Forty-six graduates of Baku State University (BSU) have been selected to participate in the State Program on Education of Youth in Prestigious Foreign Higher Education Institutions for 2022–2028 and will pursue master’s degrees at leading universities around the world.

Out of 356 individuals granted the opportunity to study for a master’s degree at prestigious foreign universities in the 2025/2026 academic year, 46 are BSU graduates. Of these, 23 will study at universities in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 18 in the United States of America, 2 in the Republic of Singapore, and one each in the Commonwealth of Australia, the Italian Republic, and the State of Israel.

The main fields of study for BSU graduates include law and jurisprudence (covering international law, corporate law, banking and finance law, intellectual property and technology law, international arbitration, and dispute resolution), public policy and administration, finance and economics, computer science and analytics (data science, applied statistics, educational analytics, and cybersecurity engineering), biotechnology and biomedical engineering, graphic design, as well as computational and applied mathematics.

According to the QS World University Rankings 2026, 14 BSU graduates will study at universities ranked in the global top 10, 25 at universities in the top 20, and 44 at universities in the top 100.

The State Program, approved by a decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, aims to create opportunities for Azerbaijani youth to study at prestigious foreign universities. Its implementation seeks to ensure the sustainable development of the country by training competitive and highly qualified professionals who can quickly adapt to new technologies, acquire practical knowledge and skills, and meet the demands of both the current and future labor markets.