During May 27-June 8 French-Azerbaijani University under Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University held its final exam sessions for the Sprint Semester of 2018/2019 academic year. On June 10, students with previously low success rates were found out to achieve high scores during final exams evaluated by UFAZ  Professors from France.

At the same time, the UFAZ Management started investigations and it was established that an important proportion of UFAZ students benefited from the final exam questions and corrections, ilegally obtained through email hacking ahead of the exams

Since its establishment, the UFAZ project truely stands with European standards works with the principles of transparency, honesty and justice. Assessing the knowledge and skills of its students in just and fair conditions is one of the fundamental principles of the university. Attempts to gain unequal advantage compared to others during the exams have always been prevented, and the objectivity of the examination process and its outcomes have always been preserved.

On June 19, 2019 ASOIU Rector, Professor Mustafa Babanli and UFAZ Coordinator, Professor Jean-Marc Planeix together with UFAZ Administration, made a decision on canceling the  final exam results of Physics and Mathematics for all second-years students from all specialities and holding different exams on June 27-28, 2019 in order for all students to pass their exams in equal conditions. The university totally assumes this strict but fair decision.

Special investigation commission was formed with the chairmanship of Vice Rector for Academic Affairs of ASOIU Prof. Gasim Mammadov, regarding the incident, and on June 21, 2019 a meeting was held among all the second-year students. The investigation into the incident continues for the responsables and beneficiaires of this fraud to be identified and punished accordingly.