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The Azerbaijan Tourism and Management University (ATMU) was established on December 22, 2014 by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev based on the Azerbaijan Tourism Institute (ATI), which has been operating since 2006. ATMU is a higher education institution that provides training in the field of tourism and management. By the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan No. 255 dated June 7, 2018, ATMU operates under the State Tourism Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

At present, the university has 3 faculties and 8 departments.

Education at ATMU is carried out at the bachelor's, master's and doctoral levels. Additional education programs are also provided by the University.

The Azerbaijan Tourism and Management University has introduced the first international double degree program among higher education institutions providing tourism education in the Republic of Azerbaijan. With the signing of an agreement with the Austrian IMC Krems University of Applied Sciences on the implementation of the Azerbaijan-Austria Tourism Program in 2007, experts who are aware of the intricacies of local and international tourism education are contributing to the development of the tourism sector. During their studies, students gain international educational experience by continuing their education in Austria for one semester. Students who successfully complete the program, which is taught by specialists from Austria, receive two diplomas - a diploma of ATMU and the one of the IMC Krems UAS.

On November 20, 2019, ATMU was awarded the certificate of ISO 9001:2015 - QMS on the specialty program "Organization of Tourism Business". The awarding of ATMU is an indication of its effective management system and implementation of education policy that meets international standards. On January 26, 2023, the Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality received the new certificate, which passed re-certification according to ISO 9001:2015 – Quality management system standard.

On March 10, 2020, the University was awarded the international quality certificate "UNWTO.TedQual" of the World Tourism Organization on the specialty program "Organization of tourism". For the first time among the higher education institutions of the South Caucasus region, the successful completion of ATMU's UNWTO.TedQual certification process is an important achievement in increasing the global competitiveness of higher education in the field of tourism in Azerbaijan. By joining the UNWTO.TedQual Network of Higher Education Institutions, ATMU has gained the right to participate in exchange programs of academic staff and students, as well as the opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience.

On September 4, 2023, the Azerbaijan University of Tourism and Management was awarded the certificate of the ISO 210001:2018 - Education management standard on the "Tourism and Hospitality" and "Social Management Faculties".

Our mission is to turn into a higher education institution that prepares specialists who will be competitive in the international labor market and contribute to the sustainable development of society

Our goal is to become a center of education, innovation and research that inculcates the necessary competencies in line with the mission for individuals to learn, change and transform.

The corporate culture of our university is based on the values of social responsibility, honesty, transparency, accountability, rationality, professional academic approach, interest in knowledge and innovation.

ATMU capitalizes on its institutional reputation as a value-driven organization. The core values guiding the university’s operations are the following:

- Integrity: ATMU staff are expected to adhere to high ethical standards in their personal and professional conduct at all times.

- Transparency: ATMU’s procedures for making decisions and implementing them shall be transparent. The university respects and values the right of its stakeholders and the wider public to access information about its activities.

- Accountability: ATMU’s ability to honor its commitments to its stakeholders depends on its staff members’ devotion to and timely discharge of their individual and group responsibilities.

- Rationality: Decisions made at different positions of leadership shall be justified on rational grounds only and arbitrary styles of decision-making shall be avoided.

- Collegiality: Relevant staff members shall be involved in the decision-making process and every effort shall be made to avoid the style of decision-making, in which employees are relegated to a secondary role of mere executors.

- Academic professionalism: ATMU staff are expected to demonstrate a high level of academic integrity and professionalism in their teaching and research capacities.

- Curiosity: ATMU is determined to instill and reinforce a sense of curiosity in its students, the oft-ignored quality that is intrinsic to any intellectual endeavor.

- Creativity: ATMU encourages the use of creative and innovative methods of teaching and learning, placing a premium on the idea of “learning by doing”.

1. To be the first specialized public higher education institution at the preparation of staff in tourism branch.

2. To be awarded by World Tourism Organization with “UNWTO.TedQual” international quality certificate based on “Tourism management” specialty, as well as rewarded with ISO: 9001-2015 - Quality Management System Certificate and "Tourism and Hospitality" and "Social Management Faculties" rewarded with ISO 210001:2018 - Education management standard.

3. Preparation of competitive staff with using modern training technologies for labor market.

4. Providing of education by the skillful and practice oriented knowledgeable experts.

5. Availability of double degree education opportunities in leading universities in Europe and Turkey;

6. To launch the first international double diploma program on tourism specialty in country.

7. Participation opportunity in the International Exchange programs (Erasmus+, Mevlana).

8. Access opportunity to the international databases in order to do scientific research studies (EBSCO, TOMSON REUTERS, UNWTO).

9. With governmental organizations and big companies, to have internship opportunity in well-known national agencies and to support for the best career opportunities of successful students.

10. Internship opportunities in abroad destinations

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