The TEMPUS project of the European Commission in the subject of “Adapting the engineering training to Bologna Process in Azerbaijan” was completed.In 2011-2015, with the support of European Commission’s  Executive Agency on Culture, Audiovisualand Education, Cologne Applied Sciences University, Graz Technical University, Warsaw Technical University, Azerbaijan Technical University, Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University and Sumgait State University successfully carried out TEMPUS project.
For the first time, three specialties at Sumgait State University (at bachelor’s level Process Automation Engineering, Power Engineering and master’s level Energy management in chemical industry), four specialties at Azerbaijan Technical University and three specialties at State Oil and Industry University were awarded with the European Accreditation Agency certificate. On September 23, the final conference of European Commission TEMPUS project was held at the Azerbaijan Technical University.
Jeyhun Bayramov, Deputy Minister of Education, addressing at the conference, gave information about “Azerbaijan 2020: look into the future”, development conceptions and State Strategy on the development of education in Azerbaijan approved by the President Ilham Aliyev. The integration of Azerbaijan education into European and world education system, unification of education standards, the improvement of Bologna process and involvement of the Azerbaijani high schools in international educational projects, expansion of their international cooperation are central matters in these program documents.
Malena Mard, Head of European Union delegation to Azerbaijan, Yevgeni Schoenfeld, Deputy Ambassador of Federal Republic of Germany in Azerbaijan, RezaTalebi-Daryani, Project Coordinator, professor at Cologne Technical University, Parviz Bagirov, Head of “Erasmus+programs” office in Azerbaijan  stated the importance of European Commission TEMPUS project in the higher schools of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
We must also say that the article related to the completion of the European Commission TEMPUS project on  “Adapting the engineering training to Bologna Processin Azerbaijan” was published in the site  of Cologne  Applied Sciences University.