On June 12, 2018, thesis defence of graduate students of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, was held. Assoc.Prof. Irada Khalilova (Chair), Vice-rector for Research of Khazar University, declared the defence process open. The members of defence counsil included Assoc.Prof. Jabir Khalilov, Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences; Dr. Laman Verdiyeva, Assoc.Prof.; Mushfig Mustafayev and PhD student Melek Karimova. Nilufar Alizadeh was the secretary of the council.
Graduate students of the Department of Psychology – Aydan Ibrahimova, Aysel Mammadzade, Farida Asadova, Guler Zamanzade, Ilaha Muradova, Gadamli Ismayilova, Nigar Musayeva, Rahima Eldarova, Tahmina Rasulzade, Zeynab Hajamova, and Nigar Mukhdasanova defended their theses successfully.