Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University

On November 16, 1920, the Decree of the Azerbaijani Revolutionary Committee was published on the establishment of the Polytechnic Institute in Baku.

Since 1923 the institute has been named as the Azerbaijan Polytechnic Institute named after M. Azizbayov. 

In 1929 alumni of the university Barinov was a rector of the University. On May 12, 1929 the faculty "Agriculture" was separated from the institute and the "Agricultural Institute" was established freely. On May 29, 1930 the name "Azerbaijan Polytechnic Institute" was renamed and it was renamed "Azerbaijan Oil Institute" (AOI). 

According to the decision of the Union Government on March 14, 1959, the institute has been renamed to Azerbaijan Institute of Oil and Chemistry named after M. Azizbayov (AzIOC).  

According to the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated 18.02.91, the name of the institute was renamed to the Azerbaijan Industrial University (AzIU), awarded with the Red Banner of Labor named after M. Azizbayov. 

The university was renamed the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy (ASOA) by the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated March 21, 1992. 

In September 2015, by the order of the President Ilham Aliyev, the university was named the Azerbaijan State Oil and Industrial University, which was tasked with training qualified personnel not only for the oil field, but also for the entire domestic industry. In addition, since the new academic year, the French-Azerbaijan University (UFAZ), established under the Presidential Decree at ASOIU. 

It should be noted that currently Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University coorperates closer with foreign students, including, Georgia State University (USA), Zigen University (Germany), Ploektti Oil and Gas University (Romania), Tronheim City Science and Technology University (Norway), Russia's State Oil and Gas University (Russia), Genuya University (Italy), Nitsa Sofia-Antipolis University (France), Athens National Technical University (Greece), Khazar State University of Technology and Engineering (Kazakhstan). At the same time, a joint Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) program with Zigen University in Germany, and Joint Master Programs in Business Administration (MBA) with Georgia State University in the United States can be highlighted.