Dr. Hassan Niknafs, the Rector of Khazar University along with Dr. Jeyhun Mammadov, the Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Management visit Kozminski University and Warsaw University of Technology from December 4 through 8. In their visit to Kozminski University they met with:

• Professor Witold Bielecki, the Rector of Kozminski University
• Dr. Powel Krzyworzeka, Dean of the Management Faculty
• Dr. Powel Mielcarz, Head of the Finance Department
• Joanna Kartasiewicz, Research Manager
• Dona Duda, Head of the Admissions for International Program
• Marcin Matyja, International Program Coordinator for Accreditation
• Valentyna Guminska, Director of the International Relations

The main subject for the meeting was concentrated in discussion for the process of obtaining EQUIS and EPAS Accreditation for Khazar University, School of Economics and Management. Khazar University will pursue EPAS Accreditation as the first step of this process. Also, in this meeting the possibility of a Dual-Degree program in Finance and Management was discussed in details and some positive agreements were made for establishing a Dual-Degree in between Kozminski University and Khazar University.

During this trip to Poland, Dr. Hassan Niknafs and Dr. Jeyhun Mammadov visited Warsaw University of Technology and they met with the Vice-Rector, Prof. Krzysztof Lewenstein. In this meeting a possibility of a Dual-Degree Program in Civil Engineering major was discussed and it will be pursued so that it can implemented for the Fall Semester 2018. Also, possibilities of a mutual research in the fields of Polymer Science and Nano-Technology seemed to be feasible in between the two universities.