Elmira Mammadova-Kekech, the lecturer of the Department of Languages and Literatures of Khazar University, was awarded a Doctor of Science degree in the specialties of Literature of Turkic peoples- 5717.01 and Folklore - 5719.01 in the field of philological sciences, by the decision of the Presidium of the Higher Attestation Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated May 12, 2023. The Diploma of Doctor of Sciences was presented on May 26.

On March 14, 2022, Elmira Mammadova-Kekech defended her doctoral thesis on the topic "Vucudnames in the literature of Turkic peoples: architectonics and content features" at the Institute of Oriental Studies named after academician Z.M.Bunyadov of ANAS.