In accordance with the Presidential Decree of July 8, 2023, the candidate selection process for the 2025-2026 academic year under the "Heydar Aliyev International Education Grant" program, jointly implemented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Science and Education, has been completed.

Out of hundreds of candidates from 64 countries who applied to the program, 100 people from 51 countries have been deemed eligible for education grants.

The selected candidates will study at some state universities and only one private university - Khazar University.

It should be noted that under this program, citizens of member countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Non-Aligned Movement, countries included in the Small Island Developing States group, and countries where peoples and national minorities with ethnic, historical and cultural ties to our people live, are expected to receive education at various educational levels in higher education institutions of the Republic of Azerbaijan over a period of 5 years.

AZERTAC and national websites have published news reports about this matter.

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