DEPARTMENT OF METHODOLOGICAL SUPPORT OF EDUCATION
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In order to enhance the management of the teaching process at UNEC, ensure the methodological coordination of instruction, and guarantee the implementation of the decision of the Scientific Council of UNEC dated 29.10.2025 (No. EC 203), the “Department of Methodological Support for Teaching” is established at UNEC as of 01.05.2026.
General information about the Department
Pursuant to the decision of the Scientific Council of UNEC dated 24.09.2021, the “Center for Evaluation and Management of Teaching Quality” and the “Teaching and Methodological Center” were merged on 23.11.2021 to form the “Center for Methodological and Quality Assurance of Teaching.”
The Center for Methodological and Quality Assurance of Teaching is one of the principal structural units of the Azerbaijan State University of Economics and serves as a coordinating body responsible for the organization, planning, management, and supervision of teaching-methodological activities aimed at preparing highly qualified economists in accordance with international standards within the framework of integration into the European education system. The objective of the Center is to provide organizational support for the teaching process and to create the necessary conditions for students to successfully master academic programs across specialties and specializations in which professional training is carried out at the University.
In its activities, the Center is guided by the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Law on Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the State Strategy for the Development of Education in the Republic of Azerbaijan, State Programs on reforms in the higher education system, the “Model Regulation on the Organization of Teaching under the Credit System in Higher Education Institutions,” the “Rules, instructions, regulations, and internal labor discipline governing the teaching process in higher education institutions,” the Charter of the University, normative legal acts, orders, directives, and instructions of the Rector, decisions of the Scientific Council of the University, this Regulation, as well as normative legal acts and scientific-methodological recommendations of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan and other central executive authorities.
The Center operates on the basis of its annual activity plan. In carrying out its duties and exercising its rights, the Center collaborates with all faculties, departments, and structural units of the Azerbaijan State University of Economics, as well as with other scientific and educational institutions.
The main areas of activity of the Center include: ensuring the organization of the teaching process at a high level in accordance with existing standards and exercising control over it; coordinating the activities of all faculties, departments, and other structural units responsible for the implementation of educational standards and programs; providing the teaching process with teaching-methodological, didactic, and informational materials; offering organizational and methodological support for the application and use of modern teaching technologies in the educational process; and carrying out other activities as defined by this Regulation.
Charter of the Teaching-Methodological Center
UNEC Internal Rules “On the Organization of Educational Services for External Individuals to Earn Credits”
Student Disciplinary Rules – 2020
Code of Ethical Conduct for Students – 2020
New Rules on the Reinstatement of Students Returning from Academic Leave or Previously Expelled to UNEC
New Rules on the Organization and Implementation of the Summer Semester at UNEC
Functions of the Division for Organization and Coordination of the Teaching Process:
- Supervision of the organization and management of the teaching process in accordance with State educational standards;
- Preparation of the academic calendar of the University and monitoring of its implementation;
- Development of analytical and informational materials upon requests from the administration;
- Coordination of the activities of faculties and departments in the field of organization of teaching;
- Maintenance and allocation of the classroom fund across the University, preparation of class schedules, and supervision of their implementation;
- Monitoring the use of teaching facilities within faculties;
- Preparation and supervision of schedules for open classes conducted at departments;
- Verification of departmental readiness for the new academic year;
- Organization of the summer semester;
- Analysis of the progress of the teaching process, examination sessions, and final attestation results;
- Preparation of orders related to the awarding of scholarships to students;
- Preparation of permission and payment orders for hourly-paid teaching staff;
- Preparation of draft orders regarding the approval of thesis topics and supervisors for graduation works and master’s dissertations;
- Preparation of draft orders on the composition of the State Attestation Commissions in cooperation with graduating departments;
- Preparation and approval of documentation and standard templates for final state attestation (protocols, reviews, assignments, etc.);
News of the Teaching-Methodological Center on UNEC NEWS
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The Center for Evaluation and Management of Teaching Quality (CEMTQ) is a structural unit under the Rectorate of the Azerbaijan State University of Economics and, in accordance with the requirements of UNEC’s quality assurance system, performs functions such as preparing proposals for improving the quality of teaching and implementing development concepts, developing methodological recommendations for improving the content, forms, and methods of teaching-methodological work, and monitoring the quality of methodological materials related to the teaching process.
The Center also ensures the attestation of knowledge of bachelor’s and master’s students at UNEC, manages the appeal process related to results, regularly provides the University administration with information and reports on the conduct of colloquia and examinations, conducts scientific-statistical analysis of semester examination results, and submits proposals to relevant structures for the improvement of teaching.
Since the 2015/2016 academic year, the Center has been carrying out activities related to the development and implementation of modules of the UNEC Electronic University Model.
Date of establishment and legal basis: The Center for Evaluation and Management of Teaching Quality was established by Order No. 121/3 of the Rector of UNEC dated September 30, 2014. The Center operates in accordance with the Regulation approved by the Rector’s order.
Taking into account the necessity of improving the quality of teaching at UNEC, and in order to ensure the implementation of the decision of the Scientific Council dated 29.11.2019, a Teacher Training Center operating on a voluntary basis has been established under the Department for Quality Control of Teaching within TKQIM.
CEMTQ CHARTER
News of the Center for Evaluation and Management of Teaching Quality on UNEC NEWS
“Discussion in the UNEC Exam program: ‘Winter Examination Session – Innovations and Changes’” (27.12.2017)
“Amendments to the Rules for the Assessment of Student Knowledge at UNEC” (04.12.2017)
“All questions regarding examinations will be answered on RadioUNEC” (26.05.2017)
“Participants of the international conference highly appreciated innovations at UNEC” (31.01.2017)
“‘Quality of teaching through students’ eyes’: results announced” (12.01.2017)
“Students’ questions answered in the UNEC Exam program” (29.12.2016)
“UNEC Rector: ‘Our goal is to monitor the quality of knowledge delivered to students’” (28.10.2016)
“UNEC to benefit from the experience of Finland and Estonia in quality assurance” (13.06.2016)
“UNEC quality ambassadors awarded” (18.12.2015)
STATUTE of the Training-Methodical Centre
UNEC’s Internal Rules on “Administration of Education Services to gain credits for External Entities”
