AESOP - Advocacy Establishment for Students through Ombudsman Position

This project improves the governance of non-EU partner universities, enabling them to fully implement the Bologna Process, not only as a formality, but also as access to the democratic processes to make decisions about students' studies. It provides student support and protect students' rights in the conflict and appeals resolution process by encouraging universities.

The project gives full access to the democratic systems of the Bologna process to students and teachers, so they try to resolve their academic and administrative issues.

At the result it is developed the democratic university procedures for the protection of students in administrative matters (especially including academic appeals, disciplinary complaints, grievances, emergency financial aid requests, or health concerns).
Students are provided with human resources to solve problems through ombudsmen. "Nakhchivan" University was a participant of the AESOP project for 2015-2018.

"Nakhchivan" University is a member of a new project coordinated by Baku Business University. The goal of the EQAC project (establishment and development of quality assurance centers in Azerbaijani universities) funded by the European Commission what is the establishment of Quality Control Centers in Azerbaijani universities and it is the more effective organization of quality control work in educational institutions. "Nakhchivan" University has been a participant of the EQAC project since 2018.

The project of establishing the Association of Rectors in Azerbaijan is carried out by Baku Business University,the coordinator of the Project. Azerbaijan universities participate in this project - Azerbaijan University of Tourism and Management, Baku Engineering University, Baku Higher Oil School, Baku Eurasia University, Azerbaijan Languages University, Lankaran State University, Azerbaijan State Culture and Art University. There are 15 partner universities, including Art University, Nakhchivan University, Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University, Azerbaijan Technical University, Azerbaijan University of Technology, Azerbaijan University and Odlar Yurdu University. Associations of universities and rectors from Poland, Belgium, France, Sweden and Lithuania are also partners of this project.

International Credit Mobility Erasmus+KA107 projects are one of the projects that offer the opportunity to higher education students and employees of higher education and non-academic institutions to study or train in another country.