School of Public and International Affairs

The school was founded in 2009. With its rigorous curricula, diverse student body and well-rounded study programs, SPIA offers an exciting academic environment for students to develop themselves into high-impact graduates who deeply understand the importance of close collaboration and effective communication in a complex landscape of increasingly intersecting national, regional and global affairs.

The school strives to produce highly intellectual solution providers with a global perspective who will excel in various levels of governance. They will apply their acquired knowledge and skills to reach clever solutions in pursuit of public interest in an ethical and socially responsible manner.

SPIA is an affiliated member of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs since 2013. APSIA brings together leading graduate schools from around the world, all which specialize in international affairs. APSIA includes member and affiliate schools in North America, Europe, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. It continues to help members transform professional education in international affairs and advance, thereby, international understanding, prosperity, peace, and security.

UNDERGRADUATE

Graduate

102

STUDENTS FROM COUNTRIES

1409

ALUMNI

MALE

FEMALE

Programs

Undergraduate

International Studies Communication and Digital Media Public Affairs

Graduate

Public Administration (in English) Public Administration (in Azerbaijani) Diplomacy and International Affairs

For quality teaching and research, the cultural value of education should come before its material or social value. When valued in this way, education will inspire lifelong intellectual curiosity and wonder in students, enabling them to learn and appreciate knowledge as the universal currency of education and, ultimately, as an end in itself.
Azer Babayev
Dean, School of Public and International Affairs

Meet Our Faculty

At SPIA, a distinguished core faculty of scholars and practitioners join with colleagues from throughout ADA University, including the School of Business and School of IT and Engineering. Their combined expertise allows SPIA to offer programs unsurpassed in flexibility and depth in order to prepare the highly intellectual solution providers of tomorrow.

Azer Babayev

Dean, School of Public and International Affairs
Associate Professor, Political Science