Azerbaijan Medical University:-
named after Nariman Narimanov (
Azerbaijani:
Azərbaycan Tibb Universiteti) is the formal name of the
publicmedical school located in
Baku,
Azerbaijan. Due to difficulties with translation, the school is sometimes called: Azerbaijan Medical University, Azerbaijan State Medical University, Azerbaijan State Medical Institute, or simply Medical University, with any of the preceding including the "named after N. Narimanov" or full "Nariman Narimanov". The school is named after
Nariman Narimanov, a famous Azeri in
Soviet politics, notably Party Chairman of the
Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union.
Founded in 1930, the medical school grew out of the Department of Medicine of
Baku State University. The school has 8000 students in 74 academic departments, with a faculty of scientists, physicians and lecturers numbering just over 1000.