What is French-Azerbaijani University?
{{Infobox university |name = French-Azerbaijani University |native_name = Azərbaycan-Fransız Universiteti |image = UFAZ.jpg |caption = UFAZ building at Nizami Street |established = [[2016]] |director = Vazeh Əsgərov |students = 538 |academic_staff = 70 |postgrad = |city = [[Baku]] 1001 |country = [[Azerbaijan]] |campus = [[Urban]] | address = 183 Nizami küçəsi |type = Joint program |website = [https://www.ufaz.az/ www.ufaz.az] |logo = Ufaz logo.png }} The '''French-Azerbaijani University''' ({{lang-az|Azərbaycan-Fransız Universiteti}}, {{lang-fr|L'Université franco-azerbaïdjanaise}}, '''UFAZ''') was created in [[2016]] on the [[:wikt:initiative|initiative]] of [[President of Azerbaijan|Azerbaijani President]] [[Ilham Aliyev]] and [[President of France|French President]] [[François Hollande]] as a [[:wikt:joint|joint]] [[project]] led by the [[University of Strasbourg]] and the [[Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University]] (ASOIU). The UFAZ [[campus]] is housed in a historical building at Nizami Street 183 in the city center of the [[Azerbaijan]]i [[capital city]] [[Baku]]. It has around 70 [[professor]]s and other faculty members, and around 538 students. ==Education== [[Teaching]] at UFAZ is in the [[English language]], and the [[academic]] [[curriculum]] followed is the one of the [[University of Strasbourg]], and the [[University of Rennes 1]] for oil and gas engineering [[bachelor's degree|bachelor]] program. To harmonize the 3-year [[undergraduate]] [[course]] in France with the 4-year bachelor program in Azerbaijan, the first year at UFAZ is a foundation year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ufaz.az/en/academic-offer/the-curriculum-teaching-unit-ue/|title=Foundation Year Program|website=Ufaz.az|language=en|access-date=2020-04-04|archive-date=2018-09-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904023908/https://www.ufaz.az/en/academic-offer/the