On May 18, traditional “open door” day was organized by the initiative of Sumgayit State University and Education Department of Sumgayit city with the aim of introducing the university to upper class schoolchildren of secondary schools of Sumgayit and their parents.

Vice-rector on Humanitarian Issues docent Ramiz Huseynov met the pupils. Vice-rector gave wide information about the university, its perspectives and advantages, created conditions for students. He said: “It has become a tradition to hold excursion among pupils for introducing university to them. These visits help them to determine their specialty choice. Every higher education institution has specific past, today and future. Sumgayit State University is the education center which can demonstrate its gained achievements and can solve future priority problems. As it is noted in the Decree, signed by President Ilham Aliyev related to 70th anniversary of Sumgayit city, the city contributes to the prosperity of science, education and culture. Sumgayit State University is among prestigious higher education institutions. University has 3 teaching buildings, modern auditoria, laboratories, rich library, Information center equipped with modern technology, Publishing department, Linguistic Center, which organizes free English, Russian and German courses for students. Amateur circles like dance, reading under Student club, Debate-oratory club, Rhetoric club, sports sections: chess, football, badminton, table tennis, shooting, fencing are functioning. Dissertation Board is instituted at the university. SSU cooperates with leading universities of Russia, Turkey, Hungary, Austria, Finland, Spain, Sweden, Lithuania, Germany, Poland, Kazakhstan, Georgia and other countries in the sphere of education. The students pass internship at the enterprises of the Republic, as well as Petkim Petrochemistry Holding in Izmir, Turkey and leading universities of Russia. Our graduates work in several offices, companies, organizations in high positions”.

After gaining information, the schoolchildren visited Heydar Aliyev Center, and got acquainted with faculties, auditoria, laboratories, and library. They watched promotion video of university.

The pupils expressed their satisfaction on visiting the university.