Baku Education Information Center

The Baku Education Information Center (BEIC) was established on May 1st, 1997 as part of the Open Society Institute – Assistance Foundation (OSI – AF) Azerbaijan. In April 2001, BEIC became an independent non-governmental organization supported by OSI-AF and U.S. Department of State, committed to provide information about international education opportunities and support students in the process of getting education abroad. The staff is constantly working to become more proficient in their duties with regular attendance to seminars, workshops and conferences in Azerbaijan and throughout the world. Team building trainings are held at BEIC two times a year. In addition to professional development, BEIC stresses the personal development of its employees. For 24 years now, BEIC has been and still is the only advising center in Baku, with the population about 3 million, assisting high schools and university students, parents, teachers, professionals and giving detailed and updated information about study and scholarship opportunities abroad. In 2014 BEIC became the only advising center in whole Azerbaijan. BEIC is open for everybody and all BEIC advising activities are free of charge, this is crucial especially for students from low income families. BEIC is helping make reforms in Azerbaijan’s higher education system and conducted several projects in this sphere supported by OSI AF Azerbaijan: Establishing of the Social Work Master’s Program Department at Baku State University, Student Participation at Azerbaijani Universities, Bologna Process Monitoring in Azerbaijan, Analysis of the new Law on Education, Quality Assurance at Azerbaijani Universities and others. BEIC Mission: to promote higher education abroad and increase international student mobility between Azerbaijan and other countries, to participate in the Azerbaijani higher education reform and promote the value of international dimension in education.