management (Ethnography and ethnology, Culturology and its general issues);
- Karabakh University (İnstrumental performance, Music teaching, Vocals, Design);
- Nakhchivan State University (Architecture);
- Nakhchivan Teachers’ Institute (Library and information, Fine arts teaching, Music teaching).
Private higher education institutions with partial teaching of some specialisations in culture are Western Caspian University (Design, Architecture), Azerbaijan University (Museum, archive work and monument protection), “Odlar Yurdu” University (Design: interior, graphic, fashion designer).
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