On 16 June 2014, the Jagiellonian University hosted a visit by an official delegation from the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, which is an Azerbaijani exclave separated from the rest of the country by the territory of Armenia. The delegation included the Rector of the Nakhchivan State University, Prof. Saleh Maharramov, the University's Vice-Rector Dr Anar Kazimov, professors Ismayil Haciyev i Tariyel Talibov from the Nakhchivan Department of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, and the 3rd Secretary of Azerbaijani Embassy in Poland, Mr Samir Rzayev.

The guests were received in the Senate Room of JU Collegium Novum by the Rector of the Jagiellonian University, Prof. Wojciech Nowak and the Vice-Rector for Research and Structural Funds, Prof. Stanisław Kistryn. Both sides expressed their willingness to collaborate in the field of research as well as student exchange. The JU Rector announced that the relevant memorandum of understanding is to be prepared by deans of JU Faculties.

Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, established in 1945 as the Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan SSR, is the main state research organisation in Azerbaijan, whose role is to coordinate research in all fields that is carried out in that country.

Nakhchivan State University was founded in 1967 and became an autonomous institution in 2002. It is involved in multiple international collaboration programmes, including Erasmus and Erasmus Plus. It has about 350 international students, out of a total of 5 thousand people enrolled.

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