On December 27, 2022, Milana Abbasova, the acting head of English Language and Literature Department, Khazar University, was presented with a PhD diploma in philology at the Higher Attestation Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. By the decision of the Higher Attestation Commission, she was awarded the scientific degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the field of philological sciences in the specialty 5708.01 – German languages.
Note that on December 22, 2021, Milana Abbasova defended her dissertation work entitled "Contemporary Trends in Sociolinguistic Approach to the Study of English" at Dissertation Council No.ED 2.12 at Azerbaijan University of Languages.