Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University is a state educational institution engaged in the training of teachers.
| Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University ( ASPU ) | |
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| Azərbaycan dövlət pedaqoji universiteti | |
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| Former names | Azerbaijan Pedagogical Institute |
| Year of foundation | 1921 |
| Rector | Jafarov Jafar |
| Students | 7,000 |
| Location | Baku ,  Azerbaijan |
| Site | adpu.edu.az |
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Content
History
The university was founded in 1921. Mayakovsky spoke in the large hall of the University.
In 1972 he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor . During its existence, the university has trained over 100 thousand teachers with higher education.
University Structure
Currently, more than 7,000 students are studying at the university.
The university has 10 faculties :
- philological
- mathematical
- physical
- geographical
- historical
- graphic art culture
- pedagogy
- general technical disciplines and labor
- chemical biological
- preschool pedagogy
Training is conducted in the following specialties:
- Azerbaijani language and literature
- Story
- Maths
- Chemistry
- Biology
- Physics
- Geography
- Professional education
- Musical education
- Defectology
- Initial military and physical training
- Pedagogy and methods of primary education
- Pedagogy and methods of preschool education
330 lecturers work at 55 departments of the university, including 59 doctors of sciences, 329 candidates of sciences and associate professors, 4 full members of various academies of sciences. The university employs 730 support staff. The university has a library and reading rooms. The book fund of the library is more than 700 thousand copies. The university has a computer room, an onomastic laboratory, a zoological museum, a medical care center.