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The Department of Music and Fine Arts and other related groups promote the cultural activities of the University.

They develop the cultural life of the university by organizing various dancing events, concerts, and taking an active part in graduation ceremonies and other formal activities. They also organize special exhibitions of professional and faculty artists and talented students. Khazar is a place where the local community and guests like to come to enjoy music, dance and other performances.

Khazar is one of the richest cultural centers of Baku. While studying at Khazar, students may participate in music, dancing, theater groups and other social activities in order to supplement their academic endeavors. The university provides necessary facilities for two dance ensembles, as well as national folk, vocal, choral and other music classes, and attracts qualified experts to manage these activities.

Theatre and musical groups composed of Khazar students and staff are also active at the University.Famous professionals and groups in the field of arts and music, as well as artists and groups from other countries frequently visit KhazarUniversity and hold concerts, exhibitions and other events here. The vocal choirs and dance ensembles of Khazar have won various competitions in Azerbaijan and overseas.

These ensembles perform many of the national dances and songs of Azerbaijan, the people of the Caucasus and other nations of the world. Number of annual Khazar University public performances is about 75. Students can also choose carpet-making, jewelry art and other applied arts as elective courses within Azerbaijani Culture classes.

The national costumes of Azerbaijan, the peoples of the Caucasus and others nationalities are gathered in this center. The students make all these costumes themselves at the “Sewing Circle for National Costumes.

"Students enrolled in the “sewing group” may earn credit in the subject of Azerbaijani Culture.

Well-known specialists in national costume design teach here.

The national clothing made, collected and maintained by this team allows the young men and women of the Khazar University Dance Ensembles to perform various nations' traditional dances more vividly and naturally. 

Carpet making is a very old and highly developed craft. Traditionally, Azerbaijan has been one of the world centers for making carpets.

Since medieval times, there have been four major geographic centers of carpet-making in Azerbaijan, including Guba-Shirvan, Garabagh, Tabriz, and Ganja-Gazakh. Each of these schools is distinguished by its styles and patterns as well as manufacturing technique.

Khazar University‘s Carpet Museum serves both as a museum and as a workshop. The workshop is run by professional craftsmen.

In addition to serving as a small production unit for making carpets, the museum and workshop are also open for use by students taking courses in fine arts.

In 2007 Khazar University founded a jewelry museum within the university.

It serves not only as a museum, but also a workshop where students who choose Jewelry Art as an elective course learn practical jeweler skills.

Sports play a great role in the life of the university. There are clubs and teams through which students participate in soccer, volleyball, basketball, chess and various types of martial arts at the university.

Some meetings and events have been conducted in the university chess club with the participation of well-known chess players from Azerbaijan and around the world. Afag Khudaverdiyeva, a famous chess master of Azerbaijan, manages the club.

The “Khazar University” football club formed a team of the strongest football players (presently premier league) in 1998-2004 and earned a certificate for the Intertoto European cup match in 2004.

Some of our students have been participants and winners of local and international competitions as well as European and world championships in various team and individual sports.

The university men’s and ladies’ basketball teams have successfully taken part in international competitions held in Azerbaijan, Iran, Georgia, Russia and other countries.