ADA University is dedicated to cultivating highly intellectual solution providers who are closely collaborating, efficiently communicating members of the global community, demonstrating high ethical values, and a sense of citizenship. Ours is a community of academic excellence, accountability, shared governance, honor, integrity, transparency, diversity, collaboration, communication and social responsibility that empowers individuals to challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of new ideas. Our faculty at ADA is comprised of scholars and practitioners both from Azerbaijan itself and from leading universities and colleges around the globe. Founded by the Azerbaijan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and chartered by a Presidential decree, ADA also offers the perfect setting to conduct academic and policy research on regional and international topics. We play a significant role in developing a productive research climate and in stimulating a forum for innovative ideas in Azerbaijan. ADA opened its doors to students in January 2007 and moved to its permanent “green” and "smart" campus in downtown Baku, in September of 2012. We serve the community with four schools: - School of Public and International Affairs - School of Business - School of Information Technologies and Engineering - School of Education Our Schools offer a breadth of knowledge, enhanced with fluency in languages, as well as communication and leadership skills.