Khazar University aims to be a world-class higher education institution, recognized for its excellence in education, innovation and research, as well as wide-ranging partnerships with stakeholders on national and international levels. It has a strong commitment to cutting-edge research in various subject areas, including the fields of alternative energy resources; economics of renewable energy and energy efficiency; environmental protection, exploration, production and reservoir engineering; biomedical engineering; molecular biology; regionalization in the Black Sea region; poetic translation; and educational administration.

The university also offers well-developed research degree programs in more than 20 majors ranging from Computer Science to Political Science and International Relations.

The university supports its research mission through advancement of basic and applied research, nurturing a collaborative research environment, establishing research laboratories, and offering an international 

Research at Khazar University spans the following research fields:

Biological Sciences

The study of diagnosis and spread of the hereditary diseases in Azerbaijan

Study of the neutrophil myeloperoxidase during inflammatory processes of the specific and non-specific diseases

Research and development of the oxidative stress biomarkers detection methods

A comparative study of the students’ lifestyle and their mood change

Geography and Environment

Integrated urban water management in Greater Baku, Area

Flooding risk assessment

Climate changes shifts on surface water resources

Environmental effect of soil contamination

Economics and Management

Dynamic stochastic general equilibrium modeling in Macroeconomics

Management of oil revenues and the impact of oil revenues on economy

Fiscal policy and monetary policy in resource rich countries

Electronics and Telecommunications

Equipment and alternative energy sources with the conversion of solar energy to electrical

Investigation of degradation performance and energy parameters of photovoltaic cells created from a hybrid polymer – silicon

Research and creation of autonomous systems using solar cells based on silicon in the LED (Light-emitting diode) lighting

Macroeconomics: monetary and fiscal policy analysis

History and Archaeology

Farming Cultures and Stone Industry in the South Caucasus

The Caucasus in Bronze Age Culture

Azerbaijan Foreign Policy and the History of Karabakh Conflict

Azerbaijan Military Art of War in the Bronze Age

Petroleum Engineering

Petroleum system of the Mezo-Cenozoic sedimentary complex in the Kura Basin

Hydrodynamic modeling of the oil and gas-condensate fields

Analysis of effective prognosis modeling of compression coefficient of natural gases