Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts

The Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts has been operating since 1923. It is Azerbaijan`s first and only University of theatre, cinema, and contemporary music education. The University’s professors and teaching staff are world-renowned artists, and its practice venues are the country’s leading theatres and cinemas. ASUCA is the nation’s oldest university and training ground for generations of talented musicians, actors, directors, artists, choreographers, researchers, and teachers. The university prepares professionals in many fields of art and highly qualified specialists in the humanities, management, and public relations for institutions of art and culture. The combination of classical teaching with the latest innovative approaches has contributed to the development of an effective system for mastering the theoretical and practical skills necessary for professionals. The structure of the university is continually strengthened and expanded, undergoing transformation into an integrated system of research and education. 

At present about 3000 students are studying at ASUCA. There are 5 faculties: Fine Аrts, Music, Theatre, Audiovisual Arts, and Cultural Studies. The education is provided by highly qualified professors, teachers, and more than 400 specialists in 25 departments.

The university constantly builds up its international contacts database, consistently gets in contact with universities of Turkey, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Hungary, Austria, Poland, and others about partnerships, which will allow to more intensively integrate into the international educational space, become directly acquainted with the best educational practices, progress the international focus in the academic programs. 

ASUCA is a member of inernational organizations such as Cumulus Global Association of Art and Design Education and Research and Black Sea Universities Network (BSUN).