Azerbaijan 5.5
Jul 25

Azerbaijan 5.5

  • July 25, 2019

Vocational and professional training are regulated by the Law on Education (No.833-IIIQ of June 19, 2009), which introduced the concept of sub-bachelor – a professional degree awarded to graduates of higher technical vocational education and secondary specialised education, and by the Law on Vocational Education (No.1071-VQ of April 24, 2018), which defines the principles of state policy in the field of vocational education, the organisational, legal and economic foundations of the vocational education and training system to increase the efficiency of vocational training in the Republic of Azerbaijan and prepare competitive qualified personnel.

The State Agency for Vocational Education, under the Ministry of Science and Education, was established by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (No.869 of April 20, 2016) to enhance the efficiency of vocational training and ensure the preparation of competitive, qualified personnel. The Agency is an executive body that provides and coordinates the implementation of state policy in vocational education and organises the activities of vocational education institutions subordinate to the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

The Azerbaijan National Conservatory has two vocational institutions:

  • The College of Music under the Azerbaijan National Conservatory provides vocational education in Instrumental performance and Vocal art.
  • The Sumgayit Music College, under the Azerbaijan National Conservatory, offers specialist training in sub-bachelor’s degree programs in Instrumental Performance, Vocal Art, Popular Music, and Jazz Performance.

The College of Arts, under the Azerbaijan State Academy of Arts, offers vocational training in the Decorative and Applied Arts (including artistic ceramics, carpets, and weaving), Painting, Graphic Design, Sculpture, Theatre Decorative Arts, and Design (encompassing graphics, clothing, and interior design).

The Humanitarian College, under the Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Art, trains vocational specialists in Music teaching, Fine arts teaching, Library and information provision, Museum work and preservation of monuments, Instrumental performance (piano, violin), Artistic and creative work, and other related fields.

The College of Arts under the Baku Choreographic Academy offers vocational education in Choreography, Instrumental Performance, Folk instrument playing, Dance, and music teaching.

Agdam Music College trains vocational specialists in Instrumental performance, Mugham (Khanende) singing, Vocal art, Ashig art, and the Performance of folk instruments.

Nakhchivan Music College trains vocational specialists in Music teaching, Library and information provision, Instrumental performance, Garmon, Khanende (Mugham singing), Vocal art, Choir conducting, Music theory, Choreography, Folk musical instrument performance, and Ashiq art.

Among other vocational and professional training institutions with partial teaching of individual specialisations in culture, such can be listed:

  • Construction College under the Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction (trains specialists in Fine arts teaching and Design);
  • Agjabadi Pedagogical College (Music teaching, Fine arts teaching);
  • Agdash State Humanitarian College (Fine arts teaching);
  • Astara Pedagogical College (Fine arts teaching, Instrumental performance, Music theory, Folk instrument performance);
  • College of Economics and Humanities under Baku State University (Library and information support; Archival work and chancery work);
  • Social and Agrarian-Technological College under Lankaran State University (Fine arts teaching, Instrumental performance, Khanende (Mugham singing), Choir conducting, Music theory, Folk instrument performance, Archival work and chancery work, Museum work and preservation of monuments);
  • Mingachevir Tourism College (Museum work and preservation of monuments);
  • Sabirabad State Socio-Economic College (Library Information Provision);
  • Shusha Humanitarian College (Fine arts teaching, Library and information provision, Instrumental performance, Khanende (Mugham singing), Music theory, Folk instrument performance, and Choir conducting).